NEWS
from the lab
GRACE CIABATTONI JOINS THE LAB AS PHD STUDENT
April 2022
Grace will fit right in with both with a BS in Molecular Biology and BA in aSpanish and Hispanic Studies from Lehigh University. She will be working on our neonate mouse model of transmission. Welcome Grace!
ASHLEY FISHER JOINS THE LAB AS RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
March 2022
We are very happy to welcome Ashley to the team. Ashley comes with a BA in Cellular/Molecular Biology with a Double Minor in Deaf Studies + Spanish from SUNY New Paltz, and with a ton of in-lab experience. She will be supporting our mouse team and advancing our studies on HIV resistance.
LAB'S SECOND PUBLICATION, IN JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
February 23, 2021
de Vries M., Mohamed A.S., Prescott R.A., Valero-Jimenez A.M., Desvignes L., O'Connor R., Steppan C., Devlin J.C., Ivanova E., Herrera A., Schinlever A., Loose P., Ruggles K., Koralov S.B., Anderson A.S., Binder J., and Dittmann M. A comparative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals characterizes 3CLpro inhibitor PF-00835231 as a potential new treatment for COVID-19.J. Virol. 2021. Feb 23
KEATON CROSSE JOINS THE LAB AS POST-DOC
January 2021
Joining from Dr. Karls Helbig's lab in Melbourne, Keaton will work on ELF1's superpowers. We hope the season transition from sunny summer to snowy NYC is not too harsh and are looking forward to working with him.
WORK FEATURED IN GERMANY'S "DER SPIEGEL"
November 11, 2020
The lab's work on SARS-CoV-2 antivirals is featured in Germany's leading weekly magazine, "Der Spiegel"
DITTMANN LAB TEAMS UP WITH MENACHARY LAB FOR A STUDY COMPARING SARS-COV-2 WITH SARS-COV
November 9, 2020
MEIKE PRESENTS AT THE COLUMBIA VIRTUAL COVID-19 SYMPOSIUM
September 23, 2020
Lecture about our work on the 3CLpro inhibitor for inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 can be found here.
AUSTIN SCHINLEVER JOINS THE LAB AS PHD STUDENT
July 2020
In the midst of the pandemic, Austin joins the lab to work on what makes super warrior ELF1 attack. We are very excited!
LUNCH & LEARN:
SARS-COV2
March 2, 2020
Meike presents molecular details of SARS-CoV2 life cycle and tropism for first year medical students.
DITTMANN LAB ESCAPES!
February 20, 2020
The team scored a narrow 58 min escape in the EscapeNYCRoom. We had a lot of fun!
MEIKE GIVES SPOTLIGHT ON FACULTY LECTURE
December 9, 2019
Meike presents the lab's mission and ongoing projects to the NYUMC community.
LAB'S FIRST PUBLICATION IN PLOS PATHOGENS
November 4, 2019
The lab's first paper on the transcription factor ELF1 is now published in PLOS Pathogens.
MEIKE RECEIVES CHRISTINA FLEISCHMANN AWARD
October 20, 2019
Meike receives Christina Fleischmann Award for Young Women Investigators at Cytokines 2019 in Vienna, awarded by the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS).
RACHEL PRESCOTT JOINS THE LAB AS PHD STUDENT
May 28 , 2019
We are very happy that Rachel picked our lab to work on influenza virus - Staphylococcus aureus co-infections. Rachel will be co-mentored by Meike and by our neighbor Victor Torres.
ANA MAYELA JOINS LAB AS POST DOC
March 18, 2019
We are excited that Ana Mayela Valero-Jimenez is joining the lab to work on the characterization of our Elf1 mouse model.
CLARA WINS BEST PRESENTATION
January 22, 2019
Clara Si wins Best Presentation at the 34th Symposium of Virus-Host Interactions. Congratulations Clara!
CELEBRATING NOTICE OF AWARD FOR R21
January 9, 2019
We received the notice of award for our first R21 today. Looking forward to boost our Rock-Scissors-Virus project hunting for more antiviral SERPINS.
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