Sarah recently presented her work at the 2019 FASEB meeting on Protein Acetylation in Disease in Lisbon, Portugal. She gave a phenomenal talk on her work titled, “Regulatory Role for NF-kB/RelA K310 Acetylation Identified In Vivo by a CRISPR Knock-in Approach”, and was a recipient of the “Best Poster” award.
News Category: Ott Lab in the News
Nathan Meyers presents at UCSF Mini-Symposium
Ott Lab postdoctoral scholar Nathan Meyers gave a talk entitled “Hepatitis C virus infects and perturbs liver stem cells” at the UCSF Mini-Symposium on Liver Stem Cells on May 30, 2019. The Mini-Symposium was part of the UCSF Liver Center’s annual programming, and included talks from researchers at Gladstone, UCSF, and Stanford University.
Great job, Nathan!
Dr. Melanie Ott receives Merit Award from NIH
Dr. Melanie Ott was nominated for and accepted an NIH Merit Award for her R01 “Role of Factor Acetylation in the Regulation of HIV transcription”. Merit awards enable NIH Institutes to give investigators with stellar records of research accomplishment a five-year award with the possibility of extending the initial award for up to five additional years without undergoing another IRG peer review.
Congratulations, Melanie!
Kristoffer Leon awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
Kristoffer Leon, a graduate student in the Ott Lab, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for his project ‘Understanding the Role of RNA Surveillance Mechanisms in Neuropathogenesis during Zika Virus Infection’. This is an F31 that will help Kris fund his education and research.
Congrats, Kris!
The Ott Lab shares research at the 2019 Gladstone Scientific Retreat
This year at Gladstone’s Scientific Retreat, several members of the Ott Lab presented their research. Postdoctoral scholar Nathan Meyers gave a talk entitled “HCV Infects and Perturbs Liver Stem Cells”, which received great interest from Gladstone colleagues. Lab members Jennifer Hayashi, Camille Simoneau, Parinaz Fozouni, Albert Vallejo-Gracia, Kristoffer Leon, and Sarah McMahon presented posters, with Parinaz winning a ‘Best Poster’ award.
Congrats, Parinaz, and great job to everyone who presented!
Ott Lab Alumni Achieves Graduate School Success
Former Ott Lab intern Musette Caldera has been accepted to San Francisco State’s Masters Program in Cell and Molecular Biology. Musette was also awarded the NIH Bridges to PhD Fellowship. She will begin her studies this coming Fall 2019.
Congrats, Musette!
The Ott Lab gets exciting grant news
The Ott Lab, in collaboration with Drs Niren Murthy, and Nir Yusef at UC Berkeley as well as Dr. Steven Deeks at UCSF, was awarded an R61 grant by the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This grant will enable the Ott Lab to study primary latently infected T cells isolated from aviremic HIV-infected drug users using single-cell RNA-Seq and CRISPR technology.
In more good news, the Ott Lab’s recent R01 renewal ranked in the 3rd percentile during review at NIAID.
Dr. Melanie Ott organizes successful Keystone Symposia
Dr. Ott was on the scientific organizing committee for the April 24-29, 2019 Keystone Symposia, Functional Cures and the Eradication of HIV. The meeting took place in Whistler, British Columbia, and was very well attended.
Kristoffer Leon receives outstanding score on fellowship application
Kristoffer Leon received an impact score of 10 (top 1%) on his F31 application on his project ‘Understanding the Role of RNA Surveillance Mechanisms in Neuropathogenesis during Zika Virus Infection’. Awards will be announced later this year.
Congrats, Kris!
Two new members join the Ott Lab
The Ott Lab started off 2019 by adding two new postdoctoral scholars, Gili Aviv and Danielle Lyons. We are very excited to have these two join our team! Welcome, Gili and Danielle!
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