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Ben Burwitz (David O’Connor Lab)
Research Interests:Virology and the mechanisms of infectious disease. Specifically, AIDS research.



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Woosung Cho (Albee Messing Lab)
Research Interests:Neuropathology and animal models of human diseases in the CNS



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Kyung-Dal Choi (Igor Slukvin Lab)
Research Interests:Microbial pathogenesis, host response against microbial pathogens, and immune response to infectious diseases.



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Marina Durward (Gary Splitter Lab)
Research Interests:Epitope discovery and immune response characterization as it pertains to vaccine development.



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Juan Giraldo Vela (David Watkins Lab)
Research Interests:Immune responses to AIDS and other infectious diseases. MHC-class II responses elicited in SIV infection



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Shruti Goel (Caroline Alexander Lab)
Research Interests:A dissection of growth, differentiation and neoplastic responses to Wnt signaling effectors in mammary epithelial cells



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Jose Gonzalez, Jr (Donna Peters Lab)
Research Interests:Combating glaucoma by modulating the conventional outflow pathway using matrix proteins. or Role of matrix proteins on cell junctions and the regulation of intraocular pressure. or Using matrix proteins to regulate intraocular pressure.



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Justin Greene (David O'Connor Lab)
Research Interests:Immunology and HIV/SIV



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Kirk Grubbs (Cameron Currie Lab)
Research Interests:Molecular and genome biology of microbes…Membrane biology and protein trafficking



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Paul Hulseberg (Matyas Sandor Lab)
Research Interests:Antigen localization in Mycobacerium bovis BCG affecting immune responses and host protection



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Holly Hung (Youngsook Lee Lab)
Research Interests:HPLC/LCMS…Arabidopsis signal transduction through use of hormones



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Paige Jany (Albee Messing Lab)
Research Interests:How the immune system works and what causes the immune system to work against the body…interaction of the immune system with tumor cells



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Anna Jatzek (Rotating)
Research Interests:Fundamental mechanisms of human disease and determination of whether these mechanisms are genetic or protein-based.



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Karen Ke (Bruce Klein Lab)
Research Interests:Infectious disease, mechanisms of vaccine mediated anti-fungal immunity.



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Melissa Keller (Will Burlingham Lab)
Research Interests:Investigating the role of T cells in transplant tolerance. Characterizing and isolating collagen V specific T cells in lung transplant patients and patients with atherosclerosis. Defining the immunogenic epitopes of collagen V to create tetramers for T cell analysis.



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Shin-Il Kim (Emery Bresnick Lab)
Research Interests:Dissecting Molecular Steps in Chromatin Domain Activation During Hematopoietic Development



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Alex Ko (Erik Ranheim Lab)
Research Interests:Study of the role of Wnt/Beta-catenin signaling in B-cell development and function.



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Jang Eun Lee (Zsuzsanna Fabry Lab)
Research Interests:Immunology and autoimmunity in the central nervous system



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Nick Maness (David Watkins Lab)
Research Interests:AIDS virus-specific cellular immune responses and viral evolution



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Mauricio Martins (David Watkins Lab)
Research Interests:Pathogen/host interaction, as well as the determinants that eventually lead to disease or to protection... Mechanics of the immune system and the manipulation of it in our benefit through the design of new vaccines and therapeutic approaches



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Akua Oduro (Michael Fritsch Lab)
Research Interests:chromatin remodeling, gene expression and estrogen signaling mechanisms



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Lori Scardino (Gary Splitter Lab)
Research Interests:Immunology, virology, transplant rejection and tolerance, stem cell differentiation, and cancer biology.



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Jill Schartner (Chris Seroogy Lab)
Research Interests:Cancer biology, tumor immunology.



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Heidi Schreiber (nee Vonderheid) (Matyas Sandor Lab)
Research Interests:Infectious Diseases, Dendritic Cell Targeting



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Aparna Vidyasagar (Arjang Djamali Lab)
Research Interests:Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and the role of HSP 27 in EMT.



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Lara Vojnov (David Watkins Lab)
Research Interests:HIV vaccine development and defining effective anti-HIV/SIV immune responses



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Andrea Wilson (Craig Atwood Lab)
Research Interests:Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease



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Qingli Wu (Erik Ranheim Lab)
Research Interests:Cancer Biology



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Buyue Yang (John Sheehan Lab)
Research Interests:exploring intrinsic tenase complex interaction


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