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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Students

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Mea Akey
Avan Antia (MSTP in PhD training)

Determining the molecular mechanisms that affect rotavirus vaccine efficacy
Philippe Azimzadeh

Understanding the intestinal reservoir of uropathogenic E. coli
Jesus Bazan Villicana (MSTP in PhD training)

Regulation of type 1 pili formation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Bishan Bhattarai
Suhas Bobba

Dissecting the mechanisms of drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis modifying the host immune response to infection
Sydney Briner
Duyen Bui
Camille Carmona
Megan Chamberland
Keeley Choy
Anna DeVeaux

Understanding and targeting host-microbiome interactions underlying intestinal inflammation
Bria Dunlap
Elizabeth Gaylord
Lavinia Gonzalez Aparicio
Olivia Gorushi
Sarah Grambo
Steven Grigsby (MSTP in PhD training)

Redox defenses and evasion of reactive oxygen species mediated host immunity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Houda Harastani
Gregory Harrison

Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug tolerance and drug resistance
Skyler Hendrix
Anna Hooppaw

Investigating the role of phenylacetic acid metabolism in the stress response and antibiotic tolerance of Acinetobacter baumannii
Lin-Chen Huang
Sean Hui
Gowri Kalugotla (MSTP in PhD training)

In vivo murine norovirus evolution confers pathogenic potential via a single amino acid change
Courtney Karl

Elucidating mechanisms by which helminths modulate host antiviral immunity
Drew Karp
Elizabeth Kennedy

Interactions between norovirus and the bacterial microbiome
Abigail Kimball

Investigating the molecular mechanisms of meiosis and centromere dynamics in the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum.
Daphne Ko

Enzymatic activity and protein-protein interactions of putative glycosyltransferases in Cryptococcus neoformans
Hunter Kuhn
Liza Loza

Discerning the roles of novel glycosyltransferases in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
Bejan Mahmud

Engineering of synthetic biosensors in probiotic yeast
Jenna McGuffey
Sydney Morrill

Investigating the relationship between Gardnerella vaginalis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae to better understand the link between bacterial vaginosis and gonorrhea infection
Hailee Morrison
Michael Nehls (MSTP in PhD training)

The role of Sptlc2 in myeloid cells during Mtb infection.
Evan Pardue
Amanda Pinski
Vibert Putra
Sarah Beth Pye

Investigating viral determinants of nonstandard viral genome generation in the context of respiratory virus infections.
Kyra Raines
Ananda Rankin

how ESX-1 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis contributes to the inability of neutrophils to kill the bacteria
Nicole Rivera-Espinal
Miguel Rodriguez
Kelly Rubiano Cardona

Elucidating the molecular mechanisms favoring an asparagine-rich proteome in Plasmodium falciparum
Jully Sadadiwala

identifying how a Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein inhibits an autophagy pathway through its interactions with host NDP52
Jesus Santiago-Borges

Mucosal vaccination to deplete uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) from the gut.
Sanjam Sawhney

Influence of Environmental Gradients on Genomic Variation in Pediatric Commensals and Pathogens
Misra Sengeldi
Casey Thompson
Ana Ruth Tronco
Grace Uwase (MSTP in PhD training)

Mapping the Ebola virus interactome during an infection
Daniela Vidal
Hung Vuong

Innate Immune Sensing of Viral Nucleic Acids
Erin Wang (MSTP in PhD training)

Investigating the role of the methylcitrate cycle and remodeling of lipid metabolism during ATP depletion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Gavin Zhao