Postdocs Mahendar Kadari, Kaitlyn Whitefoot-Keliin, and Caleb Whitley plus graduate students Taylor Garrison, Belayet Hasan Limon, and Subarna Roy participated in UofL’s annual research showcase.
Postdoc Mahendar Kadari identified yersinopine as a primary zinc acquisition system and critical virulence factor in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.
Congrats to postdoc Kaitlyn Whitefoot-Keliin, who presented two posters at the 2026 Neutrophil International Symposium!
UofL News interviewed Kaitlyn Whitefoot-Keliin about her postdoc experience and future career goals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Postdoc Mahendar Kadari, graduate students Subarna Roy and Katelyn Sheneman, and PREP Scholar Briana Harness presented data at the 2025 Spring Conference in Louisville.
The Lawrenz Lab celebrated Leo Mora Martinez, Briana Harness, and Eman H. as they embark on the next steps of their educational journeys at the University of Louisville.
Matt was inducted into the Academy in recognition of his outstanding contributions to microbiology.
Postdoc Mahendar Kadari and graduate student Subarna Roy presented their research at the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting.
Matt was selected as a finalist for a Faculty Excellence Award from the University of Louisville.
BIOMED PREP Scholar Briana Harness presented a poster at ABRCMS 2024 (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists) in Pittsburgh.
Our latest paper describes key differences in how neutrophils and macrophages recognize and respond to the Y. pestis type 3 secretion system.
PhD student Katelyn Sheneman was selected to give an oral presentation at Neutrophil 2024 in Munich.
The Lawrenz Lab had fun presenting their data at the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC).
Eman’s summer internship ended today, but we are happy that her time in the Lawrenz Lab isn’t over.
PhD student Taylor Garrison shared her exciting Klebsiella data at this year’s ASM Microbe.
Hooray! Graduate student Subarna Roy passed her qualifying exam and is one step closer to her PhD!
It’s officially official - Dr. Amanda Brady received her diploma today at UofL’s graduation ceremony.
Congrats to PhD student Katelyn Sheneman and technician Ben Hammond for receiving honorable mentions in the Society for Leukocyte Biology’s annual image contest!
Dr. Amanda Brady was recognized with a Dean’s Citation for “superior accomplishment in her graduate studies.”
