This past week, April 15-19, Dr. Amali Samarasinghe and …
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Samuel Graduate School Acceptance
We are so excited to announce that Samuel Sonsolla, a current undergraduate in the lab, has been accepted into graduate school and will be joining the lab as a PhD student this fall. As an …
Jarjour Research Day
The Jarjour Research Day Abstract Submission and Online Registration is open! Dr. Amali Samarasinghe is helping coordinate the Jarjour Research Day and we wanted to announce the abstract submission is now open. The link to …
New Member of the Samarasinghe Lab!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Panisara Meechan to the Samarasinghe Lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow! Dr. Meechan received her PhD in Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, …
Jasmine Quah Receives Witiak Travel Award
The Samarasinghe Lab is excited to share that Jasmine Quah has been selected to receive the Witiak Travel Award to support conference travel during the 2026 award cycle (July 1–December 31, 2026). This award honors Dr. …
Samarasinghe Annual Lab Meeting
….. ……………………. On March 13th the Samarasinghe Lab had their Annual Lab Meeting. The meeting was comprised of group bonding activities; like yearly goals, meditation, and a trivia contest; and presentations to get to know …
Biology of Acute Respiratory Infection Gordon Research Conference 2026
The week of February 22-27, Dr. Amali Samarasinghe attended the Biology of Acute Respiratory Infection Gordon Research Conference 2026, a prestigious international meeting that brings together researchers studying respiratory pathogens and host immune responses. At …
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 …
Medical Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Speaker
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 …
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 …