A new T32 : The first neuroimmunology training program at UMSOM
Nevil and Dr. Margaret McCarthy are Program Directors on a newly funded NIAID training program (T32) that will develop a framework to integrate neuroscience and immunology education for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows: MINISTP (see: https://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/ministp/). In addition to slots […]
CONGRATS !!! Budha’s paper – accepted for publication in Genome Research !
Budha’s paper on optimizing the number of hashtags (DNA barcodes) to be used when pooling samples for single-cell transcriptomics is now accepted for publication in Genome Research . The advance online pub is here : https://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2026/09/15/gr281624125 Congratulations Budha, Katrina, Liz, […]
A lab birthday …
A summer birthday in the lab = lots of ice cream !!
The summer bloom + Kenny is going back (again) !!
A summer lab lunch for Kenny completing his research fellowship. Every summer, the influx of interns typically expands the lab size by 2-4 fold. So, lab meetings have to keep up with the excitement as well as the room for […]
Congrats to Fernanda !! June RAD winner.
Fernanda wins the RAD belt for June, from previous holder Gabby !
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Dr. Elizabeth M. Hill !!!!!
Liz is a Dr. !!!! Congrats to Liz on defending her PhD thesis and graduating from the MMI program ! And the alumni came by to celebrate with Liz ! In order of graduation : Courtney, Kenny, Allie, Gideon, Liz […]
Congrats to Nicole ! Best Poster at Cancer Biology Retreat !!!
Nicole Flegel won the first prize at the Graduate Student poster session as part of the UMGCCC cancer biology retreat. Of course, you gotta wear gloves to handle your awards !! always !!!
Gabby wins the March Rad Belt.
Congrats to Gabby for the Rad Belt for March !!
The 2025-26 Lab T Shirt
Fernanda in the new iteration of the Lab T shirt . Design inspired by Budha’s UMAP from a recently submitted paper and the idea that early T cell receptor (TCR) signals have a “butterfly effect” in driving many consequential programs […]
Adedola vs Adedola : The Feb RAD Belt.
At some point along the way, we started this lab tradition of this month’s rad belt (RAD : https://blog.nevillab.org/?p=924) winner “taking” the belt from the previous month’s title holder (maybe here: https://blog.nevillab.org/?p=1007). But what do you do when the same […]
CONGRATULATIONS to Adedola ! Best Poster at Biochemistry Retreat !!!
Adedola Adebamowo won the best poster award at the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Retreat !
Lab axe-throwing outing
Some of us headed out to Urban Axes for an afternoon of axe-throwing. It’s been a while – but our last trip was in the “pre-COVID era”. See those pictures here : https://blog.nevillab.org/?p=958. Kenny wins the tournament:
A Professional (SOM) Photoshoot in the lab
We 3D-print a new Zach every day … Not really; The lab had a photoshoot for the updated SOM website. The pictures from the day are now featured on the header in the current website: https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/microbiology/ Liz & Adedola: Kenny […]
Congrats to Chris, Budha & team on the countASAP paper.
Congrats : After a long round of reviews, the python package Chris developed is finally published (link to paper) . And kudos to everyone who helped generate the ASAPseq data that Chris & Budha tested out the script with.
The last supper … or the end-of-summer-lunch !
The last day of summer training for our interns ! a slight variation on our typical lab party seating 🙂 The traditional summer lab picture: