Dr. Klemens Engelberg Awarded Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant

The Biology Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Klemens Engelberg, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gubbels lab, has been awarded a Knights Templar Eye Foundation Career Starter grant. This fellowship will allow Dr. Engelberg (featured here) to investigate cell division of Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma is a widespread parasite that can cause severe disease in humans, which in children can manifest in eye disorders and progressive blindness. A better understanding of parasite biology will allow the design of new treatments to combat this disease.