Announcements
2021
03/2021 — Research Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol — Lab member Sierra Posey was chosen to present her research at the Oklahoma state capitol in March 2021. Congratulations Sierra!
2020
10/2020 — SACNAS Conference - Registration/Travel Award — Lab member Brenden Determann is a recipient of the SACNAS registration/travel award for the 2020 conference. Congratulations Brenden!
10/03/2020 — OK-LSAMP Symposium Winners! — Three undergraduate students won poster awards at the annual OK-LSAMP Symposium. Congratulations lab members! Cheyenne Daugherty - 1st place poster, Life Sciences; Sierra Posey - 2nd place poster, Life Sciences; and Brittney Conn - 3rd place poster, Life Sciences.
Wentz Research Scholarship - 2020-2021 — Lab member Brittney Conn was awarded the prestigious Wentz Research Scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year. Congratulations Brittney!
05/2020 — Lab Graduates — Our first undergraduate researchers, Emma Maritz and Brinley Cannon, graduated in May 2020! Congratulations Emma and Brinley! Emma successfully defended her honor's thesis entitled: "Identification and Drug Resistance of Fungal Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Patients." Emma received a BS in Microbiology and pre-nursing, with honors and will attend OU College of Nursing in the fall of 2020! Brinley successfully defended her honor's thesis entitled: "Mechanism of Lysosomal Cathepsin B Degradation of Cryptococcus neoformans." Brinley received a BS in Biochemistry and pre-vet, with honors and will attend TX A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in the fall of 2020!
02/2020 — Grant Awarded — Wozniak lab awarded a COBRE project grant from NIH (GMS)!
2019
04/2019 — Nancy Charlene Malkenhorst Scholarship Awarded — Congratulations to Emma Maritz and Sierra Posey recipients of the Nancy Charlene Malkenhorst Scholarship from the OSU College of Arts & Sciences!
2018
11/2018 — Grant Awarded — Wozniak lab awarded a pilot grant from the Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases (OCRID)!
04/2018 — Congratulations to Brittney Conn — Brittney is the recipient of the Joan Marie Tippieconnie scholarship from the OSU College of Arts & Sciences!
04/2018 — Life Sciences Freshman Research Symposium — Our 3 freshmen research students presented posters at the HHMI Life Sciences Freshman Research Symposium. Great job by Savannah, Sierra, and Brittney!
04/2018 — Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Symposium — All undergraduate students in the lab presented posters at the annual departmental symposium. Great presentations by Emma, Savannah, Sierra, and Brittney!