News & Highlights

2022

Mac Sievert & Maisha Nima awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2022-2023 Fellowship

2021

Maisha Nima awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2021-2022 Fellowship

2020

Katelyn Vendrely awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2020-2021 Fellowship

2019

Ferdig Lab members help to organize the first Malaria DREAM challenge

Katelyn Vendrely awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2019-2020 Fellowship

2017

Ferdig Lab and collaborators at TBRI and CIDR awarded NIH P01 grant to create new genetic crosses to study drug resistance and fitness in malaria

Ferdig Lab featured in local news story on drug resistance

Sage Davis receives a Second-tier Mention for the Young Investigator Award at the ASTMH 64th Annual Meeting

Katie Button-Simons receives a young investigator travel award for the Sage Assembly 2017

2016

Sage Davis & Katie Button-Simons awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2016-2017 Fellowship

2015

Richard Pinapati receives a First-tier Mention for the Young Investigator Award at the ASTMH 64th Annual Meeting

Cover art for Nature Methods

Notre Dame researchers part of team showing that 'humanized' mice can be used to study malaria

Sage Davis & Katie Button-Simons awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2015-2016 Fellowship

2014

Ebola Q & A with Mark Ferdig

2013

Cover art for Genome Research

Lindsey Turnbull awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2013-2014 Fellowship

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Richard Pinapati receives the 2013-2014 Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface (CBBI) Fellowship

Geoffrey Siwo to participate in NASA’s Singularity University

2012

Geoffrey Siwo receives an Honorable Mention for the Young Investigator Award at the ASTMH 61st Annual Meeting

Richard Pinapati receives the 2012-2013 Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface (CBBI) Fellowship

Lindsey Turnbull awarded the Eck Institute for Global Health 2012-2013 Fellowship

Eck Institute for Global Health Fellow honored again for trajectory of success in Global Health research

Researchers using novel method to combat malaria drug resistance

2011

Notre Dame group wins first place international systems biology competition

Notre Dame researchers discover dual-action compound for potential treatment of tuberculosis and malaria

2010

Mark Wacker receives the 2010-2011 Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface (CBBI) Fellowship

2009

Mark Wacker wins Young Investigator Award at The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference

Upeka Samarkoon & Geoffrey Siwo receive Genomics and Bioinformatics Fellowship Awards

Mark Wacker awarded Internship Travel Funds from CBBI

Mark Wacker receives the 2009-2010 Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface (CBBI) Fellowship

2008

New papers offer insights into process of malarial drug resistance