News
2021 School of Medicine Graduation Ceremony video: Hooding of Dr. Felix Aggor (28:00 mins), Dr. Chunsheng Zhou (32:20 mins) and speech by Dr. Gaffen (2:11:42)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsrBT03fyqY
Gaffen Lab members interviewed in Pittsburgh TV news – “White Coats for Black Lives” in memory of George Floyd, May 2021
https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/upmc-employees-hold-gatherings-mark-anniversary-george-floyds-death/3482e574-e029-4c7d-b170-e3bcd6d693ec/
Grad student Chunsheng Zhou successfully defends his PhD thesis — congratulations Dr. Zhou!
Dr. Rami Bechara publishes review in the Journal of Experimental Medicine entitled “The metabolism-modulating activity of IL-17 signaling in health and disease”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33822846/
Dr. Sarah Gaffen is elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
https://asm.org/Press-Releases/2021/February/65-Fellows-Elected-into-the-American-Academy-of-Mi
Congratulations to Dr. Felix Aggor, postdoc, for receiving a 2021 American Association of Immunologist’s Minority Scientist award
Dr. Rami Bechara, postdoc in the Gaffen lab, invited to speak at the 2020 International Cytokine & Interferon Society meeting
Congratulations to Dr. Felix Aggor for defending his Ph.D. thesis!
Congratulations to Dr. Jill Kramer (SUNY Buffalo) for promotion and R01 funding
Former Gaffen lab graduate student Dr. Jill Kramer was promoted to Associate Professor at SUNY Buffalo and received a new R01 grant, “Analysis of MyD88-mediated immune activation in Sjögren's syndrome pathogenesis”
Chunsheng Zhou paper accepted in Journal of Immunology
Congrats to student Chunsheng Zhou, Leticia Monin and others on paper accepted in JI: "An IL-17F.S65L knockin mouse reveals similarities and differences in IL-17F function in oral candidiasis: A new tool to understand IL-17"