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Selected Journal Articles

Development
and characterization of a model system to study amphibianimmune responses to iridoviruses
Evolution
of heat shock protein and immunity
Identification
and characterization of Xenopus CD8
T cells expressing an NK cell-associated molecule
Phylogenetic
Conservation of the Molecular and Immunological Properties
of the Chaperones gp96 and hsp70
Minor
Histocompatability Antigen-Specific MHC-Restricted CD8 T Cell
Responses Elicited by Heat Shock Proteins
MHC-Restricted
and -Unrestricted CD8 T Cells: An Evolutionary
Perspective

Alumni & Past Lab Members

Past Graduate Students

Name	Training Period	Current Position
Heidi Morales	2003 - 2008	Post-Doc University of Katholiek-Leuven, Belgien (Dietmar Schmucker)
Ana Goyos	2004 - 2010	Post-Doc University of Standford Medical Center, Department of Structural Biology (Peter Praham)

Post Post-Doctoral Trainees

Name	Training Period	Current Position
Sergey Guselnikov	2005 - 2007	Member Institute of Cytology and Genetics Novosibirsk, Russia
Gregory Maniero	2001 - 2006	Faculty Dpt. Biology, Stonehill College Easton, MA
Thaminda Ramanayake	2004 - 2006	Simon School of Business Rochester, NY
A. Seema Chida	2006 - 2010	Senior Post-Doct, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center (Inaki Sanz)
Guangchun Chen	2010 - 2012	Research Associate Utah State

Past MS Students

Name	Training Period	Current Position
Jennifer Gantress	2001 - 2002	Lab Manager St. John Fisher College Rochester, NY
Shauna Marr	2003 - 2005	Technical Associate Environmental Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY
Thaminda Ramanayake	2004 - 2006	Simon School of Business Rochester, NY

Past Baccalaureate (PREP) Trainees

Name	Training Period	Current Position
Tanya Cruz Luna	2009 - 2010	Research Associate ZeptoMetrix Buffalo NY
Juan Oves	2010 - 2011	Teaching at Marine biology Center

Past Undergraduate Trainees

Name	Training Period	Current Position
Laura Rau	1999 - 2001	MD Lawrence & Memorial Hospital New London, CT
Viraj Sanghvi	2002 - 2003	Post-doc Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Vadim Khaychuk	2004 - 2005	Ph.D. University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
Thomas Fugate	Summer 2005	MD Student University of Rochester Rochester, NY
Beatriz Folch Torres	Summer 2007	MD Student University of Rochester Rochester, NY
Lara Abramowitz	2005 - 2007	Ph.D. Student University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Murielle Nkongho	Summer 2006	Research Associate University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
Jessica Sowa	2006 - 2010	Ph. D Student Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
Ashley Vogel	Summer 2007	Research Specialist University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Jaqueline Gertz	2008 - 2009	Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry University of Vermont Burlington, VT
Zhenghui Li	2008 - 2010	Ph.D. Student Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Jennifer Sabogal	Summer 2009	Ph.D. Student, Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ
Shady El Damaty	Summer 2010	Ph.D. Student Computational Neuroscience Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Erica George	Summer 2010	Junior University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD
Shoham Mookerjee	2010 - 2011	University of McGill Canada
Joseph Taran	2010 - 2011
Finn Maloney	Summer 2011	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH
Nicole Staie	Summer 2011	Microbiology University of Rochester Rochester, NY

Jacques Robert
Associate Professor of
Microbiology & Immunology

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
School of Medicine
and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 672
Rochester, New York 14642

Office: MRBX 2-11124
Lab: MRBX 2-11001

Phone: (585) 275-5359
Fax: (585) 473-9573

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