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Current Graduate Students

  Ph.D. Graduate Students
 
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
 
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
Email: CirillK1@mail.amc.edu
 
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
 
Nicole Flaherty 2008-Present  
Hometown: Queensbury, New York
Prior Institutions: B.S., SUNY Upstate Medical University
Email: FlaherN@mail.amc.edu
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Lu Lu 2008-Present  
Hometown: Guangxi, China
Prior Institutions: B.S., China Agricultural University
Email: LuL1@mail.amc.edu
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Kristen Porter 2005 - Present  
Hometown: Nashua, New Hampshire
Prior Institutions: B.S., University of New Hampshire
Projects: HIV-1 Envelope-Associated HLA-DR and its Contribution to Altered T Cell Signaling and Pathogenesis
Mentor: Karen M. Duus, Ph.D.
Email: PorterK@mail.amc.edu
 
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
 
Justin Wilson 2003 - Present  
Hometown: Rutland, Vermont
Prior Institutions:

M.S., Albany Medical College
B.A., Castleton State College

Projects: Effect of Francisella tularensis Infection on Macrophage Antigen Presentation
Mentor: James R. Drake, Ph.D.
Email: WilsonJ@mail.amc.edu
 


  M.S. Graduate Students
 
Matthew Haller 2006 - Present  
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York
Prior Institutions: B.S. State University of New York at Albany
Mentor: Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D.
Email: HallerM@mail.amc.edu
 
Supriya Kar 2008-Present  
Hometown: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Prior Institutions: M.B.B.S., Grant Medical College (India)
Mentor: J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D.
Email: KarS@mail.amc.edu
 
Tiffany Tryniszewski 2008-Present  
Hometown: Rexford, New York
Prior Institutions: B.S., State University of New York at Albany
Mentor: Deborah Fuller, Ph.D.
Email: TrynisT@mail.amc.edu