Funding
External Funding
NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) 2019-2022
D. Gondek-PI
American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2018
E. Chebichev – Bio 19’
Institutional Funding
DANA Student Scholarship 2019
E. Shelly – Bio 20’
“Role of Probiotics/Prebiotics in microbial diversity and Chlamydia infectivity”
Research Enhancement Award (REACH) 2019
D. Gondek and I. Julian – Bio 20’
“Preliminary Data on Chlamydia immunity – for NIH R15 submission”
DANA Student Scholarship 2017
E. Chebichev – Bio 19’
“Discovery of Type three secretion Chlamydia virulence factors via Y2H”
DANA Student Scholarship 2015
B. DiFabio -Bioc 18’
“Role of Mcl1 anti-apoptotic factor in Chlamydia pathogenesis”
Institutional Development Fund 2015
D. Gondek & H. Grazul -Bio 17’
“Examining the role of probiotics in blocking opportunistic pathogens”
Ford Funds and Endowed Funds of the Biology Dept 2014
E. Nelton – Bio 15’
“Impact of apoptosis on Chlamydia growth”
K. Delaney – Bio 15’
“Localization of Chlamydia effectors to the mitochondria”
Institutional Development Fund 2013
D. Gondek & D. Lessard -Bio 14’
“Investigating Chlamydia trachomatis as a model for emerging infectious disease”
DANA Student Scholarship 2013
J. Messingger-Bioc 14’
“Chlamydia growth across species boundaries”
Educational Grant Initiative 2012
S. Haugen-Bioc 13’
“Host Pathogen interactions in freshwater Amoeba”