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- Jennifer Baker, PhD (Robert Dickson and Gary Huffnagle labs), 2024: "The microbial ecology of acute lung injury: how the microbiome affects (and is affected by) alveolar leak"
LinkedIn - Darian Santana, PhD (O'Meara Lab), 2024: "A Candida auris-specific adhesin, Scf1, governs surface association, colonization, and virulence"
LinkedIn - Madison Fitzgerald, PhD (Mobley Lab), 2024: "Transcriptional Regulation of Proteus mirabilis Pathogenesis in the Urinary Tract"
LinkedIn - Sadie Schaus, PhD (Eric Martens), 2024: "Characterization of Gastrointestinal Mucin-degrading Systems in Gut Bacteria"
LinkedIn - Karen Zeise, PhD (Huffnagle Lab), 2024: "Molecular insights into Candida albicans commensalism and pathogenesis: Exploring the role of immune regionalization in the murine stomach"
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- Megan Procario (Imperiale Lab), 2023: "Single Cell High Content Microscopy Analysis of BK Polyomavirus Infection"
LinkedIn - Amanda Photenhauer (Koropatkin Lab), 2023: "Carbohydrate Binding Molecule 74 (CBM74) is a specialized resistant starch binding domain"
LinkedIn - Aric Brown (Mobley Lab), 2023: "The Role of the ArcA Metabolic Regulator in Gram-Negative Bacteremia"
LinkedIn - Austin Campbell (Schmidt Lab), 2023: "Metabolism of Dietary Fiber by Human Gut Microbes: Interspecies Interactions and the influence of Molecular Hydrogen"
- Yuan Li (Lauring Lab), 2023: "Evolutionary Constraints and Potential of the Influenza A Virus RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase"
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- Stephanie Thiede (Snitkin lab), July 2, 2021: “Genomic epidemiological insights into MRSA transmission and adaptation in an urban jail and the surrounding community”
LinkedIn - Anna-Lisa Lawrence (O'Riordan lab), December 7, 2021: “Human intestinal organoids as a model to study intestinal infection by the foodborne pathogen Salmonella enterica”
LinkedIn - Chris Sumner (Ono lab), January 21, 2022: “tRNA binding and displacement: implications of specific membrane binding of HIV-1 gag”
LinkedIn - Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas (Carruthers lab), March 10, 2022: “Toxoplasma gondii exploits the host ESCRT machinery for parasite uptake of host cytosolic proteins”
LinkedIn - Elissa Hult (Moore lab), March 14, 2022: “The role of M2 macrophages and their product, HB-EGF, as regulators of lung fibrosis”
LinkedIn - Nick Lesniak (Schloss lab), March 15, 2022: “The effect of gut microbiota variation on Clostridioides difficile infection”
LinkedIn - Emily Yarosz (Chang lab), March 18, 2022: “Novel roles for cullin 3 in T cell-mediated immunity”
LinkedIn - Zachary Mendel (Swanson lab), April 21, 2022: “The role of extracellular amino acids in the regulation of macropinocytosis”
LinkedIn - Edmond Atindaana (Telesnitsky lab), April 25, 2022: “High throughput analysis of integrant-specific HIB-1 expression patterns, persistence and latency reactivation”
LinkedIn - Matt Schnizlein (Young lab), April 27, 2022: “Examining regional differences in the gut microbiota and their effects on Clostridioides difficile colonization resistance”
LinkedIn - Eli Olson (Raghavan lab), April 28, 2022: “Endo-lysosomal assembly variations among human leukocyte antigen B allotypes in monocytes and moDCs”
LinkedIn - Madeline Barron (Young lab), April 29, 2022: “Investigating bacterial intestinal colonization through the lens of systems biology”
LinkedIn - Filipe Cerqueira (Koropatkin lab), June 6, 2022: “Uncovering biochemical features of resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromli”
LinkedIn - Helen Warheit-Niemi (Moore lab), August 11, 2022: “The regulation of neutrophil function and trafficking in pulmonary fibrosis”
LinkedIn - Lisa Tran Pulianmackal (Vecchiarelli lab), October 21, 2022: “Role of ParA/MinD ATPases in the spatial regulation of bacterial cargos”
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