Students

• Alexandra Berroyer
  

  alexandra.berroyer@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Nayun Kim, PhD

  Genomic instability, DNA repair

• Illeana Corsi
  

  Ileana.Corsi@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Theresa Koehler, PhD

  Small regulatory RNAs, virulence gene regulation, Bacillus anthracis genetics and physiology

• Shane Cristy
  

  Shane.Cristy@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Michael Lorenz, PhD

  Candida albicans, biofilms, antimicrobial peptides, host-pathogen interactions

• Jellisa Ewan
  

  jellisa.ewan@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Ambro van Hoof, PhD

  RNA degradation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Erika Flores
  

  Erika.Flores@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Anne-Marie Krachler, PhD

  colonization patterns of adherent-invasive E. coli in the gut

• Taylor Halsey
  

  taylor.halsey@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Robert Jenq, MD

  Role of gut microbiota in immunotherapy related adverse events

• Jennifer Hurtig
  

  Jennifer.Hurtig@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Ambro van Hoof, PhD

  PCH, tRNA splicing endonuclease, RNA exosome, RNA processing, yeast

• Ayesha Khan
  

  Ayesha.Khan@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Cesar Arias, MD, MSc, PhD

  Antimicrobial Resistance, Clinical Microbiology, Extensively Drug Resistant Pathogens, Enterococci

• Sarah Lach
  

  Sarah.Lach@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Anna Konovalova, PhD

  signal transduction, envelope stress responses

• Ayesha Mahmood
  

  Ayesha.Mahmood.1@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Charles Darkoh, PhD

  Vancomycin resistance in Clostridium difficile

• Melissa Martinez
  

  Melissa.Martinez.1@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Michael Lorenz, PhD

  Intermicrobial interactions, Canidida albicans, Enterococcus faecalis 

• Kim Minseon
  

  Minseon.Kim@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Ambro van Hoof, PhD

  RNA biology, RNA decay and processing, yeast genetics

• April Nguyen
  

  april.h.nguyen@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Cesar Arias, MD, MSc, PhD

  Antimicrobial Resistance, Enterococci, Membrane, Cardiolipin, Daptomycin

• Lee-Ann Notice
  

  Lee.Notice@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Ambro van Hoof, PhD

  RNA processing and degradation, endoribonucleases, yeast genetics

• Chioma Odo
  

  Chioma.M.Odo@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Samuel Shelburne, MD, PhD

  M Protein, Group A Streptococcus, Strain replacement, Immune escape, Increased virulence, Chimeric protein

• Alec Santiago
  

  Alec.Santiago@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Kevin Morano, PhD

  Protein misfolding, oxidative stress, chaperone network

• Kara Schoenemann
  

  kara.schoenemann@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: William Margolin, PhD

  bacterial cytokinesis, cell division, FtsZ, FtsA, ZipA, division regulation

• Anh Trinh Nguyen
  

  anh.trinhnguyen@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Anne-Marie Krachler, PhD

  Intestinal epithelial extrusion, barrier integrity, EPEC infection, innate immunity

• Robert Williams
  

  Robert.Williams@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Michael Lorenz, PhD

• Unekwu Yakubu
  

  Unekwu.Yakubu@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Kevin Morano, PhD

• Wahaj Zuberi
  

  Wahaj.Zuberi@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Nayun Kim, PhD

  Yeast Genetics, dUTPase, Trypanosoma brucei, Auxin Inducible Degron, Drug Screen

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