The Cameron laboratory was funded to develop a direct diagnostic test for infectious and congenital syphilis. Link to article: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-awards-will-support-innovation-syphilis-diagnostics
Angela Mitchell received the 2024 Island Women in Science and Technology Scholarship! This scholarship is for women studying STEM fields on Vancouver Island.
JAMA medical news article attached below:
Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh for winning Best BCMB Graduate Student Paper Jan-Dec 2023! Link to paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1254342/full
Link to article: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-02-13/cdc-syphilis-rate-among-pregnant-women-has-more-than-tripled
Link to article: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4397785-call-the-mother-child-syphilis-crisis-what-it-is-a-public-health-emergency/ Image obtained from https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-congenital-syphilis.htm#:~:text=Congenital%20syphilis%20(CS)%20is%20a,Learn%20more%20about%20syphilis.
Congratulations to our post-doctoral fellow Mara for receiving the STI CRC Developmental Research Project Award.
Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh for receiving an invitation to talk at the 2024 Biology of Spirochetes GRC and receiving three scholarships: the Ray Hadfield Scholarship, Dr. Julius F. Schleicher Graduate Scholarship, and David F. Strong Research Scholarship.
Link to CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/health/dire-increase-in-syphilis-infections-in-babies/index.html
