Fifth Year (Ph.D. Program in Pathology)
Angela Aggrey I am very interested in the role of platelets in cerebral vascular inflammation. I specifically look at the protective and deleterious roles platelets might have in Experimental Cerebral Malaria pathogenesis. Home town: Kumasi, Ghana Mentor: Craig Morrell |
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Mahendra Colonne My research interests are to investigate how glucosyltransferase B, which is secreted by S. mutans the major cardinogenic bacterial pathogen found in dental plaque biofilms, binds on the cell walls of Candida species to induce in situ glacan matrix production in the presence of dietary sucrose. Home town: Devalegama, Sri Lanka Mentor: Hyun Koo |
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Benjamin Frisch After I graduated from the University of Rochester I went to work as a lab technician in Dr. Laura Calvi's lab, researching the hematopoietic stem cell niche. I enjoy performing translational research with the potential for far-reaching clinical applications. Home town: Nunda, NY Mentor: Laura Calvi |
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Nikesha Haynes Using Xenopus as a model I am investigating the role of heat shock proteins and non-classical MHC molecules in tumor immunity. Home town: Chaguanas, Trinidad Mentor: Jacques Robert |
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Tzu-Hua Lin (Dennis) My research interest is mainly focused on the expression of androgen receptor and its functions in different types or different differentiated stages of cells, and their roles in the tissue micro-environment, such as prostate cancer. Home town: Ban-Ciao City, Taiwan Mentor: Chawnshang Chang |
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Chung-Hsuan Shih (Richard) My current project focuses on generating glial cells from human ESC as a therapeutic tool for spinal cord injury. Home town: Taipei, Taiwan Mentor: Christoph Proschel |
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Mercedes Szpunar I am interested in women's health research. My current project focuses on the effects of chronic stressor exposure on breast tumor growth and metastasis. Home town: Chicago, IL Mentor: Edward Brown |
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