NEWS
A SELECTION OF NEWS & RESOURCES ABOUT TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Increased incidences of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, making this a pressing public health issue:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/dpk/diseases-and-conditions/lyme-disease/index.html
An overview of Lyme disease research, as outlined by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/lyme-disease
Lyme disease resources for the general public, provided by CDC:
LAB NEWS
Ms. Shelby Foor, a senior PhD student in the Pal Lab, presented at the Virginia Tech Annual Research Symposium in March 2021. Her poster was titled: "Biological significance of a potential tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain-containing protein during Borrelia burgdorferi infection in mammals".
Mr. Michael Ronzetti, a PhD student in our lab, accepted into the Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP) of NIH:
https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/gpp
Dr. Pal named as an American Academy of Microbiology Fellow:
Dr. Chrysoula Kitsou awarded with research support from Global Lyme Alliance, through a Deborah and Mark Blackman-GLA postdoctoral fellowship, for studying Borrelia persistence and host evasion:
https://globallymealliance.org/the-research/postdoctoral-fellowships/
Dr. Pal selected as a member of the Vaccines and Therapeutics Subcommittee to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which advises Congress on tick-borne disease research:
Dr. Pal recognized as Honored Faculty at UMD continually since 2009 at the Annual University-Wide Celebration of Scholarship and Research, and selected as "Exemplary Researcher” for 2019:
https://research.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=12011
Lab findings in the press which showcase the complexity of Borrelia as an ancient pathogen with many defenses:
https://agnr.umd.edu/news/umd-researcher-uncovers-protein-used-outsmart-human-immune-system
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/uom-uru040218.php