Post-Doctoral Associates/Fellows and Graduate Students
Graduate Student
Dewhurst Lab
Research Interest:
Improving LAIV Efficacy and Understanding Methods Underlying HIV Silencing in Astrocytes
Graduate Student
Serra-Moreno Lab
Graduate Student
Serra-Moreno Lab
Graduate Student
Rossmann Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the role of transcriptional pause-release factors in metabolically regulating cell lineage differentiation
Graduate Student
Meera Singh Lab
Graduate Student
Dewhurst Lab
Research Interest:
Understanding the Interaction of HIV With Human Microglial Cells, and its Relevance to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND)
Graduate Student
Sun Lab
Research Interest:
Generation mechanisms and functions of respiratory syncytial virus copy-back defective viral genomes
Graduate Student
Gill Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the influence of gut microbiome-derived polyamines on host-pathogen interactions and immune responses in the context of Staphylococcus aureus bone infection
Graduate Student
Sant Lab
Graduate Student
Gerber Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Georas Lab
Graduate Student
Lopatkin Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Georas Lab
Graduate Student
Lawrence Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Munger Lab
Graduate Student
Gerber Lab
Graduate Student
Yarovinsky Lab
Research Interest:
T. gondii-induced peripheral tissue reprogramming
Email KatherineEscalera-Rivera
Graduate Student
Anolik Lab
Jonason Lab
Research Interest:
Inflammatory processes involved in the onset and development of Osteoarthritis
Graduate Student
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Research Interest:
Determining the Role of EPRS and tRNA Modulation in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection
Postdoctoral Associate
Lawrence Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the association of PCB exposure on antibody responses to vaccination in a cohort of children from Slovakia ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1638-5772
Graduate Student
Topham Lab
Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging
Research Interest:
Investigating Naïve CD8+ T Cells’ Heterogeneity in Early Life
Graduate Student
Thakar Lab
Research Interest:
Interferon response digital twin for treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus
Postdoctoral Associate
First Year
Research Interest:
mRNA degradosomes, tRNA processing and penicillin binding proteins-4 as targets to develop novel classes of antibacterial drugs.
Postdoctoral Associate
Gerber Lab
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Graduate Student
First Year
Graduate Student
Hammes Lab
Graduate Student
Topham Lab
Graduate Student
Harris Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Dewhurst Lab
Research Interest:
Elucidating the Molecular Basis of the Temperature Sensitivity of the Live-Attenuated Influenza Virus (LAIV) and Using that Knowledge to Create a Safer and More Effective Influenza Vaccine
Graduate Student
Gerber Lab
Graduate Student
Frisch Lab
Research Interest:
Graduate Student
First Year
Graduate Student
Morrell Lab
Research Interest:
Lung megakaryocytes are long-lived, arise from Flt3-negative bone marrow cells and contribute to platelet recovery in thrombocytopenia
Graduate Student
Robert Lab
Graduate Student
Varble Lab
Research Interest: Host adaptation of influenza virus
Postdoctoral Fellow
Thakar Lab
Graduate Student
Morrell Lab
Research Interest:
Myb regulation of megakaryocyte immune differentiation
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yiping Zhu Lab
Research Interest:
The interactions between viruses and hosts
Graduate Student
Gill Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the impact of gut microbiome-derived metabolites on obese/type-2 diabetic gut barrier integrity and immune modulation in response to systemic Staphylococcus aureus infection
Graduate Student
Awad Lab
Schwarz Lab
Graduate Student
First Year
Graduate Student
Muthukrishnan Lab
Research Interest:
T cell dysfunction during implant-associated S. aureus osteomyelitis
Postdoctoral Associate
Muthukrishnan Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Dunman Lab
Research Interest:
Targeting A. baumannii efflux pumps via small molecule inhibitors to improve existing antibiotic treatments' effectiveness and combat adaptive efflux-mediated drug resistance.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minsoo Kim Lab
Research Interest:
Determining the mechanism of HE4-mediated immunosuppression in ovarian cancer
Postdoctoral Fellow
Schwarz Lab
Graduate Student
Hammes Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Monaco Lab
Research Interest: Contribution of enteric virome to the development of allergies in urban Rochester communities and rural Old Order Mennonites.
Graduate Student
Anolik Lab
Graduate Student
Zand Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dewhurst Lab
Research Interest:
Using Applications of Network Theory to Understand How SARS-CoV-2 Evades the Innate Immune System
Graduate Student
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Woeller Lab
Graduate Student
Pavelka Lab
Graduate Student
Anolik Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating the role of B cells in autoimmune disease
Graduate Student
Anolik Lab
Graduate Student
Georas Lab
Graduate Student
Yiping Zhu Lab
Research Interest:
Integration and Latency of HIV-1 DNA in the centromere
Postdoctoral Associate
Robert Lab
Graduate Student
Minsoo Kim Lab
Research Interest:
Development of effective CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors
Postdoctoral Associate
Yarovinsky Lab
Research Interest: Gut microbiota, host defense and immunity: analysis with integrative omics approach
Postdoctoral Associate
Muthukrishnan Lab
Graduate Student
Calvi Lab
Research Interest:
Bone Marrow Macrophage Metabolic Dysfunction in MDS Associated IDH2 Mutation
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Email Thandolwethu (Thando)Shabangu
Graduate Student
First Year
Postdoctoral Fellow
Serra-Moreno Lab
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Research Interest:
HCMV infection depends on EGLN1-mediated mitochondrial activation to increase dNTP pools for viral DNA replication
Postdoctoral Fellow
Thakar Lab
Research Interest:
Investigating monocyte heterogeneity in human population and their responses during HIV vaccine
Graduate Student
Lawrence Lab
Research Interest:
Studying the effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on immune system development and response to viral infection
Graduate Student
Schwarz Lab
Research Interest:
Optimization of an in vitro model of Staphylococcal abscess communities to study bactericidal mechanisms
Graduate Student
Diaz-Balzac Lab
Graduate Student
Meera Singh Lab
Graduate Student
Jarvinen-Seppo Lab
Research Interest:
The impact of the developing infant innate immune system on the development of allergic diseases
Graduate Student
Calvi Lab
Graduate Student
Thakar Lab
Research Interest:
Characterizing the cellular heterogeneity of circulating innate and adaptive immune cells within the pediatric population to investigate changes in cellular composition throughout early life as well as differences in CD4+ T cell sup-populations between healthy and food allergic pediatric individuals
Graduate Student
Thakar Lab
Research Interest:
Characterizing monocyte and B cell populations during HIV-1 infection and vaccination in humans and non-human primates.
Graduate Student
Munger Lab
Research Interest:
Cellular antibody affinity-based CRISPR Screening identifies JUNB as a broadly acting anti-viral factor
Postdoctoral Associate
Gerber Lab
Graduate Student
Thakar Lab
Research Interest:
Evaluation of single-cell pathway scoring methods and characterization of monocytes in HIV-positive individuals with atherosclerosis.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minsoo Kim Lab
Graduate Student
Dziejman Lab
Graduate Student
Sun Lab