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In collaboration with Dr. Yu Chen’s team and other teams at USF, we published a paper
on “Nature Communication” July 2022. Publications
Dr. Sun gave a talk at Anaerobe 2022, Seattle, USA.
Congratulations to Dr. Shaohui Wang for promotion to the Research Assistant Professor
Our team received a second donation from Anthony Gagliardi Memorial Foundation.
Welcome Abiral Hasib Shourav to join the team as a PhD candidate, starting in Aug 2022.
Dr. Sun was invited as a Convener and speaker at American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 2022 meeting (June 9-13,2022).
Dr. Sun was invited as a Keynote Speaker at International Conference and Expo on
Applied Microbiology 2022 (June 17-18, 2022).
Dr. Sun was selected as the Vice President for USF Chapter of National Academy of
Inventors, since January 2022.
Dr. Sun served NIH HIBP Study Section Panel (June 29-30, 2022).
Welcome Dr. Anastasia Tomatsidou to join our research team as a postdoctoral fellow
starting in April 2022
Dr. Sun served NIH Digestive System Host Defense, Microbial Interactions and Immune and Inflammatory Diseases (DHMI) Study Section Panel (February 24-25, 2022).
Welcome Lubem Agbendeh to join the team as a PhD candidate, starting in Dec 2021
Dr. Sun served NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2) Review Panel ZRG1 CVRS-
A70 (Oct 12 – Dec 10, 2021).
Welcome Hassan Haidar and Irene Arias Gutierrez to join the team as master students
starting in Sept, 2021
Dr. Sun was invited as a speaker in "Vaccines Conference-2021", Aug 26-28, 2021
Sun lab received a new mPI R21 with the University of Tennessee with a preliminary score of 20. July 2021
Congratulations to Joshua Heuler for graduation with honor from USF. May 2021
Congratulations to Ishani Wickramage for the publication in "J Antimicrob Chemother". July 2021
Congratulations to Joshua Heuler for the publication in publication in "FEMS Microbiology Reviews". Feb 2021
Joshhua Heuler presenting at "2021 Annual Undergraduate research Conference" at USF. See here
Congratulations to Dulong Zhu and team members for the publication in "Applied and Environmental Microbiology". April 2021
Dr. Sun was invited as a Convener and speaker at ASM 2021. June 20-24, 2021
Dr. Sun served on NIH Study section panel (III). June 23-15, 2021
Congratulations to Hiran Malinda for being accepted by the PhD program at USF. Feb, 2021
Dr. Sun was invited as a seminar speaker in the Department of Chemistry, USF. March 31, 2021
Dr. Sun was invited to serve NIH study section panel (DP2). March 16-17, 2021
Dr. Sun was invited as a seminar speaker at the Dankook University, South Korea, Dec 9-10, 2021
Dr. Sun chaired NIH Study section panel (NIAID R34 and U01) on July 16, 2020
Congratulations to Kristina Valladares for successfully defend her Master thesis with a Grade"A"
Dr. Sun was invited to serve NIH study section on June 30, 2020