NEWS
Lab website is launched
November 2021
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After months of hard work creating the lab website, we are so excited to announce that it has officially launched!
Rhea says goodbye to the Gillgrass Lab
July 2021
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Rhea says goodbye to the Gillgrass lab to pursue medical studies at Queen's University this August. Goodbye and good luck Rhea!
Jack awarded the CGS-M
May 2021
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Congratulations to Jack Yang for being awarded the Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program (CIHR Stream)!
Dr. Gillgrass co-author on new COVID-19 review
March 2021
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Read the article in the FASEB Journal here: COVID-19: Current knowledge in clinical features, immunological responses, and vaccine development
Dr. Gillgrass co-author on new TB Vaccine review
September 2020
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Read the article in Frontiers in Immunology here: Advancing Immunotherapeutic Vaccine Strategies Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Jack awarded the McMaster Provost's Medal
May 2020
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Congratulations to Jack Yang for being awarded McMaster's Provost Medal!
Rhea joins the Gillgrass Lab
September 2019
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Rhea, a third year BHSc student, joins the lab for her third year thesis project. Welcome!
The Gillgrass Lab Opens
January 2019
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Excited to announce the opening of the Gillgrass Lab at McMaster University!
Alexis joins the Gillgrass Lab
September 2021
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Alexis joins the lab as a first year Master's student in the Medical Sciences Graduate Program at McMaster University. Welcome!
Maddie & Jack present @ Perey 2021
June 2021
Maddie and Jack present at the 7th Annual D.Y.E. Perey Symposium.
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Maddie presented her project "Establishing Humanized Mouse Models for HIV, TB, and HIV/TB Co-Infection"
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Jack presented his project "Developing Next-Generation Humanized Mouse Models for Infectious Disease Research"
Carmina receives the RCI Summer Student Scholarship
April 2021
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Congratulations Carmina Isidoro for receiving the Research Centre and Institute to support her summer work at the lab!
Rhea wins the IIDR Poster Award
November 2020
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Congratulations to Rhea Jangra for winning the IIDR Trainee Day 2020 Undergraduate Poster Award!
Dr. Gillgrass interviewed for MIRC's new podcast
September 2020
Dr. Gillgrass is the first guest hosted by MIRC's newest podcast, Immunology & Beyond.
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Rhea receives the IIDR Summer Student Fellowship
April 2020
Congratulations to Rhea Jangra for receiving the IIDR Summer Student Fellowship! This summer, Rhea will work to characterize the macrophage extracellular traps (MET) process.
Maddie joins the Gillgrass Lab
September 2019
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Maddie joins the lab as a first year Master's student in the Medical Sciences Graduate Program and is the lab's first graduate student. Welcome!
Margaret (Wa Yan) joins the Gillgrass Lab
September 2021
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Margaret, a third year in the BDC program at McMaster will be conducting her third year project in the lab. Welcome!
Maddie presents @ CAHR 2021
May 2021
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Maddie presents at the 30th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research on "Establishing Humanized Mouse Models for HIV and HIV/TB Co-Infection"
Dr. Gillgrass, Jack & collaborators publish review on humanized mice
March 2021
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Read the article in Frontiers in Immunology here: Advances in Humanized Mouse Models to Improve Understanding of HIV-1 Pathogenesis and Immune Responses
Maddie, Jack & Rhea present @ IIDR Trainee day 2020
November 2020
Maddie, Jack and Rhea present at the 10th Annual IIDR Trainee Day,
Jack joins the Gillgrass Lab as a graduate student
September 2020
Continuing his work from undergrad, Jack started the Master’s Program in Medical Sciences in the Gillgrass lab.
Carmina joins the Gillgrass Lab
February 2020
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Carmina, a third year BHSc student, joins the lab as a research project student. Welcome!
Jack joins the Gillgrass Lab
May 2019
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Jack, a fourth year BHSc student, joins us in the lab as a summer research student and the lab's first trainee. Welcome!