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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, …

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. …

….. ……………………. 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

To get to know more about Dr. Samarasinghe and her move to UW Madison, please read this new faculty Q&A!

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 …