News
- Current Funding:
- 9/2015 – 8/2020 National Institutes of Health NIGMS 1R01 GM 100092-01A1
- 8/2016 – 8/2020 National Institutes of Health NIGMS 3R01 GM 100092-01A1S1
- 9/2017 – 8/2019 Indiana CTSI Project Development Team Award
MAY 2019:
- Graduate student Sherlene Brown, Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, and Undergraduate Maha Ali presented posters at the Hitchhiker's Symposium on Proteins at Purdue University.
- Congratulations to Undergraduate student Alexandra (Allie) Stiffler for receiving the very competitive 2019-2020 OUR Scholars Scholarship!
- Undergraduate student Nikita Prabhakar graduates from Purdue's Computer Science Program. Congratulations, Nikki!
- Graduate student Ben Watson joins the lab. Welcome, Ben!
APRIL 2019:
- Graduate student Ali Camara successfully passed his Prelim Exam to advance to PhD candidacy!
- Congratulations to Undergraduate student Vandana Reddy for receiving the SROP Summer Research Fellowship!
- Congratulations to Undergraduate student Alexandra Stiffler for receiving the Purdue BIOL Summer Research Fellowship!
- Undergrads Vandana Reddy, Maha Ali, and Allie Stiffler presented posters at the Annual Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
MARCH 2019:
- Congratulations to Graduate student, Sherlene Brown, for winning First Prize at the Sigma Xi Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Fellows Poster Competition! Award winners will be honored at the Annual Sigma Xi Awards Banquet on April 3rd, 2019, where they will also briefly present their award winning posters.
- Congratulations to Undergraduate Maha Ali on securing a Research Associate Internship at NYU Langone School of Medicine!
FEBRUARY 2019:
- Congratulations to Graduate Student, Ali Camara, on being awarded the NIH/CTSI Pre-Doctoral Fellowship!
JANUARY 2019:
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Seema received the 2018-2019 PRF International Travel Grant to present her work on Fic proteins at two scientific conferences in India. She Chaired a Scientific Session and presented a Plenary Lecture at the 106th Indian Science Congress Annual Meeting, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Jallandhar, Punjab. She also gave a seminar at the 6th World Congress on Nanomedicinal Sciences in New Delhi. Seema was felicitated with commemorative plaques at both meetings. She thanks Purdue for these funds, which facilitated her attendance at these prestigious meetings. News coverage of the events is at https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/5-things-modi-said-at-indian-science-congress-2019-new-slogan-coined-html-1422636-2019-01-03?sr=fbia]
SEPTEMBER 2018:
- Erica Zbornik and Sherlene Brown's posters on their latest work on Fic proteins drew big crowds at the 25th Annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference in Iowa City. Awesome scientific discussions! Great meeting!
JUNE 2018:
- Seema gave a talk at the Indiana Biology of Intracellular Pathogens meeting in Indianapolis. Ranjan Sengupta presented his poster on a new electron tomography technique that we developed.
MAY 2018:
- Sanjeev Kumar wins best poster award (Postdoc Category) on his work on YopT at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy meeting!
- Undergrads Adrianna Glaser and Ben Watson graduated with an Honors Thesis from our lab!
- Congratulations to all our new Purdue graduates:
Chris Wagner (Covance, Madison, WI),
Maha Ali (Purdue Publich Health),
Ben Watson (Biology Graduate Program, Purdue) ,
Adrianne Glaser(Veterinary School, Purdue), and
Capt. Hee-Jeong Kim (Korea)
Maha Ali (Purdue Publich Health),
Ben Watson (Biology Graduate Program, Purdue) ,
Adrianne Glaser(Veterinary School, Purdue), and
Capt. Hee-Jeong Kim (Korea)
APRIL 2018:
- Congratulations - Mattoo lab members win multiple awards!!
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ranjan Sengupta:
1) 2017 ASCB (American Society for Cell Biology) Travel Award
2) Oral presentation at 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, College Park, MD
1) 2017 ASCB (American Society for Cell Biology) Travel Award
2) Oral presentation at 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, College Park, MD
Graduate student, Ali Camara:
1) 2017 P.T. Gilham Fellowship
2) 2017 JS AS Andrews Award
3) 2018 Abbott Minority Research Award
1) 2017 P.T. Gilham Fellowship
2) 2017 JS AS Andrews Award
3) 2018 Abbott Minority Research Award
Undergraduate student, Adrianne Glaser:
1) Dr. Edwin Dwayne Miller Scholarship, 2017
2) Championing Diversity Aaward from Purdue's College of Science
1) Dr. Edwin Dwayne Miller Scholarship, 2017
2) Championing Diversity Aaward from Purdue's College of Science
Undergraduate student, Taryn Blaine Coyle:
1) CPIP (Cancer Prevention Internship Program) Summer Research Internship, 2018
2) 1st Place, Purdue Writing Showcase under "Best Primary Rresearch" Category, 2018
1) CPIP (Cancer Prevention Internship Program) Summer Research Internship, 2018
2) 1st Place, Purdue Writing Showcase under "Best Primary Rresearch" Category, 2018
Seema Mattoo:
1) "Walk the Talk" Ethics Award for Outstanding dedicaton to the Purdue University Statement of Integrity and Code of Conduct, given by Purdue University.
(Seema says, "This particular award means a lot! Thank you to those who nominated me for it.")
2) 2017 Favorite Faculty Nomination, Purdue University
1) "Walk the Talk" Ethics Award for Outstanding dedicaton to the Purdue University Statement of Integrity and Code of Conduct, given by Purdue University.
(Seema says, "This particular award means a lot! Thank you to those who nominated me for it.")
2) 2017 Favorite Faculty Nomination, Purdue University
MAY 2018:
- Congratulations to Postdoc, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, for winning 1st Prize for Best Poster (Postdoc category) at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium held at Purdue University!
- Graduate student, Captain Hee-Jeong Kim, successfully defended her Master's Thesis!!
JANUARY 2018:
- Congratulations to newly graduated student, Dr. Anwesha Sanyal, on starting her Postdoc at Harvard University!!
- Mattoo Lab receives special recognition
- Meet Ben Watson Phillips, Undergrad Intern
- Summer happenings in the Mattoo Lab
- Protein determines life or death fate of stressed cells