Congratulations to Sam Connell for being featured in the 2025 Dare to Discover campaign!! You can find his banner hanging downtown and check out his profile here:
dare.research.uiowa.edu/conn…
Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in Immunology? Here is how you can learn more about applying to the University of of Iowa Immunology Graduate Program. @UIImmunologyimmuno.grad.uiowa.edu/admiss…
A BIG congratulations to our summer rotation MSTP student, Jason Hristopoulos! He won the Borts Award (U of I Foundation Award) at the annual @uiowa CCOM Medical Student Research Conference! His presentation was titled "Investigating the metabolic landscape of alopecia areata."
The lab is in town for #SID2024Dallas! 🤠 Come see our graduate students, Sam and Maddi, share their work during the Adaptive and Auto-Immunity ePoster Discussion on Friday!
Or, visit them at their individual posters: Maddi #039 on 5/16 and Sam #006 on 5/17!
The lab had a lot of great conversations surrounding hair follicles and AA at this year's Health Sciences Research Day! Congratulations to Cristina for a fruitful poster presentation!🎉
🎉🥳Congratulations to Ryan Reis (MSTP/Cancer Biology) for passing his Comprehensive Exam Today!! Another PhD Candidate has entered the lab!!!😎@Ryan_J_Reis
Congratulations to our very own Cristina Dix for winning 2nd place in her division of the 2023 Capture your Research Contest! Check out her piece titled: Geometric Follicle!
Cody shaved her head when alopecia areata started taking an emotional toll. Ali Jabbari, MD, PhD, in our Hair Loss Disorders Clinic, helped get her hair back to normal by using an anti-inflammatory medication: spr.ly/6013udm0J
Our biggest THANK YOU to Dr. Roger Ceilley, former president of the #AAD and #ASDS and longtime supporter of our derm dept and @uiowa, for generously endowing a professorship in #dermatology! What a fun celebration from @UIAdvancement, @uihealthcare, and @uiowa! #skin#research
Today Yumi Engelking and Olivia DiGioia, current M2 students, gave poster/oral presentations at the annual @IowaMed Medical Student Research Conference! They spent the summer delving into effector mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets for #Alopecia Areata!
Had an amazing time at #AAI2023, I am honored to have had the opportunity to present some of my graduate work. Thank you to my @JabbariLab labmates and everyone from @UIImmunology for coming and supporting me during my talk.
Researcher Maddi Lensing's studies on the role of T cells could allow for the development of more effective therapeutics for alopecia areata – a disease that will affect 6 million Americans within their lifetime.
More on Maddi's research: spr.ly/60173S6Hh#DiscoverUI