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College of Medicine: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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  • Faculty
    • Primary Faculty
      • Daniel E. Voth, Ph.D.
      • Youssef Aachoui, Ph.D.
      • Jon Blevins, Ph.D.
      • Karl Boehme, Ph.D.
      • Martin Cannon, Ph.D.
      • Craig Forrest, Ph.D.
      • Lu Huang, Ph.D.
      • Lin-Xi Li, Ph.D.
      • Matthew Jorgenson, Ph.D.
      • Chia Lee, Ph.D.
      • Jia Liu, Ph.D.
      • Mark Manzano, Ph.D.
        • Manzano Lab
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      • Roger Pechous, Ph.D.
      • Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D.
      • Jason Stumhofer, Ph.D.
      • Tiffany Weinkopff, Ph.D.
      • Xuming Zhang, Ph.D.
  • Staff
    • Administrative Staff
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
      • Amanda Dragan, Ph.D.
      • Changhoon Oh, Ph.D.
      • Shana Owens, Ph.D.
      • Gopinath Venugopal, Ph.D.
    • Research Staff
  • Graduate Program
    • Courses Offered
    • Graduate Students
  • Research Cores
    • Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses
    • DNA Sequencing Core Facility
      • Preparing Your Samples for Sumbission
      • Submitting Samples
      • Recommendations, Downloads, and Useful Links
      • TapeStation 4150
      • MiSeq (Illumina)
      • Covaris ME220
    • Flow Cytometry Core Facility
      • Training and Education
      • Protocols and Reagents
        • Immunofluorescence Staining for Immunotyping
        • Cell Cycle Staining using PI
        • Sorting and Staining Buffers
        • Lysing red blood cells
      • Sample Submission
        • Appointments and Pricing
        • Sample Preparation
      • Instruments
        • BD LSRFortessa
        • BD FACSAria IIIu
        • BD FACS Celesta
        • Cytek Northern Lights
        • ImageStreamX by Amnis
        • Hematology Analyzer-VETSCAN HM5
      • Data Analysis and Citation
    • Next Generation Sequencing
      • Small Genome Sequencing
      • 16S Metagenomics
      • RNA-Seq
    • iLab-External
    • iLab-UAMS
  • Resources
    • Arkansas Tick-Borne Pathogen Surveillance Program
    • Microbiology & Immunology Research Seminar
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Graduate Students

Michael Eledge
Michael Eledge
MREledge@uams.edu
Mentor: Dr. Boehme
Research: Defining type-1 interferon responses to reovirus
Guo, Maple
Maple Guo
WGuo@uams.edu
B.S.: Southern Arkansas University
Mentor: Dr. Blevins
Research: Genetic regulation of Borrelia
Hogland, Brandon
Brandon Hogland
BHogland@uams.edu
B.S.: Harding University
Mentor: Dr. Aachoui
Research: Innate immune responses to bacterial infection
Mercado, Miguel
Miguel Mercado
MMercado@uams.edu
B.S.: University of Central Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Li
Research: Immune responses to Chlamydia
Steven Murdock, Jr.
Steven Murdock, Jr.
SJMurdock@uams.edu
B.S.: Virginia State University
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Immunity to Gammaherpesviruses
Kara O'Neal
Kara O’Neal
KOneal@uams.edu
B.S.: Southern Arkansas University
Mentor: Dr. Stumhofer
Research: Immune response to Plasmodium infection
Madeleine Scott
Madeleine Scott
MScott@uams.edu
B.A.: Hendrix College
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Yersinia pestis ​pathogenesis and host interactions
Hayley Theriot
Hayley Theriot
HTheriot@uams.edu
B.S.: Louisiana State University
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Pathogenesis of Yersinia pests
Ahmad, Naiha
Naiha Ahmad
B.S.: Forman Christian College and University
Mentor: Dr. Liu
Research: Mechanisms of poxvirus Pathogenesis
Tyler Appell
Tyler Appell
B.S.:  Harding University
Mentor:  Dr. Pechous
Research: Molecular pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis and host interactions
Wes Bland
Wes Bland
WABland@uams.edu
B.S.: Harding University
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Mechanisms of Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis
Mara Campbell
Mara Campbell
MJCampbell@uams.edu
B.A.: Hendrix College
Mentor: Dr. Smeltzer
Research: Molecular pathogenesis and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis
LeKivia Cobb
LeKivia Cobb
LCCobb@uams.edu
B.S.: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Mentor: Dr. Boehme
Research: Pathogenesis of Mammalian orthoreovirus
Marcelle Dina Zita
Marcelle Dina Zita
MDinazita@uams.edu
B.S.: University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Mentor: Dr. Boehme
Research: Mechanisms of reovirus protein synthesis
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