Congrats to Ben and Maura for being awarded a Double Hoo Research Grant through the Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of Virginia! This prestigious award will allow them to continue working together on a project entitled: Visualization and Quantification of Immune Responses in Lymph Nodes. They look forward to being able to work together this coming summer to complete this project. More information can be found in the related UVA Today news article.
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Welcome New Students!
As we start the new semester we would like to welcome three new graduate students! Welcome Meg Catterton, Lexy Chernish, and Jen Ortiz! We look forward to the great work that they will accomplish in the next few years.
CSS Symposium
Recently one of our undergrads, Drake Dixon, has presented his summer research to the members of the College Science Scholars Program. He talked about the work he has done on immunometabolism. For more information about the CSS program click the link below:
http://sciencescholars.clas.virginia.edu
Welcome Summer Researchers
The Pompano group would like to welcome three new members to the group this summer.
Drake Dixon and Ben Groff both rising second years at the University of Virginia and Ziad Shafi a rising second year at the University of Richmond.
We look forward to the great work they and all the group members will accomplish in our first summer of research at UVA!
Welcome Andrew Kinman and Maura Belanger
Andrew and Maura join as the group's first graduate students! Both come with a strong background in biochemistry and analytical chemistry, and a desire to do research that has an impact. Welcome Andrew and Maura!
Welcome Shara Fuller, Ray Ramirez, and Jacob Woodroof
These three brave undergraduates joined the lab even before it started! Now they are learning the fundamental techniques and principles and will help get the first experiments going.
Welcome Dr. Ashley Ross
Dr. Ashley Ross has joined as the lab's first postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Ross brings expertise in quantitative analysis of biological tissues, particularly with brain electrochemistry. She will be working on the development of new microfluidic devices to analyze inflammatory events. Welcome Dr. Ross!
