Catherine "Chi" Weindel, PhD

Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Phone
504-988-6772
Office Address
1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112
School of Medicine
Department
Microbiology Immunology
Microbiology and Immunology
Photo depicts Catherine Weindel, PhD sitting at a lab work bench while smiling and holding a pen over a book

Education & Affiliations

B.A. Mount Holyoke College, Biological Sciences, 2003
Ph.D. Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Genetics, 2015
Postdoctoral training, Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A&M School of Medicine

Publications

 

 

Current interests in my lab include:
  • Investigating complex genetic interactions in PD-associated genes.
  • Interrogating the role organellar crosstalk plays in regulated cell death.
  • Exploring the contribution of mitochondria to innate and adaptive immune communication.


 

Awards & Accomplishments

Abstract Award: International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) – Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece 2023

Abstract Award: American Association of Immunologists (AAI) – Annual Meeting, Portland, OR 2022

Abstract Award: AAI – Annual Meeting, Virtual 2021

Abstract Award: AAI – Annual Meeting, Austin, TX 2018

First Place: Postdoctoral Poster – American Society of Microbiologists (ASM), College Station, TX 2017

Honor Society: Genetics – Tufts University Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA 2015

Abstract Award: AAI – Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA 2014

Abstract Award: AAI Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI 2013

Keystone Scholarship: Keystone Symposium: Autophagy, Inflammation, and Immunity, Montreal, QC 2013

Student Travel Award: Tufts University Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences 2013

Cum Laude: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 2003

Inductee: Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Mount Holyoke Chapter 2003

Departmental Honors: Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 2003