- June 2024: Local NBC affiliate did a wonderful short news story on our lab’s latest finding. Here is the link https://kfor.com/news/local/married-scientists-looking-into-autoimmune-disease-affecting-older-women/ CONGRATS TEAM
- May 2024: Part of Asia’s thesis work was published in IJMS special issue on Molecular Mechanisms of Sjogren’s Syndrome 3.0, https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/11/5983. CONGRATS ASIA
- May 2024: Dr. Deshmukh co-chaired the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Sciences sponsored symposium entitled “Beyond Borders: Oral Immunology Navigating Infection, Inflammation, Autoimmunity and Cancer” at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Immunologists held in Chicago, IL.
- May 2024: Harini gave an oral presentation titled “Exploring the Nexus: Aging as a Crucial Factor in Sjogren’s Syndrome Development” at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Immunologists held in Chicago, IL. CONGRATS HARINI
- May 2024: Joanna secured the prestigious Dr. Ferretti scholarship from OUHSC Microbiology Department to attend a workshop and the 16th International Symposium on Sjogren’s Disease held in Egmond aan zee, Netherlands. CONGRATS ASIA
- April 2024: Lab’s first paper addressing the role of aging in Sjogren’s disease published in Geroscience (Bagavant H, Durslewicz J, Pyclik M, Makuch M, Papinska JA, Deshmukh US. Age-associated B cell infiltration in salivary glands represents a hallmark of Sjögren’s-like disease in aging mice. Geroscience. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s11357-024-01159-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38656650). Super team effort over 2 years.
- March 2024: Magdalena won the best poster award for OMRF BioLab students at the OMRF’s annual research retreat held in Norman, OK. CONGRATS MAGDA
- March 2024: Dr. Deshmukh visited Poland to interview candidates for the BioLab program, now in its 12th year at OMRF. 8 new students will join OMRF labs in July 2024.
- March 2024: Dr. Marcelina Pyclik (2021-2022, BioLab Student in the lab) accepted a position in Celon Pharma in Warsaw, Poland. CONGRATS MARCI
- December 2023: Joanna won the best abstract award at the OUHSC Microbiology and Immunology Department’s student symposium. CONGRATS ASIA
- November 2023: Justyna Durslewicz (2022-2023 BioLab Student in the lab) defended her Ph.D. thesis in Poland and secured an Assistant Professor position in Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum. From graduate student to faculty, great achievement. CONGRATS JUSTYNA
- July 2023: Antonina Araszkiewicz (2020-2022, BioLab Student in the lab) joined UTSW, Dallas, TX as a graduate students. CONGRATS TOSIA