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  1. Dr. Linda Saif awarded CRWAD 2024 Distinguished Career Award

    Feb 7, 2024

    Congratulations to Dr. Linda Saif, MS, PhD, DACVM on being awarded the Distinguished Career Award - ACVM Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist - at CRWAD 2024. 

  2. Kush Yadav wins People's Choice Award during CRWAD 2024 3MT Competition

    Feb 7, 2024

    Congratulations to Kush Kumar Yadav (Kenney lab) for being awarded the People’s Choice Award during the inaugural 3MT® Competition at CRWAD 2024! Kush's presentation was titled "The unexpected ride of rat hepatitis E virus to humans".

  3. CFAH graduate students elected as 2024 IDI-TA leaders

    Feb 7, 2024

    Congratulations to Menuka Bhandari and Saroj Khatiwada on their leadership role elections within The Ohio State University's Infectious Diseases Institute Trainee Association (IDI-TA) committee.

    Menuka was elected as the 2024 President of IDI-TA committee, while Saroj was chosen to serve as the committee's Networking & Professional Development Representative.

  4. Carolyn Lee receives first place in the David Benfield poster competition at the 2023 NC229/NAPRRS/ICSVD conference

    Dec 14, 2023

    Congratulations to Carolyn Lee (Kenney lab) on receiving first place in the David Benfield poster competition at the NC229/NAPRRS/ICSVD conference. Carolyn's poster presentation was entitled Evaluation of Multiple Immune Parameters Following Vaccination with an ASFV Multiepitope Protein Nanoparticle-based Subunit vaccine.   

  5. CFAH Animal Care Staff recognized as OSU EHS Excellence in Safety Award Winner

    Oct 13, 2023

    The University Laboratory Safety Committee (ULSC) at The Ohio State University recognized the sixth annual winners of the “Excellence in Safety” Award. The award, in three categories, recognizes a university faculty or staff member (Individual Award), an undergraduate or graduate student (Student Award) and a laboratory research group (Group Award) who have made considerable contributions to improving laboratory safety on the Ohio State campus.

  6. Gourapura lab publishes "An intranasal vaccine comprising SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain protein entrapped in mannose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticle provides protection in hamsters" within Scientific Reports

    Oct 13, 2023

    Recently Dr. Aradhya Gourapura's lab published their research, entitled: An intranasal vaccine comprising SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain protein entrapped in mannose-conjugated chitosan nanoparticle provides protection in hamsters, within Scientific Reports. 

  7. Rajashekara lab study “Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Growth Inhibitors to Manage Pseudomonas Leaf Spot Disease on Peppers (Capsicum sp.)” appears in Plant Disease

    Oct 13, 2023

    Recently Dr. Gireesh Rajashekara's lab published their research entitled Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Growth Inhibitors to Manage Pseudomonas Leaf Spot Disease on Peppers (Capsicum sp.) highlighted within Plant Disease, the leading international journal for rapid reporting of research on new, emerging, and established plant diseases.

  8. “Intestinal colonization with Escherichia fergusonii enhances infectivity of GII.12 human norovirus in gnotobiotic pigs” published in Elsevier

    Oct 13, 2023

    Recently Kwonil Jung (Research Scientist), Quihong Wang (Professor), and Linda Saif (Distinguished University Professor) published an article, entitled Intestinal colonization with Escherichia fergusonii enhances infectivity of GII.12 human norovirus in gnotobiotic pigswithin Elsevier Volume 336, 15 October 2023, 199219.

  9. CFAH labs collaborate to publish article entitled "SARS-CoV-2 Serological Investigation of White-Tailed Deer in Northeastern Ohio"

    Oct 13, 2023

    Recently Pat Boley, Jiayu Xu, Mingde Liu, Quihing Wang, Linda Saif, and Scott Kenney collaboratively published a paper in MDPI Viruses entitled: SARS-CoV-2 Serological Investigation of White-Tailed Deer in Northeastern Ohio.

  10. Vlasova lab publishes article entitled "Increased COVID-19 Mortality and Deficient SARS-CoV-2 Immune Response Are Not Associated with Higher Levels of Endemic Coronavirus Antibodies"

    Oct 13, 2023

    Recently Dr. Vlasova, Dr. Saif, and their staff and students collaboratively published a paper in MDPI Immuno entitled: Increased COVID-19 Mortality and Deficient SARS-CoV-2 Immune Response Are Not Associated with Higher Levels of Endemic Coronavirus Antibodies.

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