Postdocs Kaitlyn Whitefoot-Keliin and Caleb Whitley presented their data at the Society for Leukocyte Biology’s annual conference.

So fun to catch up with Drs. Michael Connor and Sarah Price at GRC Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity!

Postdoc Mahendar Kadari and graduate student Subarna Roy gave oral presentations at the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology.

Katelyn Sheneman officially graduated with her doctorate today!

We are collaborating with Drs. Silvia Uriarte and Heather Pua to understand how bacteria modulate the production of extracellular vesicles.

Katelyn Sheneman is this year’s recipient of the Guy Stevenson Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies from the University of Louisville.

A neutrophil and Y. pestis walk into a bar… Learn what happens next in this review from Dr. Katelyn Sheneman.

Postdoc Kaitlyn Whitefoot will investigate the impact of prostaglandins on disease progression and inflammation during Y. pestis infection.

Congratulations to graduate student newly minted PhD Katelyn Sheneman!

Congrats to postdoc Mahendar Kadari and graduate student Katelyn Sheneman for winning presentation awards at the fall conference in Nashville!

Postdoc Mahendar Kadari and graduate students Katelyn Sheneman, Taylor Garrison, Subarna Roy, and Belayet Hasan Limon presented data at the University of Louisville’s annual showcase of trainee research.

Postdoc Mahendar Kadari and graduate students Taylor Garrison and Subarna Roy presented their data at this year’s Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference in St. Charles, IL.

Members of the Lawrenz Lab participated in Mighty Microbes, an educational outreach event at the Kentucky Science Center.

Matt will serve as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer for the 2025-2027 program.

(Image is an AI-generated portrait of Matt as a distinguished lecturer)

Undergraduate student Khushi Pola completed a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Lawrenz Lab and presented her data.

Graduate student Katelyn Sheneman attended the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Phagocytes.

BIOMED-PREP Scholar Briana Harness wrapped up her mentored research project in the lab.

Thank you to everyone in the lab for creating this incredible birthday display!

Graduate students Taylor Garrison and Katelyn Sheneman were recognized at the 2025 Graduate School Dean’s Reception.

Graduate student Katelyn Sheneman’s paper marks the lab’s foray into the EV world and provides further evidence that Y. pestis manipulates the immune system during infection.