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CMP PhD Students
Bahauddeen Alrfaei
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Education: BS, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Research:
Utibe Bickham
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Education: BS, Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University & A&M College
Research:
Toni Brand
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Education: BS, Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research:
Ben Burwitz
Education: BS Molecular Biology/Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research: Virology; the mechanisms of infectious disease, specifically, AIDS research
Kyung-Dal Choi
Slukvin Lab
Education:
Research: Microbial pathogenesis; host response against microbial pathogens; immune response to infectious diseases
Ben Clarkson
Education:
Research: Neuroimmunology, specifically, the role of T cell polarity/specificity in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis
Marina Durward
Splitter Lab
Education: BS Biology, California State University-San Marcos
Research: Epitope discovery; immune response characterization as it pertains to vaccine development
Juan Giraldo Vela
Education:
Research: Immune responses to AIDS and other infectious diseases; MHC-class II responses elicited in SIV infection
Shruti Goel
Alexander Lab
Education:
Research: A dissection of growth, differentiation, and neoplastic responses to Wnt signaling effectors in mammary epithelial cells
Natalie Greco
Loeb Lab
Education:
Research: Viral pathogenesis
Justin Greene
Education:
Research: Immunology; HIV/SIV
Kirk Grubbs
Education:
Research: Molecular and genome biology of microbes; membrane biology; protein trafficking
Jeff Harding
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Paul Hulseberg
Education:
Research: Antigen localization in Mycobacerium bovis BCG affecting immune responses and host protection
Holly Hung
Svaren Lab
Education: Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research: HPLC/LCMS; arabidopsis signal transduction through use of hormones
Paige Jany
Messing Lab
Education: Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research: Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in Alexander disease, a rare leukodystrophy which mainly affects astrocytes.
Anna Jatzek
Suresh Lab
Education: Biology, University of Hamburg
Research: Fundamental mechanisms of human disease and determination of whether these mechanisms are genetic or protein-based
Karen Ke Ersland
Klein Lab
Education:
Research: Infectious disease; mechanisms of vaccine mediated anti-fungal immunity
Melissa Keller
Education:
Research: 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
Caitlin MacNair
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Education: BS, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research:
Mauricio Martins
Education:
Research: 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
Stephanie Morgan
Liu Lab
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Amanda Nosie
Peters Lab
Education: BS, Biochemistry, Valparaiso University
Research: integrin signaling in steroid-induced glaucoma
Ryan Raver
Kenney Lab
Education:
Research: Investigating the roles of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transcription factors and viral gene regulation (lytic or latent infection) in various cell types associated with EBV
Jill Schartner
Education:
Research: Cancer biology; tumor immunology
Lindsay Schneider
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Education: BS, Molecular Biology, Colgate University
Research:
Heidi Schreiber
Education:
Research: Infectious diseases; dendritic cell targeting
Danielle Stewart
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Education: BS, Biology, Delaware State University
Research:
Kran Suknuntha
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Education: BS, Medicine, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand
Research:
Melba Marie Tejera
Suresh Lab
Education:
Research: Investigating the molecular and cellular basis of T cell memory and CD8+ T cell responses in chronic viral infections
Aparna Vidyasagar
Djamali Lab
Education: BS Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research: Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT); the role of HSP 27 in EMT
Lara Vojnov
Education:
Research: HIV vaccine development; defining effective anti-HIV/SIV immune responses
Melissa Wilking
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Education: BS, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research:
Buyue Yang
Education:
Research: Exploring intrinsic tenase complex interaction