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Dr. Veronica Jimenez, a postdoctoral fellow in the Docampo Lab, won a "Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)" from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will develop her work on the "Characterization of potassium channels in the human parasite Trypanosoma cruzi" .

Graduate student Noelia Lander was awarded a one-year continuation of her predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association.

Dr. Silvia Moreno has identified a potential target for new therapies against toxoplasma infection.

Boyd Scholarship goes to graduate student who displays high moral/academic standards and who gives back to community after a University-wide competition. Kenji has also won an NSF-funded predoctoral scholarship from the Southern Regional Education Board.

Dr. Fechheimer and his colleagues have determined that Hirano bodies may play a protective role in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.