April 29, 2026 -- Mennat presenting at the UIC Women's Health Research Day. Her poster was titled "Influence of Sex Hormone Exposure on Placental Cell Entry by Listeria monocytogenes"
April 21, 2026 — Ashley Huang presenting her independent research and honors capstone project, "Effects of the Pheromone pPplA on the Regulation of Oxidative Stress in L. monocytogenes."
You are not looking at a science news anchor, or an actor playing a doctor on TV, but at the future Dr. Mennat Gharib giving her Research in Progress seminar.
Dee Dee celebrating the acceptance of her manuscript for publication in Infection and Immunity. She wore the purple Erlenmeyer flask necklace to honor the achievement, bit on it, and said it tasted better than Olympic gold!
Jacque proudly holding her bag of goodies after winning the Christmas Carol Trivia. While you were a silly kid running around, Jacque was memorizing all the verses of "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
Medal winners Nancy and Barbara! Barbara earns "Early Bird" for launching her new lab, while Nancy gets "Just One More Experiment" for... well, you know.
The best selfie taker in our lab is Mercy Kremer. He can capture any view with the artistic angles and bird's-eye perspective. And long arms don't hurt either!
