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:
LATEST FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
A new NIH-funded research project to develop next-generation Lyme vaccines using rabies virus platforms:
https://dbknews.com/2020/09/08/umd-researcher-awarded-3-5-million-to-develop-a-lyme-disease-vaccine/
Research with the Department of Defense to identify additional vaccine targets:
A larger national Tick Immunity research program led by our lab:
https://today.umd.edu/articles/pest-defense-2f8a8efd-81a5-4d59-a1b5-7be64a3f946c
https://dbknews.com/2018/09/10/umd-researchers-ticks-millions-grant/
An NIH funding to further Lyme disease research:
http://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-scientist-awarded-nih-grant-further-lyme-disease-research
LAB NEWS
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
Dr. Pal named as an American Academy of Microbiology Fellow:
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
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: