The Read Lab

Ashu Dubey wins Microbiology and Immunology Dept. Milgrom fellowship award 2023 for outstanding postdoc.

Joe Smith wins an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 2023 Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Woods Hole, MA

Congratulations Katie! Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at UB Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Research Day

Congratulations Katie! Outstanding Graduate Student poster Award Rustbelt RNA Meeting 2021

Joe wins Outstanding Postdoc Talk at the 2020 Rustbelt RNA Meeting!

Amar Mishra wins an Excellent Postdoc Poster Award at the 2020 Rustbelt RNA Meeting.

Katie wins 2020 Witebsky Award for Proficiency in Microbiology

Joe wins 2020 Milgrom Memorial Microbiology and Immunology Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Katie Sortino wins Outstanding Rotation Student Award... welcome to the lab Katie!!

Katie Sortino wins Outstanding Rotation Student Award... welcome to the lab Katie!!

Congrats Joe!! Outstanding Postdoc Poster Award at Buffalo Conference in Microbial Pathogenesis!

Joe wins 'Outstanding Poster Award at Gordon Research Conference on RNA and DNA Editing and Modification', Barga, Italy, April 2019!!!

Lucie Kafkova wins 2019 Dean’s award for Outstanding PhD Thesis UB Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Brianna wins First Place Poster Award at UB Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Research Day 2018!

Kyle wins Outstanding Undergraduate Poster at Biochemistry Dept. Research Day 2017

Lucie wins 2nd place Outstanding Poster Award at the 2017 Buffalo Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting

Natalie wins 2015 Microbiology & Immunology Dept. Milgrom Outstanding Postdoc Award

Rachel wins Second Place Outstanding Talk Award at UB Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Day 2016

Rachel wins Outstanding Poster Award at Rustbelt RNA meeting

Gregg is appointed to the NIH Training Grant in Microbial Pathogenesis

Natalie and Kaylen win 2nd and 3rd place poster awards at UB Postdoc Research Day 2014

Lucie wins an Outstanding Poster Award at the 2014 FASEB Biological Methylation Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas

Kaylen wins an Outstanding Poster Award at the 2014 Rustbelt RNA Meeting

Michelle Ammerman receives an award for Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 2012 Woods Hole Molecular Parasitology Meeting.

Kaylen Lott wins the 2012 Milgrom Award for outstanding Postdoc in Microbiology and Immunology.

Michelle wins first place poster prize at 2012 UB Postdoc Research Day.

Milgrom Award: Sara Zimmer received the 2011 Milgrom Award for outstanding postdoc in Microbiologgy and Immunology.

UB Postdoc Research Day 2011: Sara Zimmer received the 2nd place award for Outstanding Poster (again!) at the 2011 UB Postdoctoral Research Symposium.

Bardees Foda won 1st place in The Neter Award conpetition at the 23rd Annual Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis 2011.

Michelle Ammerman received The 2010 Milgrom Award for outstanding postdoc in Microbiology and Immunology.

John Fisk receives an award for Outstanding Oral Presentation at the 2010 Woods Hole Molecular Parasitology meeting.

UB Postdoc Research Day 2010: Laurie was given the Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award 2010 and Sara Zimmer won second place poster prize.

Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis 2023

Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis 2023

Traditional Starbucks stop on the way to Woods Hole KCMB meeting April 2019

RNA Editing Gordon Conference 2019 Barga, Italy

RNA Editing Gordon Conference 2019 Barga, Italy

Florence after party: Gordon conference 2019

Florence after party: Gordon conference 2019

FASEB 2015: Lucie at her award-winning poster

FASEB 2015: Who took this picture?? We are all inside listening to science!

FASEB 2015: Lunch with Xiadong Cheng, Kaylen, and Kevin

FASEB Biological Methylation Meeting - July 2015 - Bahamas! Dinner out with Lucie, Kevin, Laurie, Kaylen, and Neah

CH3

Kaylen and Laurie at the FASEB Methylation Meeting

Kevin and John at the FASEB Biological Methylation Meeting, Snowmass, CO; August 2012

Michelle got her poster's title up, now for the rest

Kaylen is showing off her UB Postdoc Research Day poster

John stands proudly next to his poster at the UB Postdoc Research Day

Laurie, Joseph, Bardees, and Kaylen pose at their pinnacle of achievement - a tough uphill hike

Laurie, Joseph, Bardees, and Kaylen get some exercise

Joseph, Bardees, and Kaylen enjoy a boat ride

Here's John showing off his poster at a conference

Woods Hole Molecular Parasitology Meeting 2007: John and Sarita get down

RNA Meeting in Berlin 2008

Trypanosome Mitochondria Meeting 2009: Sara at Czech Palace.

Trypanosome Mitochondria Meeting 2009: Michelle looking cool in the sun while in the Czech Republic

Trypanosome Mitochondria Meeting 2009: Sara and Michelle checking out the view while in the Czech Republic

Laurie and Hassan at RNA Meeting in Seatlle 2010

Congrats to Kyle on his Masters degree and to Brianna on her NAR 2019 paper! Waves all you can eat sushi and Asian food!

Congratulations Lucie! Graduated August 2018

Laurie and Lucie celebrate her PhD!

At Niagara Falls with special lab friend, Julius Lukeš

Lab dinner with Julius

Rachel gets her Ph.D.!! Congratulations Dr. Simpson!

Christmas 2016

A typical day at Natalie’s bench… a few gels!

Gregg looks happy... Good data?!

Friends in the lab ... Shreya and Natalie

Announcing Rachel's departmental seminar - April 2015

Halloween or Rachel on one of those days?

With Steve Clarke and Mike Yu at Niagara Falls after Steve's seminar

Kaylen looks very happy to be using TriTrypDB

Awesome undergrad Kelsey!

John was pleasently surprised for his birthday by his family and the lab.

Visiting with our collaborators, the Lukes and Zikovo Labs, in the Czech Republic.

That microscope looks like it's about to eat her eyes.

Julee has managed the impossible, clone herself with a tissue hood.

I fell like I've seen this in a horror movie or a safety video, you know, where someone loses a hand.

At the culmination of a month-long, productive visit from PhD Student Karolina Subrtova.

Group Picture at Chris Ryan's Defense Party

Chia Ying at her Thesis Defense Party

Should you really trust a doctor?

Let's talk more science

Everybody is hard at work, or sort of

Michelle with our friend of the lab Tom

John and Michelle in an animated discussion

Cosimo and Joseph working on the computer, or devising world domination

There's John, working hard as always

Thank you for the stimulus money Barack

Our mastery of having as many blots and gels on one shaker as possible

Guess which former lab member sports this tattoo

Lose something? It'll show up eventually

Ah Tony, we can't all have good hair every day

We're a very loving lab

Michelle is testing our new gel apparatus- hope she doesn't start a fire

The game of Cranium requires the best charades

Tony going at Cranium charades, or he could be a Mime

Oh no, some else is trapped in an invisible box

Everybody is getting ready for the yearly ritual of Cranium

Someone getting a secret or a kiss

Bardees is chillin before the party starts

Someone call the police, Sara's having too much fun

The perfect gift for the future medical student

It's a key ring that makes noises

Watch out Cosimo, don't chock on your food

Sara has to get her coffee fix

Christmas Party 2008 with Cranium ready to go

John sitting around waiting for the fun to begin

Lab Holiday party is a yearly highlight.

Bardees enjoys a joke.

Theresa (Grants Coordinator) and Sharon (Lab Technician) are usually behind the scenes, here they get a chance to shine.

Kurtis relaxes for a change.

Gregg’s going away lunch at Jasmine Thai – we’ll miss you, Gregg!

Kyle graduation and undergraduate poster award celebration at Deep South Taco

Sushi Lunch!!

Lunch at Sun Burmese Restaurant to celebrate Ammerman, et al. 2013 (where's Michelle?)

Here we are eating lunch at Taste of India