![Het Adhvaryu Het Adhvaryu](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Adhvaryu-IMG_1421-cropped-1-e1695240120678-233x327.jpg)
B.S. in Biology – Molecular Biotechnology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Hometown: Surat, GJ, India
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Defining Human Macrophage Metabolic and Stress Responses to Coxiella burnetii
![Tyler Appell Tyler Appell](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Appell-IMG_1498-cropped-e1695240057618-262x327.jpg)
B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Jackson, TN
Mentor: Dr. Roger D. Pechous
Research: Studying regulation of essential virulence determinants in Yersinia pestis
![LeKivia Cobb LeKivia Cobb](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Cobb-IMG_1415-cropped-e1695239989544-276x327.jpg)
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: Pathogenesis of Mammalian orthoreovirus
![Grant Dawson](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/06/Dawson-IMG_2767-cropped-327x327.jpg)
Training in Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology (SPaT) T32 NIGMS Fellowship
B.S. in Biology, Arkansas State State University
Hometown: East End, AR
Mentor: Dr. Lu Huang
Research: Lung Macrophage Metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
![Lucy Fry Lucy Fry](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Fry-IMG_1418-cropped-e1695239949304-271x327.jpg)
Marie Chow Memorial Research Awardee
Training in Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology (SPaT) T32 NIGMS Fellowship
The AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship
B.S. in Biochemistry, Florida State University
Hometown: Windermere, Fl
Mentor: Dr. Tiffany Weinkopff
Research: Host responses to Leishmania
![Alison Gouch Alison Gouch](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Gouch-IMG_1430-cropped-e1695239916314-253x327.jpg)
B.S. in Biology (Minor in Chemistry), Cleveland State University
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Host immune response toPlasmodium parasites
![Lindsey Hazeslip Hazeslip](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/04/Hazeslip-IMG_2424-cropped-327x327.jpg)
B.S. Chemistry (ACS certified Biochemistry), University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Cabot, AR
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: The role of pyroptosis in mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus) induced myocarditis.
![Brandon Hogland Brandon Hogland](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Hogland-IMG_1389-cropped-e1695239876993-256x327.jpg)
B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Rowlett, Texas
Mentor: Dr. Jon Blevins
Research: Cyclic dinucleotide-dependent signaling and pathogenesis in the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia turicatae
![Meghan Jones, M.S. Meghan Jones](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Jones-IMG_1398-cropped-e1695239821875-270x327.jpg)
Marie Chow Memorial Research Awardee
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas
M.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: El Dorado, AR
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Our lab focuses on the immune response to Plasmodium infection.
![Noah Kelner Kelner](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/04/Kelner-IMG_2412-cropped-327x327.jpg)
B.S. Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Mentor: Dr. Jon Blevins
Research: Studying genetic regulation of virulence factors in Borrelia Tick Borne Relapsing Fever
![Clayton Matthews, M.S. Clayton Matthews](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Matthews-IMG_1433-cropped-e1695239781951-250x327.jpg)
B.S. in Microbiology, University of Oklahoma
M.S. in Microbial and Cellular Biology, Emporia State University
Hometown: Edmond, OK
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: Mammalian orthoreovirus pathogenesis
![Steven Murdock, Jr. Murdock](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2021/08/Murdock-IMG_2415-cropped-327x327.jpg)
B.S.: Virginia State University
Hometown: Bryant, AR
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Host Response to Gammaherpesvirus Infections
![Chandra Penthala Penthala](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/04/Penthala-IMG_2403-cropped-327x327.jpg)
B.S. Molecular Biotechnology, B.A. Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Mentors: Dr. J. Craig Forrest, Dr. Mark Manzano
Research: Studying the role of Peroxisomes in MHV68 infection
![Katie Pierce, M.S. Katie Pierce](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Pierce-IMG_1395-cropped-e1695239638341-269x327.jpg)
B.S. in Human Biology, Indiana University
M.S. in Biology, Louisiana Tech University
Hometown: Fishers, IN
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Manipulation of Stress Signaling During Early Infection by Coxiella burnetii in Macrophages
![Emily Robbs, M.S. Emily Robbs](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Robbs-IMG_1390-cropped-e1695239605479-258x327.jpg)
B.S. in Biology, Auburn University of Montgomery
M.S. in Biology, University of West Florida
Hometown: Dothan, AL
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Jorgenson
Research: Investigating the bacterial surface using Escherichia coli to find new
ways to exploit its properties
![Madeleine Scott Madeleine Scott](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2023/02/Scott-IMG_1408-cropped-e1695239572608-258x327.jpg)
B.A.: Hendrix College, French and Biology
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Our laboratory uses molecular tools to dissect the pathogenesis of pneumonic plague in detail by focusing on several primary areas: 1. Identification of bacterial factors that contribute to infection; 2. characterizing direct host/pathogen interactions in vivo during infection; and 3. characterizing host responses to pulmonary infection. Currently, I am investigating how integration of the EF-Tu-like GTPase BipA into the ribosome during infection impacts protein production and alters virulence.
![Todd Spears, M.S. Spears](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/04/Spears-IMG_2427-cropped-327x327.jpg)
Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) T32 NIGMS Trainee
M.S. in Biology, University of Louisiana, Monroe
B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, University of Louisiana, Monroe
Hometown: West Monroe, Louisiana
Mentor: Dr. Youssef Aachoui
Research: Innate immunity in the context of host-pathogen interactions, using an autoinflammatory animal model for Familial Mediterranean Fever and Yersinia spp
![Sheldon Zeltner Zeltner](https://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2024/04/Zeltner-IMG_2406-cropped-327x327.jpg)
B.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Midlothian, TX
Mentor: Dr. J. Craig Forrest
Research: Host response to Gammaherpesvirus and Plasmodium coinfection