Kissinger Research Group

The group welcomes visiting undergraduate researcher Irfan Ozen, of Erciyes University in Turkey. He will be working on systems biology databases for a summer internship project. Welcome!

Welcome, John!

The group welcomes incoming UGA ILS graduate student John Ludwig to the laboratory. He is starting his rotations early. He is interested in evolution and phylogenetics. He has previous experience working with the tick Ixodes scapulars. Welcome!

Welcome, Noah!

The group welcomes undergraduate researcher Noah Legall to the lab. He is here as part of a UGA REU program. His home school is UNC Chapel Hill. He will be focusing on mining relational databases to prepare systems biology data for submission to archival repositories. Lots of SQL! Welcome!

The research group welcomes the return of Jeremy DeBarry, Ph.D. to the group. He has been working as a Data Analyst for the CyVerse (formerly iPLANT) team. He will be the Data Coordinator for the new DARPA-funded THoR’s HAMMER project. Welcome back!

Welcome, Eve!

The research group welcomes Evelina Basenko, Ph.D. to the EuPathDB project. She will be joining our Outreach Team. She brings years of fungal experience to the team. Welcome!

Welcome, Drew!

The research group welcomes Drew Spruill to the EuPathDB project. He will be joining our Systems Administration Team. Welcome!

A new grant is funded!

Grant to enhance the annotation of human-infecting Cryptosporidium species is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Yeah!

Farewell, Matt!

The research group says good bye to Matt Guidry. He is off to the University System Board of Regents Computing Center. He will be missed.

A new project is funded!

A collaborative project between Emory (lead institution), Georgia-Tech and UGA is funded by DARPA to study host resilience. Yeah!

A new collaborative project is funded!

A collaborative project between the University of Liverpool (lead) and several other UK and US institutions is funded to enhance eukaryotic microbial pathogen annotation and access is funded by the Wellcome Trust. Yeah!

Welcome back, Rodrigo!

The research group welcomes the return of Rodgrio Baptista, Ph.D. to the group. He has finished his Ph.D. and a year of Post doctoral research with professor Daniella Bartholomeu in Brazil. He will be working on Cryptosporidium comparative genomics. Welcome back!

Farewell, Ben!

The research group says good bye to Ben Hsieh. Thanks for helping out while you were able!

The research group welcomes ILS graduate student Yiran Li for her first rotation. She will be working on parasite comparative genomics. Welcome!

Welcome, Brent!

The research group welcomes post-baccalaureate PREP scholar Brent Allman to the group. He will be co-advised in infectious disease modeling by Juan Gutierrez and Jessie Kissinger. Welcome!

Welcome, Ben!

The research group welcomes researcher Ben Hsieh to the group for a short research project working on the genomics of Cryptosporidium. Welcome!