NIH Graduate Partnerships Program
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
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
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: Pathogenesis of Mammalian orthoreovirus
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
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
B.S. in Biology (Minor in Chemistry), Cleveland State University
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Host immune response toPlasmodium parasites
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.
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
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.
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
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
B.S.: Virginia State University
Hometown: Bryant, AR
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Host Response to Gammaherpesvirus Infections
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
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
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
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.
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
B.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Midlothian, TX
Mentor: Dr. J. Craig Forrest
Research: Host response to Gammaherpesvirus and Plasmodium coinfection