The Latest and Greatest in the Weiss Lab at the CCRC…
November 2025
Congratulations to Haruki for being selected for the 2025 UGA Experiential Learning Student Scholarship Award for his research endeavors in the Weiss Lab!
November 2025
Congratulations to Neil for winning a Best Poster Award at the 2025 Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in San Diego!
September 2025
Congratulations to Jack for being selected for an oral presentation at the upcoming 2025 Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting and for earning the SFG Travel Award!
August 2025
Congratulations to Mingchang for passing his PhD qualifying exam! We are proud of you and all your hard work!
August 2025
Congratulations to Amrita on her new collaborative first author paper in Analytical Chemistry! We are excited to share this new method for analysis of GAGs and NRE biomarkers in lysosomal storage disorders.
July 2025
We welcome Dr. Suganthan Amirthagunanathan as the newest postdoctoral scholar in the Weiss Lab! Suganthan will work on investigating the biosynthetic machinery for glycosaminoglycan assembly!
June 2025
We welcome Dr. Saugata Dutta as the newest postdoctoral scholar in the Weiss Lab! Saugata will work on drug discovery and iPSC-derived peripheral neuronal models for Sanfilippo Syndrome!
May 2025
We are excited to welcome Brady Kuelpman and Visal Devarakonda as the two newest Weiss undergraduate researchers! They will be working on understanding the regulation of GAG biosynthesis in mammalian cells. Welcome!
April 2025
Another successful Weiss Lab outing! We enjoyed a fun day of pickleball and a tasty potluck at Southeast Clarke Park in Athens! Thank you to Caitlien for organizing!
April 2025
Very proud of our undergraduate researchers for presenting at the 2025 UGA CURO Symposium and West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in San Diego!
April 2025
Huge congratulations to superstar undergraduate, Kaleigh Gosnell, for winning the Life Sciences Best Paper Award at the UGA CURO Undergraduate Research Symposium!
January 2025
Dr. Weiss and Dr. Zeltner (CMM) have been awarded a new NIH/NINDS R21 grant to generate models of the peripheral nervous system for Sanfilippo Syndrome and repurpose drug agents targeting heparan sulfate biosynthesis!
January 2025
We welcome, Ben Yost, as the newest PhD trainee in the Weiss Lab! Ben will work on drug discovery for targeting heparan sulfate biosynthesis in neurodegenerative disorders!
November 2024
Dr. Weiss has been awarded a new grant from the MHE Foundation to investigate new drugs as potential therapies for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses using MHE mouse models!
November 2024
It was a pleasure to host Dr. Luke Thornton, postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Cathy Merry’s lab (University of Nottingham, GlycoWeb), for three weeks this month to work on GAG isolation and analysis for human and mouse gastruloid models!
November 2024
Congratulations to Meagan and Xiaolin for also winning SFG Poster Awards for the Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida! Way to go!
September 2024
Congratulations to Meagan and Xiaolin for receiving SFG Travel Awards for the Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida!
September 2024
Another amazing (and tasty) lab outing to KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot in Duluth! Thank you, Xiaolin, for organizing. We will certainly be back again soon!
September 2024
Dr. Weiss has been awarded a new R21 grant from NIH/NIAMS! This 2-year award will fund our research investigating new drug targets for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses using CRISPR/Cas9 genome-wide screening approaches!
September 2024
We are very excited to welcome Dr. Shekinah Phillips as the newest member of the Weiss Lab! Shekinah will be working on functional genomics of O-GlcNAcylation and X-linked intellectual disability in collaboration with the Wells group at the CCRC.
August 2024
Huge congratulations to our very own, Neil Patel, for being awarded the prestigious ARCS Foundation Scholar Award! Way to go Neil!!
July 2024
Congratulations to Niha and Caleb for their amazing presentations at the 2024 CURO Summer Research Symposium! Very proud of you for a job well done!
July 2024
Congratulations to Jack for winning a Best Talk award and to Neil for winning a Best Poster Award at the 2024 Gordon Conference on Proteoglycans! So proud of Neil, Jack, Xiaolin, and Amrita for giving excellent selected oral talks and posters. Also, big congrats to Neil for being elected as co-chair for the 2026 Gordon Research Seminar! What a week for the Weiss Lab!
June 2024
Congratulations to Neil for winning the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2024 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat!!
May 2024
The Weiss and Zeltner Labs have been jointly awarded a grant from UGA Office of Instruction to develop a Vertically Integrated Program (VIP), named “GlycoSTEM Discovery“, which will bring together undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to work together to develop new models and therapies for rare genetic diseases!
May 2024
Congratulations to new UGA graduates, Barry, Kavya, and Madison! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. You will be missed in the Weiss Lab! Good luck with your future adventures in grad/med school!
April 2024
Another successful lab outing to Ben Burton Park in Athens! Beautiful Spring day, amazing potluck, and great company! The Weiss Lab rocks!
April 2024
Congratulations to Hannah for winning the UGA Library Undergraduate Research Award and Emily for winning the Joy P. Williams Science Award! Way to go!! We are proud of you!
April 2024
Madison, Barry, Farhan, Caitlien, and Kavya all did an amazing job presenting their research at the 2024 CURO Summer Research Symposium! We are proud of you and all your hard work. Congrats on a job well done!
January 2024
Welcome to new ILS PhD students, Mingchang Jin and Meagan Shinn!! We are so excited for you to join the Weiss Lab on your scientific journey!
December 2023
Congratulations to Amrita for receiving the Distinguished Cancer Research Award at the Georgia Cancer Center Annual Retreat in Augusta, GA!
November 2023
Congratulations to Amrita and Neil for receiving poster awards at the Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Hawaii!
October 2023
Congratulations to Xiaolin, Jack, and Neil for each receiving the UGA Graduate Student Travel Award, which provides additional funding to attend the Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Kona, Hawaii!
October 2023
Congratulations to Amrita and Xiaolin for receiving SFG Travel Awards for the Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Kona, Hawaii!
October 2023
Congratulations to Jack for receiving the CCRC Travel Award for the upcoming Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting in Kona, Hawaii!
September 2023
The Weiss Lab has been awarded a pilot grant from the Cure Sanfilippo Foundation to develop neuronal models for MPS IIIA and identify novel therapies in collaboration with the Zeltner Lab at UGA!
August 2023
Welcome new CURO undergraduate researchers, Caitlien and Farhan, to the Weiss Lab! We are excited to have you join us on our scientific journey.
August 2023
Dr. Weiss has been awarded an R21 Award from NIH/NHLBI!! This 2-year exploratory grant will fund our research investigating the regulation and biosynthesis of anticoagulant heparin!
July 2023
Madison, Haruki, Barry, and Hannah all did an amazing job presenting their research at the 2023 CURO Summer Research Symposium! We are proud of you and really enjoyed hosting you this summer. Congrats on a job well done! Looking forward to your discoveries in the near future.
July 2023
Congratulations to Jack on passing his BCMB Qualifying Exam to advance to PhD candidacy!! We are proud of you and excited to see what you discover in the near future!
July 2023
Amrita was selected to give an oral presentation at the UGA-Winship Cancer Research Summit! She did an amazing job presenting her work on TFCP2-mediated regulation of heparan sulfate assembly. Way to go, Amrita!
July 2023
Dr. Weiss has been awarded the R35 ESI MIRA Award from NIH NIGMS!! This 5-year grant will fund our research investigating the regulation of glycosaminoglycans!
June 2023
Congratulations to Neil on passing his BCMB Qualifying Exam to advance to PhD candidacy!! We are proud of you and excited to see what you discover in the near future!
June 2023
Congratulations to Xiaolin on passing her BCMB Qualifying Exam to advance to PhD candidacy!! We are proud of you and excited to see what you discover in the near future!
May 2023
Congratulations to Kimberly for being selected as a PREP@UGA postbaccalaureate scholar for 2023-24! Very excited to have you continue in the lab for a year after graduation!
May 2023
Congratulations to Haruki for receiving the UGA Honors Domestic Experiential Learning Scholarship and the CAES Experiential Learning Scholarship! Excited to host you this summer in the lab!
April 2023
Congratulations to Madison and Haruki for presenting their research at the 2023 West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference in Los Angeles! We are proud of you for your hard work!
April 2023
Congratulations to Madison, Haruki, Barry, and Hannah for being selected for the 2023 CURO Summer Research Fellowship! We are excited to have you join us this summer in the lab!
April 2023
Congratulations to Amrita, Rachel, Neil, and Eli for the acceptance of their research paper “TFCP2 is a transcriptional regulator of heparan sulfate and melanoma cell growth” into the Journal of Biological Chemistry!
April 2023
Congratulations to Madison, Jamie, Kimberly, and Kavya for their excellent research presentations at the 2023 UGA CURO Research Symposium!
December 2022
Congratulations to Madison, Kimberly, and Kavya for being awarded the UGA CURO Research Award for their undergraduate research projects!
November 2022
Congratulations to Amrita for her newly published book chapter on in Methods in Molecular Biology on GAG isolation and structural analysis!
August 2022
Congratulations to Madison and Emily for earning the UGA CURO Research Award for undergraduate research!
May 2022
Congratulations to Amrita and Neil for being selected as invited speakers for the upcoming Proteoglycans Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire!
April 2022
We are excited to announce that Dr. Weiss has been awarded a Pilot and Feasibility Grant from CDG CARE and the Frontiers in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Consortium (FCDGC) to find novel treatments for MHE!
April 2022
Huge congratulations to Young DAWGS mentee, Haruki Takeuchi, for being selected as an incoming UGA CURO Honors Scholar, the university’s top undergraduate research scholarship!
April 2022
We are very proud of Emily and Akshar for their excellent presentations at the West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (WCBSURC) in San Diego, CA!
March 2022
Congratulations to Rachel for winning the UGA CURO Best Paper Award for her work on the transcriptional regulation of heparan sulfate! Way to go!!
March 2022
Congratulations to Amrita, Neil, and Eli for their review article “Spatiotemporal Diversity and Regulation of Glycosaminoglycans in Cell Homeostasis and Human Disease“ published in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology!
March 2022
Dr. Weiss and Dr. Amrita Basu were invited as guest editors for a Methods Collection in the Journal of Visual Experiments!
March 2022
Congratulations to our very own Dr. Amrita Basu for getting featured in the UGA International Scholar Spotlight Series!
March 2022
Huge congratulations to our very own Haruki Takeuchi (UGA Young Dawgs) for getting a perfect score on his SATs!! Way to go!
January 2022
Welcome to our newest ILS PhD Students, Jack Moore and Xiaolin Dong! We are very excited to have you join the Weiss Lab!
December 2021
Congrats to PhD student, Neil Patel, for being awarded a T32 Glycoscience Training Grant for 2022-2023!
December 2021
Very excited to host the very first Weiss Lab Holiday Party! Thank you all for attending and joining in on the inaugural White Elephant Gift Exchange!
December 2021
Congrats to our very own, Akshar Patel, who was featured in the UGA Honors Alumni Magazine for his research on exploring novel treatments for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses!
December 2021
Congratulations to UGA Young Dawgs high school student, Haruki Takeuchi, for winning 1st place in the 2021 UGA Young Dawgs Presentation Competition! He presented his work on finding novel drug candidates for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses. We are proud of you Haruki!
October 2021
Congratulations to PhD student, Neil Patel, for winning 1st place in the BCMB Mini Symposium Poster Flash Talk Competition! He presented his work on the epigenetic regulation of heparan sulfate biosynthesis. Way to go Neil!
October 2021
Weiss Lab – SPOOKY edition! The Weiss and Urbanowicz labs hosted the inaugural Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) “Pumpkins and Pizza” Party at the CCRC! Amazing turn out and even better pumpkin carving.
September 2021
Congrats to Neil for having his abstract selected to present his work on the “Epigenetic Regulation of Glycosaminoglycans” at the Emory-UGA Joint Cancer Research Summit in October 2021!
August 2021
The Weiss Lab welcomes Integrated Life Sciences graduate students, Hitomi Nakasato and Jack Moore, for rotations in the lab for the Fall 2021 semester!
August 2021
Congratulations to our lab manager/technician, Neil Patel, for his acceptance into the UGA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology PhD program! Neil becomes the first graduate student in the Weiss Lab!
August 2021
Huge thank you to the Weiss Lab summer research team! Congrats to all for making amazing progress on many exciting projects in the lab.
July 2021
The Weiss Lab welcomes postdoc, Dr. Amrita Basu, to the lab! Amrita will be investigating novel therapeutic targets for disorders of glycosylation.
June 2021
We are thankful to the MHE Research Foundation for awarding Prof. Weiss a grant to investigate novel treatments for Multiple Hereditary Exostoses!
June 2021
New paper published in Nature Chemical Biology! Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify a novel epigenetic regulator of heparan sulfate assembly! LINK
May 2021
The Weiss Lab welcomes Rachel Champagne as the newest undergraduate member of the lab!
May 2021
The Weiss Lab welcomes Akshar Patel as the newest member of the lab ! Akshar was awarded the CURO Assistantship and the Honors Domestic Experiential Learning Scholarship to perform summer research in the lab. Congrats, Akshar!
February 2021
The Weiss Lab welcomes Neil Patel as our first official lab member, research technician, and lab manager!
January 2021
The Weiss Lab has officially opened at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia!
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