AIMRC Seminar on how Myeloid Cells Induce Vascular Remodeling during Leishmania Infection
Tiffany Weinkopff, UAMS College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center will host a Zoom seminar at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Tiffany Weinkopff of the UAMS College of Medicine's Department of Microbiology and Immunology will discuss her research on parasitic disease from Leishmania infection.
Weinkopff's lab combines cellular and molecular techniques, including flow cytometry, microscopy and imaging to evaluate pathways associated with vascular remodeling and the inflammatory response. The goal of her lab is to define the factors that control lesion development and resolution, which will be important in developing novel therapies for patients.
Weinkopff is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology in the College of Medicine. She also serves as the assistant director of the microbiology and immunology track graduate program in interdisciplinary biomedical sciences.
Weinkopff earned her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in 2010 and completed her post-doctoral work in parasitology and immunology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Her research career has been dedicated to understanding parasite-host interactions.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Kimberley Fuller at fullerk@uark.edu.
Contacts
Sarah Grace Brown, communications coordinator
Division of Research and Innovation
479-575-6874,
sarahb@uark.edu
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