We are thrilled to congratulate Naveena Ujagar, the Nicholas Lab’s very first graduate student, on defending her dissertation in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at UC Irvine. During her PhD, Naveena has made outstanding contributions to immunometabolism and reproductive immunology, including work on Th17 cell metabolism in type 2 diabetes, inflammatory pathways in PCOS, and innovative […]
Read MoreCheck out some new research from the Nicholas Lab! The article “An optimized fractionation method reveals insulin-induced membrane surface localization of GLUT1 to increase glycolysis in LβT2 cells” was accepted for publication October 2th!!! This paper was a labor of love with almost all of the figures produced by undergrads. Some back story… In 2019, […]
Read MoreThe Nicholas lab had a day doubled up with the PhD Candidacy Advancement examinations for Kiara Wiggins and Miranda Lopez. At 11am, Kiara shared her vision for studying the microbiome and it’s direct relationship to reproduction. At 2 pm, Miranda Lopez brought the whole day home with her proposal studying prebiotics in aging. Both of […]
Read MoreThis year the Nicholas lab had 5 trainees present at the 2024 La Jolla Institute for Immunology Conference. 2 undergrads, Josh Kim and Jocelyn Ha did a brilliant job of presenting their posters. Graduate students Julio Angulo and Naveena Ujagar not only presented their research but networked and made super cool connections that will support […]
Read MoreZena Del Mundo passed her advancement examination today after joining the Nicholas Lab in August 2022. This important milestone has been in the works for some time. We are very proud of Zena and her hard work to put together her presentation. We are so excited for her to continue developing her project and developing [...]
Read MoreGabby De Robles, a master's student in the Nicholas Lab, successfully defended ther Thesis titled "Analyzing inflammatory signatures of letrozole-induced mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome." She now has a Master of Science in Mathematical, Computational, and Systems Biology from the University of California Irvine. Gabby crushed her defense with poise, clarity, and a crap [...]
Read MoreThree undergraduates from the Nicholas Lab: Carrie Jackson (mentored by Julio Angulo), Angie Rivera (mentored by Kiara Wiggins), and John Arriola (mentored by Gabriela Pacheco Sanchez) did an amazing job presenting thier summer research projects in oral and poster format. They will have the opportunity to present again at ABRCMS 2024 in Novebmer. Look out [...]
Read MoreJoin us in congratulating Zena Del Mundo on receiving a spot on the Institute for Immunology T32 Training Grant along with 4 other graduate students who submitted outstanding applications. Zena will be studying local pituitary immune responses. Zena Del Mundo (Nicholas lab) Shannon Geels (Marangoni lab) Karl Liboro (Pearlman lab) Zach Wagoner (Wagar lab) Hannah […]
Read MoreThis summer, two high school research interns as part of the Youth Science Fellowship Program (YSFP) learned flow cytometry and computational analysis in the Nicholas Lab. Lauren Gao mentored by Zena Del Mundo and Kartik Shivastava mentored by Dr. Gabriela Pacheco Sanchez learned a lot as part of the YSFP program and we hope to [...]
Read MoreWe congratulate Naveena Ujagar who passed her advancement examination. Naveena is the very first graduate student in the Nicholas Lab. Naveena joined the lab winter quater of 2022 and has been a force since first placed her hands on a flow cytometer. During her 2 hour examination titled "Metabolism of Inflammatory T helper 17 cells [...]
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