Sakaguchi Lab @ ISU

Congratulations to one of the latest Sakaguchi Lab alum, Renee Hartung, Biology with Honors. We’re so proud of you!! @gdcbisu, @ISUHonors, @IowaStateU, @isualum, @BioCy_ISU, @iastate_cals

Congratulations to one of the latest Sakaguchi Lab alum, Ri Deb, Biology with Honors. We’re so proud of you!! @gdcbisu, @ISUHonors, @las_iastate, @IowaStateU, @isualum, @BioCy_ISU

Renee Hartung, BIOL-Honors: presents capstone project at Honors Poster Symposium @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @gdcbisu, @iastate_cals, @IowaStateU, @ISUHonors, @isualum, @BeACyclone, @CyclonesInnov8

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine (Kate) Fonder, MCDB Ph.D. graduate and recipient of a 2025 Research Excellence Award from the ISU Graduate College recognizing outstanding research accomplishments. @mcdbisu, @gdcbisu, @IowaStateU

Veronika Hokrova presenting BIOL 3940 at the Biology and Genetics Life Sciences Research Poster Symposium fall 2025. @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @gdcbisu, @las_iastate, @iastate_cals, @AgStudyAbroad, @IowaStateU, @ISUHonors, @isualum, @BeACyclone, @CyclonesInnov8

Renee Hartung presenting at the Biology and Genetics Life Sciences Research Poster Symposium fall 2025. @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @gdcbisu, @las_iastate, @iastate_cals, @IowaStateU, @ISUHonors, @isualum, @BeACyclone, @CyclonesInnov8

Hunger Fighters: Biology & Genetics students packaged 20,000+ meals for the food insecure! @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @ISU_Genetics, @gdcbisu, @eeob_isu, @las_iastate, @iastate_cals, @IowaStateU, @ISUHonors, @isualum, @MftH

Maya and Bella, 2025 IINSPIRE Summer Interns in the @SakaguchiLab

World Reef Awareness Day is celebrated annually on June 1st. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of coral reefs and the need to protect them.

MAJOR news, beneficial for the BINMP! Roatan Marine Park and the @calacademy have been awarded a generous grant from the @CORDAP_ to build Honduras' first coral larval-rearing facility and amplify coral restoration efforts in the MAR region. bit.ly/3FEQDQE

ISU 2025 Commencement- congratulations to all the graduates

SakLab Research Assistant, Logan Roberts (Biology) at LAS Commencement, Spring 2025. @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @gdcbisu, @las_iastate, @IowaStateU, @isualum, @BeACyclone

Bridget McGovern (Biology) and Liya Mooradian (Genetics) at LAS Convocation in Hilton. @SakaguchiLab, @BioCy_ISU, @ISU_Genetics, @gdcbisu, @las_iastate, @IowaStateU, @ISUHonors, @isualum, @BeACyclone

Nesreen Sedeek, a Fulbright Fellow from Egypt, received a Master's degree in Neuroscience.

Lab dinner at Wallaby's: Celebrating the spring semester. SakLab is a very diverse and international group of students from around the world: Vietnam, Mongolia, England, Egypt, India, and the USA! @BioCy_ISU, @ISU_Genetics, @gdcbisu, @ISUHonors, @las_iastate, @iastate_cals

Honors Poster Symposium 2025. L-R: Renee Hartung, Harshita Sharma, Kate Fonder, Sakaguchi, Bridget McGovern, Liya Mooradian, Veronika Hokrova, Ri Deb. Harshita, Bridget, Liya, and Veronika presented their Honors Capstone projects from the lab.

GDCB Awards Luncheon: A few Sakaguchi Lab members that received recognition for various awards. Veronika Hokrova, Liya Mooradian, Kate Fonder, Nesreen Sedeek, Rachel Currant.

Dr. Jisun Oh, a former Ph.D., student has a research lab at the New Drug Development Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation. Jisun dropped by to visit my lab at the Nanovaccine Institute.

BIOL 3940: Caribbean Marine Biology at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS) over spring break.

I-FIT Workshop in Seoul. What an amazing group of high school students from the Seoul region! #InnovateAtIowaState, #IowaStateInnovates, @BeACyclone, @IowaStateU, @CyclonesInnov8