Karandikar Lab

Bacteria

UI study tests human gut bacteria as potential therapy for multiple sclerosis

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD, UI assistant professor of pathology, provides more evidence that this bacterium, Prevotella histicola (P. histicola), may have potential as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS)...

Scott Steward-Tharp from the Karandikar Lab Appointed to NIH T90 Grant

Monday, February 4, 2019
Scott Steward-Tharp, DDS, PhD, was selected as a trainee on an Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA T90) from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research...

Karandikar Lab Trainees Selected for Awards

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Ashley Brate and Alex Boyden from Nitin Karandikar's Lab Selected for Awards...

Karandikar and Mangalam Labs Win Multiple Podium Presentations and Travel Awards for Trainees

Monday, March 12, 2018
Ashley Brate, Alex Boyden and Shailesh Shahi were selected for podium presentations as well as travel awards at the upcoming meeting of the American Association of Immunology in Austin, TX...

Dr. Nitin Karandikar Receives a MERIT Award from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Tuesday, May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017 Dr. Nitin Karandikar received a four-year VA Merit Award, entitled “Immunotherapeutic Regulatory CD8 T cells in Autoimmune Demyelinating Disease.”...

Farah Itani receives Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases Travel Award

Friday, September 16, 2016
September 16, 2016 At the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases 5th Annual Retreat, Ms. Itani received a travel award for her poster presentation and work pertaining to CD8 T cell regulation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model of multiple sclerosis.