Dr. Vargas-Muñiz was selected to participate in the mBio's Early Career Editorial Board Program. Through his participation in the program, Dr. Vargas-Muñiz will receive training in best practices for peer-review of scientific manuscripts. (2/8/24)
We are moving! The Vargas-Muñiz Lab is excited to join the Department of Biological Sciences and the Virginia Tech community this upcoming January 2024! (12/18/23)
Congratulations to Rebecca and Makenzie! Both were recognized at the South Central Medical Mycology Meeting for their outstanding delivery of their research talk! (11/18/23)
Congratulations to Rebecca Busch on a successful thesis defense! (11/06/23)
Dr. Vargas-Muñiz was awarded a Whitman Fellowship. This will be his second year as a Whitman Fellow and the lab is planning on building upon last summer fellowship work. (2/22/2023)
Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Stephanie Anthonies (SIU, Biological Sciences) on her published manuscript! (11/19/2022)
The Vargas-Muñiz Lab in collaboration was awarded a Bats for the Future Fund grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation! This collaborative grant aims to further our understanding how Pseudogymnoascus destructans invade host tissue. https://loom.ly/brwlqjM (10/25/2022)
We are excited to announce that the lab have a new Grad Student, Makenzie Bullard! Makenzie comes to us from the The University of North Alabama. Her research involves Characterizing how A. fumigatus septins contributes to host-pathogen interactions. We are all excited to have her in the lab! (09/08/2022)
Congratulation to Rebecca Busch, who received the SIU Graduate School Master's Fellowship! This fellowship will financially support Rebecca for 11 months and allow her to focus on her research. (2/22/2022)
We are happy to announce that Dr. Vargas-Muñiz was awarded a Whitman Fellowship! This fellowship will support the development of genetics tools for H. werneckii and the isolation of tunicate-associated yeasts! (2/10/2022)
We are excited to announce that the lab have a new Grad Student, Rebecca Busch! Rebecca comes to us from the Univ. of Illinois Chicago. Her research involves Septins in A. fumigatus and will assist with characterizing the cell biology of marine fungi. Excited to see all she will accomplish! (01/14/2022)
The Vargas-Muñiz Lab will open its doors at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale the Fall of 2020! We are thrilled to be part of the Saluki family and contribute to the intellectual comunity at SIUC.