Sameekshya Mainali @SameekshyaMain2
Researcher | PhD| Biology |Neuroscience | Drosophila| STEM| University of Alabama linkedin.com/in/sameekshya-… Alabama, USA Joined July 2020-
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New paper from the lab -- congrats to all authors, including first author @SameekshyaMain2 ! Activation of Toll and IMD pathways in the Drosophila brain following … sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @UaDeptBSC @UA_BCAS #TideResearch
Excited to share that I will be delivering an oral presentation at the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference (#Dros26) in Chicago (March 4–8, 2026). If you’re attending, I’d love to connect! #Drosophila #Neurodegeneration #InnateImmunity @GeneticsGSA @stanlab_bama
New pre-print from the lab: Activation of Toll and IMD pathways in the Drosophila brain following local and systemic bacterial infection biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Congrats to Sameekshya Mainali of the Chtarbanova lab for winning a competitive travel award to present her research at the European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference in the UK this fall! 🎉
@stanlab_bama Many Many congratulations @stanlab_bama 🎉🎊🎈🍾 We all are so happy and very proud of you 🤗 💕
@flyscientistmom @stanlab_bama @UaDeptBSC Thank so much Dr. Patty!!
@stanlab_bama @UaDeptBSC Thank you Dr.Stan!
Congrats to @UaDeptBSC and @stanlab_bama PhD student @SameekshyaMain2 for winning first place for student poster presentation at the North American #Comparativeimmunology Conference (NACI 2023) Workshop! Way to go!
A new study from @MountSinaiNYC @ZhenyuYue_'s laboratory and @SinaiBrain found a novel mechanism that #microglia, resident immune cells of the brain, can help protect against #Alzheimers disease. Check out the full study in @natureCellBio! nature.com/articles/s4155…
Excited to see our recent publication featured by @AgingJrnl. Work by graduate students @HagedornEli and @BunnellDean. @UaDeptBSC #TideResearch RNA Virus Fruit Fly Model: First Study to Measure Single-Fly Respiration aging-us.org/2023/04/rna-vi…
Excited to share our latest publication: aging-us.com/article/204593… Work by former (@HagedornEli) and current (@BunnellDean) @stanlab_bama @UaDeptBSC graduate students and numerous collaborators! Grateful for the pilot grant support from the @NscUab that helped start this project!
Interesting read! hms.harvard.edu/news/how-bacte…
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@MomeniSogol @ciesla_lukasz @Ciesla_Lab Many Congratulations 🎈🎉🎊💕
@flyscientistmom @stanlab_bama @UaDeptBSC Thanks Dr. Patty!
A great experience at #Dros23 presenting poster, sharing ideas, constructive feedbacks and meeting amazing researchers throughout the globe! @stanlab_bama @UaDeptBSC #InnateImmunity #FlyRocks🤘
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