• EAB Visit 2019 thumbnail Photo

    EAB Visit 2019

    May 30, 2019

    The CF@LANTA External Advisory Board visited in early May 2019. Many center members participated in showcasing the great work in our center. The event was capped off with a seminar from EAB member Steve Lory and a trainee and junior…

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    Great Strides 2019

    May 30, 2019

    Many CF-AIR members participated in the CFF 2019 Great Strides on May 18. Over $2.8 million dollars was raised at the Atlanta-area event!…

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    Support of MMG Symposium 2019

    May 30, 2019

    The Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate student program hosted their 8th biennial symposium “Frontiers in Microbial Biology” at Emory on May 3rd. CF-AIR/CF@LANTA was a sponsor of the event, which was open to the greater Atlanta…

  • Freeman co-PI for GALAXY Study

    April 29, 2019

    A. Jay Freeman, MD is one of three PIs for the CF Foundation-sponsored GALAXY Study looking into GI symptoms in CF. Learn more from the CF Foundation website here and from the study's clinicaltrials.gov page. Enrollment begins…

  • Cross MMG Program Scholar of the Year thumbnail Photo

    Cross MMG Program Scholar of the Year

    April 08, 2019

    Ashley Cross, a PhD candidate in Joanna Goldberg’s lab, was awarded the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) Program Scholar of the Year award.…

  • Goldberg R21: Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Gene Expression by Temperature

    April 02, 2019

    Joanna Goldberg, PhD awarded a new R21 Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Gene Expression by Temperature Preventing the establishment of infection necessitates a better understanding of how microbes switch from the external environment to the human host. In…

  • Yadav et al. paper in Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

    April 02, 2019

    New paper from Rada lab "Systemic levels of anti-PAD4 autoantibodies correlate with airway obstruction in cystic fibrosis." Yadav R, Yoo DG, Kahlenberg JM, Bridges…

  • Sadikot R01-How HIV-related proteins increase the susceptibility to lung injury despite ART

    March 18, 2019

    Ruxana Sadikot, David Guidot, Xian Fan, and Mike Koval were awarded a new R01 from NHLBI: “How HIV-related proteins increase the susceptibility to lung injury despite anti-retroviral therapy.” Learn more on NIH RePORTer here. Grant abstract: …