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Xenia Davis, PhDMentor: Julia Bohannon, PhD Project: Exploring the impact of severe burn injury on dysfunctional neutrophil expansion, mobilization, and/or antimicrobial functions at the site of burn injury and the mechanisms involved in toll-like receptor 4-mediated restoration of neutrophil responses following severe burn injury. |
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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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Meghan GraberMentor: Amy Major, PhD Project: Researching the roles of Tcells in the pathogenesis atherosclerosis. Specifically, the role of ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) in altered CD4+Tcell metabolism associated with hyperlipidemia, obesity, and atherosclerosis
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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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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 |