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A group of researchers, led by Dr. Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, are working to find the fastest way possible to treat and cure human African trypanosomiasis, long referred to as sleeping sickness. Human African trypanosomiasis is a tropical disease sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Edward Kipreos was featured in an episode of Super Human Radio, a broadcast radio show dedicated to fitness, health, and anti-aging. He discussed his lab’s research on folates (B-complex vitamins) acting as signaling molecules to promote stem cell proliferation.

Dr. DeLoris Hesse has received a Textbook Transformation Award from Affordable Learning Georgia for her efforts in adopting and creating open educational resources for students.

The winner of the 2016 Annual Graduate Program Research Photo Contest is Ashley Rasys, with this photograph of a mouse brain from a Pax6 BAC 293d08- E4-EGFP pA transgenic line.

Special thanks to Graduate Coordinator Scott Dougan, who participated in the Athens-Savannah 2016 Double Century bike ride, riding a total of 210 miles over 2 days!