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Melanie McKell, PhDMentor: Eric Skaar, PhD Project: The battle for nutrient zinc between the host immune system and the pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.
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Steven Clarke, PhDMentor: Manuel Ascano, Jr., PhD Project: The nuanced interactions between host proteins and the invading pathogen’s genomic RNA/DNA within the context of innate immune responses.
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Azuah GonzalezMentor: Amanda Doran, MD, PhD Project: Exploring how macrophage activation and metabolism is modulated in the atherosclerotic microenvironment.
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Morgan StruthersMentor: Craig Duvall, PhD Project: Cas9-mediated gene knock-out/knock-in for the treatment of osteoarthritis
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Monique PorterMentor: James Crowe, Jr, MD, PhD Project: Focusing on isolating and characterizing human antibodies to pertussis toxin
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Emely Henriquez PilierMentor: Dawn Newcomb, PhD Project: Examine the role of obesity and estrogen signaling in regulating immunological (CD4, Th2, Th17) cell metabolism in asthma. |
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Stephanie MedinaMentor: Jonathan Irish, PhD Project: Understanding which features of neural stem cell biology are functionally active in glioblastoma cell subtypes and how these cells might evade the immune system |
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Emma HathawayMentor: Jeff Rathmell, PhD Project: Developing CRISPR screens in CAR T cells, allowing us to identify metabolic regulators of CAR T cell anti-tumor efficacy |