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Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Students

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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
Keeley Choy
Anna DeVeaux
Bria Dunlap
Elizabeth Gaylord
Lavinia Gonzalez Aparicio
Olivia Gorushi
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
Bradley Hiller

Fibroblast Growth Factor-9 regulates influenza A virus pathogenesis
Anna Hooppaw

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

In vivo murine norovirus evolution confers pathogenic potential via a single amino acid change
Courtney Karl
Eric Keen
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
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
Michael Nehls (MSTP in PhD training)

The role of Sptlc2 in myeloid cells during Mtb infection.
Evan Pardue
Amanda Pinski
Alexander Polino

Mechanisms of protein export in Plasmodium falciparum
Sarah Beth Pye
Ananda Rankin
Nicole Rivera-Espinal
Kelly Rubiano Cardona

Elucidating the molecular mechanisms favoring an asparagine-rich proteome in Plasmodium falciparum
Jully Sadadiwala
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
Kevin Tamadonfar (MSTP in PhD training)

Appreciating Chaperone Usher Pathway Adhesin Structural Biology
Casey Thompson
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
Forrest Walker
Erin Wang (MSTP in PhD training)

Effects of MTI’s on Mtb lipid composition and role of CarD
Gavin Zhao