Roksana has advanced to candidacy!
Congratulations to our PhD student Roksana Shirazi, who just passed her PhD qualifying exams!
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Sep 28
Roksana wins the Dexiang Dong and Yiyun Cao Graduate Scholarship in Human Virology award!
The Dexiang Dong and Yiyun Cao Graduate Scholarship in Human Virology supports UCR CNAS PhD graduate students conducting research in...
Jul 26
Recording of Juliet's ASV Lecture
You can watch a recording of Juliet's recent State-of-the-Art lecture from the annual ASV meeting here:
Jul 15
Juliet's State-of-the-Art talk was a success!
Juliet gave one of six State-of-the-Art lectures at the American Society for Virology annual meeting. It is a great honor to be invited...
May 27
Juliet was at Bard College Commencement 2024!
I (Juliet) had a fantastic 2024 Memorial Day weekend at my Alma Mater, Bard College. Though Higher Education and the Liberal Arts are...
May 27
Kayla and Pranav are plaque assay masters!
Undergraduate students Kayla Chow and Pranav Hastak have mastered influenza virus plaque assays! Under the tutelage of Roksana Shirazi,...
Mar 15
Juliet quoted in the Telegraph.
How Covid killed off a deadly strain of flu During the pandemic, the B/Yamagata strain dropped out of circulation – but its disappearance...
Feb 13
Our pleural macrophage paper featured in UCR News.
Scientists discover hidden army of lung flu fighters (Sac around lungs turns out to harbor helpers) https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/02...
Feb 5
Juliet interviewed on "Immune"
Juliet Morrison joined Immune to discuss her career and the research of her laboratory showing that pleural macrophages translocate to...
Jan 17
Roksana was awarded an IAW scholarship!
Roksana Shirazi received a scholarship from the Iranian American Women (IAW) foundation. These funds aim to support her educational...
Dec 17, 2023
New Lab Publication in PNAS!
Our paper entitled "Pleural macrophages translocate to the lung during infection to promote improved influenza outcomes" was published in...
Dec 11, 2023
James is now Dr. James Stumpff!
James Stumpff successfully defended his PhD dissertation on December 7, 2023. He gave an amazing presentation detailing our discovery of...
Jul 12, 2023
Juliet presented at ASV 2023!
Juliet gave a well-received talk entitled, "Pleural macrophages translocate to the lung to promote influenza resolution" at the annual...
Jun 2, 2023
Juliet Morrison participated in her first Commencement weekend as a Trustee of Bard College.
Our PI, Juliet, served as the Trustee sponsor for Dr. Babacar Cisse, who received the John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science,...
Feb 8, 2023
Roksana Shirazi was awarded the Dexiang Dong and Yiyun Cao Graduate Scholarship in Human Virology
Huge congratulations to our PhD student Roksana Shirazi for being awarded the Dexiang Dong and Yiyun Cao Graduate Scholarship in Human...
Nov 17, 2022
Mafalda and Roksana are certified to work in Biosafety level 3.
Mafalda Farelo, our postdoc, and Roksana Shirazi, our postgraduate student, received the certification to work in BSL-3 after a week of...
Sep 12, 2022
Roksana Shirazi won a GAANN fellowship!
Our PhD candidate, Roksana Shirazi, won a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship! This fellowship will help...
Jun 10, 2022
We posted a preprint on bioRxiv!
Check out James Stumpff's first-author paper: Pleural macrophages promote recovery from influenza virus infection
Jun 10, 2022
Juliet Morrison talks masks on NPR.
Juliet discusses dropping mask mandates on Inland Edition. Check out the conversation.
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