by sarahcmay | Jul 16, 2024 | Awards
Postdoctoral fellow Charanya Muralidharan (far right) won a top presentation award at the 2024 Midwest Islet Club meeting, which took place at the University of Chicago. The title of her talk was “Inhibition of the PERK (eukaryotic initiation factor 2α kinase)...
by sarahcmay | Mar 15, 2024 | Awards
At this year’s Janet Rowley Research Day at the University of Chicago, postdoctoral fellow Titli Nargis, PhD, won an award for her top abstract “12-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor Delays Diabetes Development in a Humanized Mouse Model.” Graduate student Andy Anderson received...
by sarahcmay | Jun 26, 2023 | Awards
Dr. Mirmira received the Albert Renold Award at the 2023 American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA. This prestigious award recognizes Dr. Mirmira’s outstanding achievements in mentoring and fostering scientific communities to...
by sarahcmay | Jun 21, 2023 | Awards
Graduate student Christian Checkcinco was selected to receive a Presidential Poster Award at ENDO 2023 for his poster entitled “The G protein coupled receptor GPR31 promotes islet inflammation and diabetes.” He gave a brief overview of his research...
by sarahcmay | Jun 21, 2023 | Awards, Presentations
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...
by sarahcmay | Jun 12, 2023 | Awards
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...
