Charanya Wins Outstanding Abstract Award at ENDO 2023
Postdoctoral fellow Charanya Muralidharan received an Outstanding Abstract Award at the Endocrine Society's ENDO 2023 meeting. The title of her talk was "Blocking the maladaptive integrated stress response increases immunosuppressive PD-L1 in pancreatic beta cells."...
Andy Secures NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
Graduate student Andy Anderson has obtained an F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Andy's research focuses on a rare protein modification known as hypusination, which is important for beta cell...
Andy and Kierstin Receive Poster Awards at Chicago Diabetes Day
Graduate students Andy Anderson (second from left) and Kierstin Webster (third from left) received awards for their top-scoring poster presentations at Chicago Diabetes Day. This annual event is sponsored by the University of Chicago's Diabetes Research & Training...
New Publication: “Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Translating Disease Mechanisms into Therapeutics Using Animal Models”
The Mirmira lab recently published a new review article on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Amina Basha, MD, and Sarah May, PhD, co-first authored the manuscript.
Kierstin Presents at Midwest Islet Club Meeting
Kierstin Webster, an MD/PhD candidate in the Mirmira Lab, presented at the Midwest Islet Club meeting in Minneapolis on May 24, 2023. Kierstin emphasized that, although many autoimmune diseases are more prevalent in females, type...
Dr. Mirmira Is Recipient of UChicago Distinguished Alumni Award
Dr. Mirmira was recently honored with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Chicago Medical & Biological Sciences Alumni Association. This prestigious award recognizes UChicago alumni’s contributions to medicine and science. In 1986, Dr....