Gayathri received an AAI Young Investigator Award at the 2025 Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago. Congratulations!

Melissa Leonard moved to Memphis, TN, to start her postdoc at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the lab of Dr. Benjamin Youngblood. Congratulations, Melissa!

Melissa Leonard received the 2025 Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award. The Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award for Graduate Veterinarians reinforces Boehringer Ingelheim’s mission to promote research in veterinary medicine/biomedical sciences, and to reward students who have excelled in their graduate or residency programs. Congratulations Melissa!

Dr. Melissa R. Leonard successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, titled “The Ikaros zinc finger transcription factor Aiolos as a novel regulator of cytokine signaling and T cell migration.” Congratulations!!

Congratulations, Gayathri!

Congratulations to Gayathri Dileepan for her first place abstract at the American Physician Scientists Association Midwest Regional Meeting, Columbus, OH! (Image courtesy of APSA)

The Oestreich Lab welcomed Allison Yacapraro, a student in the MS in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis (MSIMP) Program, to the team. So excited to have you!

Graduate Student Melissa Leonard publishes her first author paper titled “Aiolos promotes CXCR3 expression on Th1 cells via positive regulation of IFN-γ/STAT1 signaling” in JCI Insight. Congratulations to Melissa and team!

Postdoctoral scholar Srijana Pokhrel presented her work for which she was awarded the American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellowship in a poster at their reception. Great work Srijana!

Congratulations to graduate student Gayathri Dileepan on her successful poster presentation and receiving the 3rd place the poster award. Great job on your first presentation from the lab!