Elizabeth Escue successfully defended her M.S. thesis on March 26, 2025, completing the Pathology M.S. program. Her thesis, titled The Ability of Memory CD8 T Cell Subsets to Numerically and Functionally Recover Following Whole-Body Irradiation is Influenced by Their History of Cognate Antigen Exposures, explores the impact of whole-body irradiation (WBI) on memory CD8 T cells with repeated cognate-antigen (cognate-Ag) exposures.

Featuring: Michael Henry, PhD; Vincent Liu, MD, FAAD; David K. Meyerholz, DVM, PhD; Meredith Parsons, MD; Anand Rajan KD, MBBS; Annette Schlueter, MD, PhD

A recent article in The Conversation U.S. highlights cutting-edge research from the Mangalam Lab in the Department of Pathology at the University of Iowa, based on their newly published study in PNAS. The study uncovers a key link between gut microbiota and multiple sclerosis (MS), identifying a specific bacterial ratio that may act as a biomarker for the disease and help predict its severity.

Featuring: Anthony Avellino, BS, MS; Xiaochun Han; Jiaqing Hao, PhD; Sarah Hornberg, BS, MLS (ASCP); Xingshan Jiang, PhD; Anna Merrill, PhD, DABCC; Bing Li, PhD; Shanshan Liu, PhD; Anthony N. Snow, MD; Yiqin Xiong, MD, PhD; Zhaohua Wang, PhD; Jianyu Yu, MS

Featuring: Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD; Mohamed Eletrebi, MBBCh; Amr Masaadeh, MBBS; Douglas Spitz, PhD

Featuring: Kathryn Eschbacher, MD; Stefan Strack, PhD

Featuring: Alexander Boyden, PhD; Stephanie J. Chen, MD; Sudeep Ghimire, PhD; Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD; Kevin Legge, PhD; Peter Lehman, MS, Vincent Liu, MD, FAAD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; David K. Meyerholz, DVM, PhD; Jane Persons, MD, PhD; Kai Rogers, MD, PhD; Shailesh, K. Shahi, PhD; Munir Tanas, MD; Mohit Upadhye, MD; Chakrapani Vemulawada, PhD; Connor Wilhelm, MS

Featuring: Krishnendu Ghosh, PhD; Nitin Karandikar, MD, PhD; Jian Zhang, MD

February's recipients include Brendan Klutts and Ben Merriss.

Featuring: Sahaana Arumugam, BS; Vladimir Badovinac, PhD; Lecia Epping, BS; Kathryn Eschbacher, MD; Cori Fain, PhD; Lisa Hancox, BA; John Harty, PhD; Mohammad Heidarian, MS; Jia Luo, PhD; Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD; Madison Mix, BA; Elizabeth Saery, BS; Cassie Sievers, BS; Stephanie van de Wall, PhD