MB Trainees Accomplishments Spring 2025

Anam Shaikh, Jared Melendrez, Jenna Barnes, Macie Proctor-Roser, Alec Bevis, wand Dr. Robin Orozco post with surfboards reading #immunology2025 in a Hawaii themed photo backdrop

Left to right back row: Anam Shaikh, Jared Melendrez (post-bachelor in the KU PREP program) and Jenna Barnes (former KU Undergrad- K-INBRE program), Macie Proctor-Roser and Alec Bevis. Front row: Dr. Robin Orozco

Tue, 05/13/2025

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Graduate students Alec Bevis (Orozco Lab) and Anam Shaikh (Orozco Lab) both received Travel Awards from the American Association of Immunologist to attend the national immunology conference, IMMUNOLOGY2025 in Honolulu, HI, from May 3 to May 7, 2025.

Alec Bevis gave a block symposium oral presentation titled: “The Autoimmunity-associated Minor Allele of PTPN22 enhances innate antiviral immunity during coronavirus infection.”

Alec Bevis presenting his research at the symposium

Anam Shaikh gave a Major Symposium oral presentation titled: “PEP-R619W distinctly regulates modulates persistent Type I Interferon signaling to enhance DC and CD8 T cell function.”

: Anam Shaikh presenting her research at the symposium — Anam Shaikh presenting her research at the symposium

Macie Proctor-Roser (graduate student, Orozco Lab) also attended IMMUNOLOGY2025 and presented a poster tilted “PTPN22 impacts the B cell landscape during chronic virus infections”