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2020

2020

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Dec 9, 2020

Our lab's first review paper, All About the RNA: Interferon-Stimulated Genes That Interfere With Viral RNA Processes, is out in Frontiers in Immunology. Congratulations to first author Emily!

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Nov 23, 2020

Sangeetha presented a virtual poster at this year's ABRCMS conference. Great job Sangeetha!

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Nov 24, 2020

We celebrated Melody's successful R01 with whiskey shots outside of lab. 🥂🥳

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Oct 30, 2020

We joined the Fregoso, Hallem, and Su labs for a virtual Halloween party. Congratulations to Serina for winning scariest costume with her No Face costume!

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Oct 5, 2020

CONGRATULATIONS to Charlie Rice, Melody's postdoc advisor, for being awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for hepatitis C discovery!!!! Charlie is an inspiration for all of us who are passionate about changing the world with basic sciences research!

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Oct 3, 2020

Congratulations to LeAnn on passing her qualifying exam! We celebrated with champagne and spicy noodles at a socially-distanced lab picnic afterwards. 🍾🎉😷

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Sept 15, 2020

Congratulations to Emily for being very productive recently and winning a number of awards!
  •    - MIMG Teaching Assistant Award
  •    - MIMG Warsaw Fellowship
  •    - MBI Award for Teaching Excellence
  • We are very proud of all that Emily has accomplished both in and out of lab!

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Jun 21, 2020

Congratulations to Melody and our collaborator Gerard Wong, Professor of Bioengineering, for receiving the rapid-response research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study molecular mechanisms underlying high infectivity of SARS-CoV-2!

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Jun 17, 2020

Emily and LeAnn presented at the virtual workshops held in lieu of the annual American Society for Virology conference (canceled due to SARS-CoV-2 😔). Congratulations to Emily for also being selected to receive an ASV Travel Award!

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Jun 4, 2020

We are excited to welcome Serina Huang (Genetics & Genomics Home Area) to our lab for her Ph.D. thesis work. Serina rotated with us in Spring 2020. Welcome Serina!

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Mar 27, 2020

Congratulations to Melody for receiving the UCLA AIDS Institute 2019 Seed Grant for basic virology research! 

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Feb 27, 2020

Melody was invited onto the radio show Background Briefing on KPFK 90.7FM to talk about the science behind the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. You can listen to her speak here.

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Jan 27, 2020

Melody's graduate advisor Dr. Michael Emerman stopped by for a visit and took some pictures with his scientific descendants in the Li and Fregoso labs. :)


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