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Microbiology and Immunology
Alejandro Badilla

Alejandro Badilla

Mentor: Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Elucidating Chronic Viral Hepatitis-Induced Oncogenic Mechanisms and Implications to Hepatocyte Dedifferentiation.
Christopher Bollinger

Christopher Bollinger

Mentor: George Munson, Ph.D.
Project: “Elucidating the Novel Fatty-Acid Inhibition of AraC-VRs”

Amber Castillo

Amber Castillo

Mentor: Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.
Project: “Investigating a potential role for myeloid cells in HIV transmission”

Alyssa Cornista

Alyssa Cornista

Mentor: Kevin Van der Jeught, Ph.D.
Project: Tumoral IL33/ST2 Signaling Drives Immune Escape Through Reduced Antigen Presentation

Iyer Akshay

Akshay Iyer

Mentor: Savita Pahwa, M.D.
Project: “The Effect of Perinatal HIV on Infant Effector Immune Response”
Victoria Kuznetsova

Victoria Kuznetsova

Mentor: Paolo Serafini, Ph.D.
Project: “Upregulation of PDL1 expression on endogenous β cells by saRNA-Aptamer Chimera as a therapy for T1D"


Leng Xuebing

Xuebing Leng

Mentor: Erietta Stelekati, Ph.D.
Project: Regulating reinvigoration of exhausted T cells with non-coding RNAs upon immunotherapy

Chris Li

Chris Li

Mentor: Alice Tomei, Ph.D.
Project: Strategies to attenuate the indirect alloimmune response in encapsulated pancreatic islet transplantation.

 

Clarisel Lozano

Clarisel Lozano

Mentor: Zhibin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: “The role of tumor-intrinsic MHC II in immune tolerance induction.”
Christian McDonald Portrait

Christian McDonald

Mentor: Noula Shembade, Ph.D.
Project: The Role of Hypoxic Translation Machinery in KSHV Replication & Pathogenesis

Duneia McManus

Duneia McManus

Mentor:  Robert Levy, Ph.D.
Project: Mechanisms of Ex-Vivo Expansion of All-regulatory Tregs using Ex-Vivo Regulatory Dendritic Cells
Janika Poder

Janika Poder

Mentor: Thomas Malek, Ph.D.
Project: Effect of IL-2/CD25 fusion protein treatment on autoantigen-specific T cells and development of type I diabetes.
Svetlana Ristin

Svetlana Ristin

Mentor: Alejandro Villarino, Ph.D.
Project: "Temporal Evolution of tolerogenic States in helper T Cells Responding to ingested antigen"
Emily Vazquez

Emily Vazquez

Mentor: Zhibin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Immune-epithelial interaction driven by type cytokines in autoimmunity and infection-mediated gastric tumorigenesis
Kelli Wysoglad

Kelli Wysoglad

Mentor: Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., FAASLD
Project: "Determining the Role of Innate Nucleic Acid Sensing Pathways on Antiviral Responses During Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation to Hepatocytes"
Nicolas Vitari

Nicolas Vitari

Mentor: Sabita Roy, Ph.D.
Project: “Morphine-induced intestinal microbial dysbiosis drives rapid IgA targeting of gram-positive bacteria in a TLR2-dependent manner"