News

September 2024

Erica presented at the International Fungal Stress Symposium in Iguassu Falls, Parana, Brazil!

Erica and her team are highlighted in Dean Klotman’s Friday message for work on climate change and fungal pathogens.

Dean Klotman highlights Erica’s work on antifungal drug development in her Friday message for September 20, 2024!

August 2024

Erica and the Washington laboratory are featured in Duke Daily. New Hope for Fighting Fungal Infections

Kahlia Carl presented her research at the Summer Research Opportunities poster session and oral presentations. Congratulations!!!

July 2024

Erica’s paper is published in PNAS! Structures of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, Tps1, from the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans: A target for antifungals

June 2024

We are so excited to welcome Kahlia Carl, who joins us this summer via the Duke Summer Research Opportunities Program.

May 2024

Congratulations Erica on your graduation from the Duke LEADER program!

April 2024

The Washington Lab celebrates RytasFest!

March 2024

Welcome to Betsy Freedman! We are thrilled about her new role as joint Lab Analyst in the Washington and Alspaugh labs.

The Washington Lab attends the 2024 Fungal Genetics Conference in Asilomar, California.

September 2023

The Washington lab is moving in! We are so excited to begin our research in fungal stress responses in Duke MGM!