Recent News and Events

October, 2021: Sushant Bhatnagar is promoted to Associate Professor!
October, 2021: Yesha Vyas joins the lab as a volunteer.
September, 2021: Katherine Perez joins the lab as a volunteer.
September, 2021: Mosta receives the UAB extraordinary first year postdoc award-2021.
September, 2021: Asmita relocates to New York.
August, 2021: The lab receives its large yellow flammible liquids cabinet!
July, 2021: Healthcheck no longer required for lab workers! Masks required for work in doors at UAB again.
June, 2021: Mosta had the top-viewed poster/presentation at the American Diabetes Association conference: Pancreatic ß-Cell Specific Deletion of Complement 1q Like-3 Secreted Protein Improves Glucose Tolerance by Increasing Insulin Secretion.
June, 2021: Navya Gullapalli, a UAB-CORD summer intern, started working on her project of Transfection with Saba Alsharif.
May, 2021: Lab Party at the Bhatnagar household.
May, 2021: Tom1 Conditional Knockout mouse finally received after several months.
April, 2021: Haifa Alsharif wins first place for the 3 minute scientific thesis project talk.
March, 2021: Haifa Alsharif has her first committee meeting on March 12.
November, 2020: Mostafizur has his first baby.
October, 2020: Halloween Party 10/30 and Sushant Bhatnagar Birthday parties.
August, 2020: Mostafizur, Postdoctoral Researcher joined the lab. We welcome you!
July, 2020: Manuscripts as co-author published in Diabetes and Scientific Reports Journals! Thank you, Jeonga Kim for including us in these studies.
May, 2020: John Trombley and Asmita Pathak isolate islets for the first time.
April, 2020: Asmita Pathak, Postdoctoral Researcher joined the lab. We welcome you!
March, 2020: John Trombley, Researcher V joined the lab. We welcome you!
Janurary, 2020: Dr. Bhatnagar received Pittman award given to young researcher at UAB!
Janurary, 2020: Dr. Sayak Bhatacharya got the Lecture position at Bradford University, VA. Congratulations and good luck at your new position!
Janurary, 2020: Haifa Alsharif Graduate student in the GGB Theme joined Bhatnagar Lab to pursue PhD. We are thrilled to have you in the lab!
December, 2019: Collaborative work with Dr. Jeonga Kim Lab entitled, A small molecule stimulating thermogenesis reverses diet-induced obesity is in revision at the Diabetes Journal.
December, 2019: Collaborative work with Dr. Jeonga Kim Lab entilled, Metformin reduces saturated fatty acid-induced lipid accumulation and inflammatory response by restoration of autophagic flux in endothelial cells is in revision at the Scientific Reports Journal.
December, 2019: Dr. Bhatnagar at American Diabetes Association grant review panel.
November, 2019: Dr. Bhatnagar gave presentation in the CDIB Department of UAB
November, 2019: Dr. Bhatnagar gave presentation at the University of Pittsburgh.
August, 2019: Dr. Bhatnagar gave presentation at Endocrine Research Meeting, UAB.
August, 2019: Jaime Thompson, Undergraduate Student at UAB joined the lab! We welcome you!
August, 2019: Jennifer Rodriguez-Orduno, Undergraduate Student at UAB joined the lab! We welcome you!
August, 2019: Shujia Liu, MS (Biotechnology) at UAB joined the lab! We welcome you!
August, 2019: Haifa Alsharif Graduate student in the GGB Theme started lab rotation in the Bhatnagar Lab
July, 2019: Manuscript published in Scientific Reports, entitled, "A gene expression network analysis of the pancreatic islets from lean and obese mice identifies complement 1q like-3 secreted protein as a regulator of β-cell function." Congratulations to all authors!
May, 2019: First prize oral presentation award at the Midwest Islet Club conference! Congratulations Dr. Rajesh Gupta!
May, 2019: Dr. Rajesh Gupta selected for Eliezer S. Award for the best Diabetes Research Abstract at the 10th Annual UAB Diabetes research day. Prize money- $300
April, 2019: Abstract accepted for oral presentation at UAB Diabetes research day, Birmingham, AL.
April, 2019: Abstract accepted for oral presentations at the Mid West Islet club conference, Michigan, Ann Harbor, MI
April 5, 2019: RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE NIH THAT OUR R01 TO STUDY THE ROLE OF TOMOSYN-2 IN INSULIN SECRETION AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE WILL GET FUNDED!
April 1, 2019: Dr. Sayak Bhatacharya, PhD started working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Bhatnagar Lab! We welcome you!
March, 2019: Dr. Rajesh Gupta presented a poster at the ENDO SOCIETY meeting, New Orleans
February, 2019: Peyton Elise Vanwinkle, BS a GBS graduate student at UAB started rotation in the Bhatnagar Lab.
January, 2019: Manuscript published as co-author in collaboration with Dr. Chad Hunter lab! Thanks Chad for including us in the study
November 1, 2018: Haifa Alsharif is a second year MS Biotechnology student started internship in the Bhatnagar Lab! We welcome you!
October, 2018: An A0 R01 grant application to study the role of tomosyn-2 in regulating glucose homeostasis was scored at 15percentile, NIDDK, NIH!! Hoping that it gets funded with the ESI status!! Fingers crossed!
September, 2018: Manuscript accepted to the Journal of Biological Chemistry from the Bhatnagar lab! Great work all of the authors! Congratulations Dr. Rajesh Gupta for the 1stauthor manuscript.
August, 2018: Manuscript submitted to the Scientific Reports! 1styear graduate student, Itika Arora is a first author on the manuscript!!
July, 2018: Itika Arora officially joined the Bhatnagar lab as PhD student! We welcome you!
June, 2018: Dr. Rajesh Gupta presented a poster at American Diabetes Association, Orlando, Florida.
May, 2018: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave an oral presentation at the Midwest Islet Club Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
May, 2018: Dr. Rajesh Gupta presented a poster at the UAB Diabetes Research Day, Birmingham, AL.
March 28, 2018: Dr. Bhatnagar gave an invited seminar in the Department of Physiology at the Johns Hopkins University, MD.
April 3, 2018: Itika Arora is a GBS graduate student of the Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics theme at UAB started lab rotation in the Bhatnagar Lab.
February 16, 2018: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave an oral presentation at the Boshell Diabetes Research Day, Auburn.
February 16, 2018: Trung Huynh gave an oral presentation at the Boshell Diabetes Research Day, Auburn University, AL.
February 8, 2018: Dr. Bhatnagar gave an oral presentation at the Keystone Symposia on the Frontiers of Islet Biology, Keystone, CO.
February 8, 2018: Trung Huynh gave a poster presentation at the Darwin Day UAB, Birmingham, AL.
February 8, 2018: Trung Huynh received 1st place for the poster presentation at the UAB Darwin Day. Congratulations!
February 3, 2018: Trung Huynh gave an oral presentation at the UA Systems Honors Research Day, Tuscaloosa, AL.
February 3, 2018: Trung Huynh received 1stPlace award for an oral presentation at the 17th Annual UA Honors Systems Research Conference. Congratulations!
December, 2017: Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Biological Chemistry! Rajesh Gupta is a first author of this manuscript!
December, 2017: Dr. Rajesh Gupta received American Diabetes Association postdoctoral fellowship for 3 years! Congratulations!!
November 18, 2017: Trung Huynh gavea poster presentation at the Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium, Atlanta, GA.
November 18, 2017: Trung Huynh received a Travel Grant @Emory (Funded by NIH/NIGM) to attend Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium.
November 30, 2017: Trung Huynh gave an oral presentation at the UAB Fall Research Expo, Birmingham, AL.
November 30, 2017: Trung Huynh received 2nd place oral award at the UAB Fall Expo! Congratulations!
June, 2017: Research abstract selected as one of the top abstracts at the American Diabetes Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
June, 2017: Dr. Bhatnagar received Young Investigator Travel Award at the American Diabetes Association, San Diego, CA.
June, 2017: Dr. Bhatnagar gave an oral presentation at the American Diabetes Association, San Diego, CA.
June, 2017: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave a poster presentation at the American Diabetes Association, San Diego, CA.
May, 2017: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave an oral presentation at the Midwest Islet Club Conference, Madison, WI.
May, 2017: Trung Huynh gave an oral presentation at the Midwest Islet Club Conference, Madison, WI. He did a great job being an only undergraduate to give an oral presentation.
May, 2017: Trung Huynh won the 3rd place prize for the oral presentation at the Midwest Islet Club Conference! Congratulations!
May, 2017: Dr. Bhatnagar received the UAB DRC Pilot and Feasibility grant award for two years.
May 2, 2017: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave an oral presentation at the UAB Diabetes Research Day, Birmingham, AL.
March 3, 2017: Dr. Rajesh Gupta gave an oral presentation at the 10th Annual Boshell Diabetes day, Auburn University, AL.
October, 2016: Dan Nguyen is a Science and Technology Honors Program undergraduate student who joined the Bhatnagar Lab to gain research experience. We welcome you!
March, 2016: Dr. Rajesh Gupta, PhD officially joined the Bhatnagar Lab as a Research Associate. We welcome you in the lab!
February 26, 2016: Dr. Bhatnagar gave an oral presentation at the 9th Boshell Diabetes Annual Research Day at the Auburn University.
February, 2016: Dr. Bhatnagar's R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award from the NIDDK, NIH officially started!
December, 2015: Trung C. Huynh is a Science and Technology Honors Program undergraduate who student joined the Bhatnagar Lab to gain research experience. We welcome you!
October, 2015: Dr. Bhatnagar accepted the offer to join the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.