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Donna Huber

A woman wearing glasses and a lab coat smiles while sitting in a laboratory with shelves and books in the background.

 Infectious Disease March 05, 2026

Cellular biology graduate student receives American Heart Association fellowship

Kissing bugs can carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease, and they're particularly abundant in Texas and the southern U.S. (Getty Images)

 Infectious Disease June 26, 2025

UGA researchers develop first test of cure for Chagas disease

University of Georgia researcher Samarchith "Sam" Kurup

 Infectious Disease June 10, 2025

Kurup wins prestigious PATH award for groundbreaking malaria research

Dictyostelium is an amoeba that crawls on glass. The green stain prominently displays its cytoskeleton after cells were fixed and permeabilized, using an anti-actin antibody. The new anti-O-fucose antibody, created by Megna Tiwari, illustrates in red the concentration of O-fucose proteins within the nucleus, highlighted by the blue dye. One of the cells has 2 nuclei, and the white bar measures 5 microns.

 Infectious Disease May 07, 2025

UGA biochemists create new tool to study biological process in parasites

People, Parasites and Plagues podcast Assistant Producer Sy Wiegand (front) with hosts Kim Klonowski (left) and David Peterson (right) during the taping of the book club episode.

 Infectious Disease October 10, 2024

‘People, Parasites and Plagues’ podcast kicks off new season

Plasmodium falciparum

 Infectious Disease October 02, 2024

Researchers discover gene needed to make pair of invasion organelles

Assistant Professor Tania Rozario has received a seed grant from the Hypothesis Fund to develop a new approach to advance tapeworm research, particularly on the little understood topic of regeneration. Here, a distribution of cycling stem cells (multicolored) is shown within the regeneration-competent tapeworm neck. (Photo courtesy of Tania Rozario)

 Genetics April 16, 2024

UGA geneticist gets to take risks with new seed grant

Two women in lab coats, one smiling at the camera and the other holding a pipette and wearing gloves, both in a laboratory setting.

 Infectious Disease March 04, 2024

Two CTEGD trainees receive AHA fellowships

Diego Huet

 Infectious Disease January 04, 2024

Diego Huet zeroes in on parasite that affects thousands each year

Two women in lab coats work together in a laboratory; one is seated using a microscope, while the other stands beside her.

 Infectious Disease November 09, 2023

Center takes on parasitic diseases with global reach