On January 30th, Dr. Samarasinghe gave a seminar talk for the Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series. Dr. Samarasinghe’s talk was titled “The Lung: Where Allergic Inflammation and Infectious Agents Meet”, where she discussed how …
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Dr. Amali Samarasinghe New Faculty Q&A
To get to know more about Dr. Samarasinghe and her move to UW Madison, please read this new faculty Q&A!
Receiving American Association of Immunologists Travel Grant
The Samarasinghe Laboratory is excited to announce that Dr. Samarasinghe has been awarded The American Association of Immunologists Laboratory Travel Grant. This grant will help Dr. Samarasinghe and Molly Hellberg attend the AAI conference in …
Jasmine Quah Wins Third Place at SLB 2025 Flash Talk Competition
Congratulations to Jasmine Quah, who presented a Flash Talk at the Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) 2025 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada! Her presentation, titled “Resistin-like Molecules: Friend or Foe During Influenza?,” was selected for …
Congratulations to Dr. Amali Samarasinghe on Receiving Tenure
We’re thrilled to share that the UW–Madison BioScience Tenure Committee has officially granted tenure to Dr. Amali Samarasinghe. With this milestone, Dr. Samarasinghe transitions from a Visiting role to Associate Professor in the Division of …
The Samarsinghe Lab Joins UW–Madison
The Samarsinghe Lab has officially settled into its new home at the University of Wisconsin–Madison after relocating from the University of Tennessee. The team has been hard at work unpacking more than 400 boxes containing …
Jasmine Quah Featured in Eosinophil Art Contest at IES 2025
Graduate student Jasmine Quah showcased her original artwork, “The ‘Cherry’ on Top,” at the 13th Biennial International Eosinophil Society (IES) Congress, held July 7–11, 2025, in Montpellier, France. Her piece, submitted to the IES “Eosinophil …
Jasmine Quah Named SLB Presidential Scholar – Graduate Student Merit Finalist
Graduate student Jasmine Quah has been named a Merit Finalist in the Presidential Scholars – Graduate Student category by the Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB). This competitive, merit-based award recognizes outstanding research in the field …
Dr. Amali Samarasinghe Appointed Associate Professor at UW–Madison
After 12 successful years at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Amali Samarasinghe has accepted a position as Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine …