Articles from August 2025

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Under the Scope: August 2025

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
August's recipient is Tracy Batley
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Publications Week of August 26, 2025

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Featuring: Sahaana Arumugam; Vladimir Badovinac, PhD; Andrew Bellizzi, MD; Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD; Jonathan Davick, MD; Elizabeth Escue, MS; John Harty, PhD; Mohammad Heidarian, Msc; J. Stacey Klutts. MD, PhD; Shravan Kumar Kannan, MS; Jia Luo, PhD; Mahil Rao, MD, PhD; Prerna Rastogi, MD, PhD
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Banafshe Dolatyar wins Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience

Friday, August 22, 2025
Banafshe Dolatyar, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marco Hefti, MD’s research laboratory, received the Trainee Professional Development Award (TDPA) from the Society for Neuroscience.
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Kang Lab uncovers inflammatory role of oligodendroglial cells in autoimmune neuroinflammation

Thursday, August 21, 2025
Researchers in Zizhen Kang, PhD’s research laboratory, in collaboration with Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD’s research laboratory, have discovered that oligodendroglial lineage cells (OLCs)—traditionally known for producing myelin—actively contribute to neuroinflammation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a widely used model for multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Mallory Shin wins Kwak-Ferguson Award in Neuroscience

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Mallory Shin, a student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience and a member of Marco Hefti, MD’s research laboratory, received the Kwak-Ferguson Award in neuroscience.
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Publications: Week of August 19, 2025

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Featuring: Andrew Bellizzi, MD; Dao-Fu Dai, MD, PhD; Nastaran Daneshgar, MD, PhD; Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA; Douglas R. Spitz, PhD
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Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam, Professor of Pathology, awarded Honorary Professorship by Old Herborn University Foundation

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
We are pleased to share that Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam, Professor of Pathology, has been awarded an Honorary Professorship by the Old Herborn University Foundation in recognition of his contributions to microbiome research, particularly in the context of neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Publications: Week of August 12, 2025

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Featuring: Vladimir Badovinac, PhD; John Harty, PhD; Mohammad Heidarian, MSc; Shravan Kannan, MS; Sergei Syrbu, MD, PhD
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Bosch Lab identifies connection between pathobionts and colitis-associated cancer progression

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The Bosch Lab, led by Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD, is studying how the gut microbiome is related to CAC development. IBD patients have perturbed microbiomes (dysbiosis), and specific bacteria (pathobionts) may promote carcinogenesis in the inflamed intestine.
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Publications: Week of August 5, 2025

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Featuring: Jonathan Davick, MD; Di Hu, PhD; Hui Li, PhD; Hong Lin, BS; Jia Luo, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Osorio Lopes Abath Neto, MD, PhD; Mrutyunjaya Parida, PhD; Shaelish Shahi, PhD; Wen Wen, PhD; Zuohui Zhang, MD, PhD