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Ph.D. Graduate Students |
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| Maninjay Atianand |
2006 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Mumbai, India |
| Prior Institutions: |
M.B.B.S. Grant Medical College |
| Projects: |
Structure-Function Analysis of POP2: Modulation of NFkB and Inflammasome Functions |
| Mentor: |
Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
AtianaM1@mail.amc.edu |
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| Douglas M. Durrant |
2004 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Prior Institutions: |
M.S., Albany Medical College
B.S., Utah State University |
| Projects: |
The Role of IL12 in Asthma |
| Mentor: |
Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
DurranD@mail.amc.edu |
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| Nicole Flaherty |
2008 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Queensbury, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., SUNY Upstate Medical University |
| Mentor: |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
FlaherN@mail.amc.edu |
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| Anthony M. Franchini |
2007 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Albany, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., College of St. Rose |
| Projects: |
Modulation of the Mucosal Immune Response to DNA Vaccination |
| Mentor: |
Deborah L. Fuller, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
FranchA@mail.amc.edu |
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| Brian Franz |
2009 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Butler, Pennsylvania |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., Mercyhurst College |
| Email: |
FranzB@mail.amc.edu |
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| Anthony J. Hickey |
2005 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Albany, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
MS, State University of NY at Albany, NY |
| Projects: |
Use of Franciscella tularensis Mutants for Vaccination |
| Mentor: |
Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
HickeyA@mail.amc.edu |
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| Bhuvana Katkere |
2006 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Bangalore, India |
| Prior Institutions: |
M.D. O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University (Ukraine) |
| Projects: |
The Effect of Interferon-gamma on the Antigen Processing and Presentation Pathway in Macrophages |
| Mentor: |
James R. Drake, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
KatkerB1@mail.amc.edu |
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| Hometown: |
Guangxi, China |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., China Agricultural University |
| Projects: |
Identification and Characterization of Streptococcal Anti-Phagocytosis Genes |
| Mentor: |
Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
LuL1@mail.amc.edu |
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| Kathleen O. McCabe |
2005 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Albany, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., State University of New York at Albany |
| Projects: |
Establishing the Molecular Mechanisms of B Cell Receptor Internalization |
| Mentor: |
James R. Drake, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
MccabeKO@mail.amc.edu |
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| Donald McCarthy |
2009 - Present |
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| Amanda Melillo |
2005 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Brielle, New Jersey |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., Virginia Tech
M.S., Medical College of Ohio |
| Projects: |
The Role of Francisella tularensis Intracellular Growth Locus C (IglC), Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase in Regulating Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species Toxicity |
| Mentor: |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
MelillA@mail.amc.edu |
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| Michael D. Nekorchuk |
2007 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Gainsville, Florida |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.A., Boston University |
| Projects: |
Modification of HIV-1 Vpr to Allow its Exploitation as a Potent Vaccine Target |
| Mentor: |
Carlos de Noronha, Sc.D. |
| Email: |
NekorcM@mail.amc.edu |
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| Kristen Porter |
2005 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Nashua, New Hampshire |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., University of New Hampshire |
| Projects: |
The Class II Transcriptional Activator (CIITA) Enhances HIV Infection of CD4+ T cells at Multiple Points in the HIV Replication Cycle |
| Mentor: |
Karen M. Duus, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
PorterK@mail.amc.edu |
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| Alan Sanfilippo |
2009 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Albany, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., State University of New York at Albany |
| Email: |
SanfilA@mail.amc.edu |
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| Hamayun Sharifi |
2009 - Present |
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| Xiaoyun Wen |
2004 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Guang Zhou, China |
| Prior Institutions: |
M.S., Albany Medical College
M.S., JiNan University |
| Projects: |
Understanding the Function of the HIV1Protein Vpr Through the Identification of its Cellular Interaction Partners |
| Mentor: |
Carlos de Noronha, Sc.D. |
| Email: |
WenX@mail.amc.edu |
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M.S. Graduate Students |
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| Kerry Cirillo |
2006 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Rochester, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S. State University of New York at Potsdam |
| Projects: |
Environmental Regulation of Virulence Properties of Francisella tularensis |
| Mentor: |
Karsten R.O. Hazlett, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
CirillK1@mail.amc.edu |
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| Supriya Kar |
2008 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Prior Institutions: |
M.B.B.S., Grant Medical College (India) |
| Projects: |
Redox and Age Dependent Regulation of MMP-1 Expression Through JNK Signaling |
| Mentor: |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
KarS@mail.amc.edu |
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| Vanessa Smilansky |
2009 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Granville, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry |
| Email: |
SmilanV@mail.amc.edu |
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| Tiffany Tryniszewski |
2008 - Present |
| Hometown: |
Rexford, New York |
| Prior Institutions: |
B.S., State University of New York at Albany |
| Projects: |
Mucosal Vaccines for HIV |
| Mentor: |
Deborah Fuller, Ph.D. |
| Email: |
TrynisT@mail.amc.edu |
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