2024
9/2024: Alexander Gonzales joins the lab as a RaMP Scholar!!!
7/2024: Alexandra Degraeve joins the lab as a post-doctoral scholar and BAEF scholar! Welcome, Alexandra!
6/2024: Mohana Mukherjee and Sofia Villa win 1st place at the BCMM Retreat Poster Session!! Way to go, team! Mohana and Chloe were chosen to give oral presentations of their work at this retreat. Way to disseminate our research and get feedback!!
6/2024: Aayushi Ahlawat joins the lab as an on-site volunteer! Welcome, Aayushi!
6/2024: Diego Orellana moves on to his next big adventure as a graduate student in the Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program at Washington University in St. Louis! Way to go, Diego!
6/2024: Ella Barrett joins the lab as an Arthritis Foundation intern! Welcome, Ella!
6/2024: Rahul Bodkhe joins the lab as a post-doctoral scholar! Welcome, Rahul!
5/2024: Alexa Mae Castillo Miranda joins the lab as a volunteer! Welcome, Mae!
2023
10/2023: The Nayak Lab is now supported by a VA CSRD Merit Review Award!
9/2023: The Nayak Lab is now supported by an R35 from the NIGMS (NIH)!
9/2023: Vincent Blay joins the lab as a Volunteer! Welcome, Vincent!
9/2023: Vanya Sofia Villa Soto joins the lab! Welcome, Sofia!
8/2023: Diego is invited to give an oral abstract presentation at ACR this year! Way to go, Diego!
8/2023: Renuka visits the NIH to serve on NIAMS Advisory Council! Learn more about Advisory Council here: https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/working-groups/advisory-council
8/2023: Chloe Heath joins the lab! Welcome, Chloe!
7/31/2023: Katrina completes Arthritis Foundation internship and gives a great poster! Congrats!
6/5/2023: Katrina Yan returns to the lab as an Arthritis Foundation Intern! Welcome back, Katrina!
5/25/2023: Dr. Nayak gives Patient Education Seminar Series for the Arthritis Foundation on Microbiome and Diet in Rheumatic Diseases.
3/18/2023: Dr. Nayak serves on Lupus LA Global Symposium Panel Discussion: Gut, Brain and Lupus.
2/2023: The Nayak Lab is supported by NIAMS with an R03!
2/2023: Mohana Mukherjee joins the lab as a Post-doctoral scholar! Welcome, Mohana!
1/2023: Tanmayi Patharkar joins the lab as a SFVA Volunteer! Welcome, Tanmayi!
1/2023: Joyce Ben and Michael Pham join the lab as SwatWorks Interns! Welcome, Joyce and Michael!
2022
10/2022: Dr. Nayak receives a DEIA supplement to her K08!
10/5/2022: Dr. Nayak speaks at the ANRF Researcher Spotlight Series.
10/2022: Spencer Murphy joins the lab as a Deep Explore Medical Student. Welcome, Spencer!
6/2022: Diego Orellana joins the lab as a PROPEL Scholar! Welcome, Diego!
6/2022: Lam Tran joins the lab as a SEP Summer Scholar! Welcome, Lam!
6/2022: Dr. Nayak speaks at the Arthritis Foundation webinar on the microbiome.
2021
12/2021: Michael Maturana joins the lab as a SwatWorks Intern! Welcome, Michael!
10/2021: Nayak Lab Opens at San Francisco VA!
8/2021: Renuka receives an K Supplement Award from the RRF!
2020
6/2020: Renuka featured on ANRF website: Dr. Renuka Nayak – The Second Human Genome
2018
8/2018: Renuka weighs in on Helio Rheumatology: Cracking the Code: The Rheumatologist’s Role in the Human Microbiome Project