Iron and bacterial pathogenesis at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Louise Djapgne named a Meyerhoff Graduate Fellow

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Peet J, Phan A, Oglesby AG, Nolan EM. (2024) Iron sequestration by murine calprotectin induces starvation responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosaACS Infectious Diseases. 10(2) 688-700.

Hoang TM, Huang W, Gans J, Weiner J, Nowak E, Barbier M, Wilks A, Kane MA, Oglesby AG. (2023) The heme-responsive PrrH sRNA regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyochelin gene expression. mSphere e00392-23.

Nelson CE*, Huang W*, Zygiel EM, Nolan EM, Kane MA, Oglesby AG. (2021) The human innate immune protein calprotectin elicits a multi-metal starvation response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiol Spectr 9(2):e0051921.

Louise Djapgne, a third-year PSC graduate student in the OS Lab, has been named a Meyerhoff Graduate Fellow! The Meyerhoff Fellows Graduate Program provides financial assistance and networking opportunities to PhD students from underrepresented groups, with the goal of “promoting cultural diversity in the biomedical sciences”. A full story is available on the School of Pharmacy website. Congratulations Louise!