Jan 14, 2011, Dan Colley, CTEGD Director, and Roberto Docampo, CTEGD Eminent Scholar, have been named along with four other distinguised UGA Faculty as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The honor is bestowed upon them by their peers for "scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. read more

Nov 8, 2010, Rick Tarleton, distinguished research professor of cellular biology, and principle investigator for the CTEGD. has been named the first UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in the Biological Sciences. read more

Mar 10, 2010, Roberto Docampo, professor of cellular biology, Barbara and Sanford Orkin/Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, and principle investigator for the CTEGD, was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in recognition of his outstanding record of innovative research over the course of his career. read more

Penn, University of Georgia collaboration awarded $14.6 million to expand pathogen database, expedite worldwide research Dec 10, 2009 - Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia have been awarded a five-year, $14.6 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, to expand and extend work on the Eukaryotic Pathogen Genome Database Resource. read more

Researchers at the University of Georgia discover protein is crucial to reproduction of parasites involved in disease Feb 12, 2009 - As diseases go, toxoplasmosis is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Its effects are usually mild, though infection is for life, and two out of five Americans are chronically infected. Those with compromised immune systems can, however, face serious complications. And the disease can also have serious effects on a human fetus if contracted by a mother. read more

UGA Research Foundation receives $18.7 million Gates Foundation grant to improve control of schistosomiasis, a debilitating and neglected tropical disease Dec 18, 2008 - The University of Georgia Research Foundation has received a five-year, $18.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to research ways to reduce morbidity from schistosomiasis in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. read more

New research identifies first method for rigorous testing and assessing usefulness of drug treatments for Chagas’ disease, a tropical disorder that threatens millions April 21, 2008 - Chagas’ disease is a tropical parasitic sickness that currently affects more than 16 million people, with a staggering 100 million at risk, largely in the tropical areas of South and Central America. And yet the main drug used to treat the disease is highly toxic and causes serious side effects. read more

New genetic model could help scientists understand essential aspects of parasite biology March 17, 2008 - The word Apicomplexa may be unfamiliar to most people. But the parasites it describes are all too familiar—causing malaria, toxoplasmosis and several other diseases. These scourges are complex and difficult to study, but a new model system may change that. read more

University receives $5.6 million NIH grant for vaccine research October 11, 2004 - Rick Tarleton, Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology, received a five-year, $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health last month to further research aimed at developing and testing therapeutic vaccines to prevent and treat a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which causes Chagas disease. read more