2025
- The lab welcomes back Cole Moore as a Research Assistant
- The lab welcomes PSTP fellow Miguel Bezara, MD
2024
- The lab welcomes Josh Menard as a Research Assistant
- Wenchun Fan (former postdoc) publishes final lab project on TRIM32 inhibition of alpahvirus in Plos Pathogens
- Erick Perez awarded Molecular Microbiology Training Grant Fellowship
- Cole Moore, undergraduate from Tarleton State University, joins the lab as a SURF student
- The lab publishes collaborative study using sACE2 as SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor in mBio
- Emi Nakahara accorded an Honorable Mention in the 2024 NGraduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition
- Matt McDougal defends dissertation
- The lab welcome graduate student Anthony De Maria
- The lab welcomes PSTP fellow Cameron Lander MD, PhD
2023
- The lab publishes SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 collaborations in Cell Reports and Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
- The lab welcomes Beutler Institute undergraduate researcher Jie (Claire) Lin
- Matt McDougal publishes first author study on cooperativity of ISGs during antiviral responses in EMBO Reports
- Alex Wells receives HHMI Hanna Gray Award
- Sung-Yeon Hwang receives National Research Foundation Fellowship from South Korea
- Katrina Mar publishes first author study on the role of LY6E during coronavirus pathogenesis in vivio in Nature Microbiology
- Maikke Ohlson publishes first author study on discovery of viral host dependency factors in MBio
- Anthony De Maria receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award
- The lab welcome graduate student Emi Nakahara
2022
- The lab publishes SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 collaborations in Clinical Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Circulation, Elife
- The lab welcomes postdoctoral researcher Sung-Yeon Hwang PhD
- The lab welcomes postdoctoral researcher Qi Tang PhD
- Wenchun Fan publishes first author paper on enterovirus strategy to evade TRIM7 in Journal of Virology
- Jennifer Eitson publishes collaborative work with Tagliabraccci lab on SARS-CoV-2 capping in Nature
- The lab welcomes Post-baccalaurate researcher Anthony De Maria
- Matt McDougal, Ian Boys, and Pam De La Cruz Rivera publish review article on ISG evolution in Current Opinion in Virology
- The lab receives grant from The Welch Foundation
- The lab receives R01 grant from NIH
- The lab welcomes postdoctoral researcher Alex Wells PhD
- The lab welcome graduate student Erick Perez
2021
- The lab publishes SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 collaborations in Clinical Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Circulation, Elife
- Natasha Hanners published first author paper on Shiftless-mediated restriction of Zika virus in PNAS
- Ian Boys publishes first author paper on the evolutionary diversification of antiviral RTP4 in Plos Genetics
- Wenchun Fan publishes first author paper on TRIM7-mediated suppression of enteroviruses in Cell
- Ian Boys defends dissertation
- The lab welcomes Research Scientist Dr. Marley Van Dyke
- Ian Boys receives the Nominata Award (highest honor given to UTSW grad student for excellence in research scholarship)
2020
- The lab's work on COVID-19 is mentioned/featured in Time, Texas Monthly, and KERA/NPR
- Katrina Mar published co-first author study on the discovery of LY6E as a coronavirus restriction factor in Nature Microbiology
- Ian Boys publishes first author paper on the role of antiviral RTP4 in flavivirus-host genetic conflicts in Cell Host & Microbe
- John Schoggins receives NIH Pioneer Award
2019
- John Schoggins receives Innovation Award from American Lung Association
- John Schoggins named 'Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease' from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Nick Rinkenberger publishes first author paper on mechanisms of Zika virus entry in Virology
- The lab receives grant from The Welch Foundation
- Matt McDougal receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award
- Nick Rinkenberger defends dissertation
- Natasha Hanners MD receives NIH K08 award
- Katrina Mar defends dissertation
- The lab welcomes graduate student Matt McDougal
2018
- Blake Richardson defends dissertation
- Blake Richardson publishes first author paper on antiviral IFI6 protein in Nature Microbiology
- Pam De La Cruz Rivera published first author paper on IFN responses in bat cells in Journal of Immunology
2017
- The lab welcomes postdoctoral researcher Wenchun Fan PhD
- Matt McDougal returns for SURF #2
- Jennifer Eitson promoted to Research Associate
2016
- Natasha Hanners MD awarded a Scholar position on NIH-sponsored K12 program
- Nick Rinkenberger awarded Molecular Microbiology Training Grant Fellowship
- John Schoggins discusses Zika virus research with NPR affiliate KERA
- Matt McDougal, undergraduate from LATech, joins the lab as a SURF student
- Natasha Hanners publishes first author paper on Zika virus in neural progenitors in Cell Reports
- Maikke Ohlson PhD joins the lab
- Ian Boys receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award
- The Lab receives grant from The Clayton Foundation
2015
- Natasha Hanners MD receives the W.W. Caruth Fellow Award
2014
- John Schoggins is named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar, with distinction as the Foundation's Milton E. Cassel Scholar
- Jennifer Eitson promoted to Research Assistant II
- John Schoggins awarded NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2 Program)
- The lab welcomes MD/PhD candidate Pam De La Cruz Rivera
- Blake Richardson awarded Molecular Microbiology Training Grant Fellowship
- Katrina Mar awarded Immunology Training Grant Fellowship
- Ian Boys returns for SURF #2
- Nick Rinkenberger receives Honorable Mention from National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
2013
- The lab welcomes pediatric infectious disease fellow Natasha Hanners MD
- The lab welcomes graduate student Nick Rinkenberger j
- Ian Boys, undergraduate from Baylor University, joins the lab as a SURF student
- The lab welcomes lab manager Jennifer Eitson and graduate students Katrina Mar and Blake Richardson