Current Graduate Students & Fellows

Name	Mentor	Research
Shishen Du B.S., Wuhan Univ., China, 2007	Lutkenhaus	Regulation of E. coli cell division by the nucleoid occlusion protein SlmA
Kristina Bridges B.S., College of the Ozarks, 2004	Zückert	Lipoprotein transport pathways in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
Xiaofei Gao B.S., Nanjing Agricultural Univ., 2003	Hardwidge	Host-microbe interactions
M. Shanoor Hossain M.S., Univ. of Dhaka	Biswas	Production, regulation, characterization, mode of action and immunity of non-lantibiotic mutacin
Kellyann Jones B.S., Duke Univ., 2007	Weinman	Modulation of autophagy mechanisms by Hepatitis C virus infection
Julie Mitchell	Yankee
Yong Luo B.S., Anhui Univ., China, 2005	Qiu	Viral infection-induced host cellular responses such as apoptosis and DNA damage
Rachel Olsen B.A. Biol. Sciences, Monmouth Coll., 2001	Hardwidge	Function and pathogenic role of E. coli effector proteins
Kyoung-Tae Park M.S., Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, 2004	Lutkenhaus	Interaction of MinD with MinC and MinE during cell division of E. coli
Mary Ashley Rimmer B.A., Univ. of Mississippi, 2008	Mir	Regulation of Hantavirus cellular gene expression by nucleocapsid protein
Alex Dowdell	Zückert	Transport and structure-function of Borrelia lipoproteins
Xixu Cai B.S., Beijing Normal Univ., 2007	Mushegian	Bioinformatic methods to investigate bacterial secretion systems

Name	Lab	Research


Shiyong Chen Ph.D., Chinese Acad. of Science, 2003	Zückert	Borrelia burgdorferi cell envelope biogenesis & pathogenesis
Young Bin Hong Ph.D., Seoul Natl. Univ., Korea, 2002	Kim	Meningitis caused by bacteria and fungi
Absarul Haque Ph.D., J.N.U., 2009	Mir	Investigating the role of Hantavirus nucleocapsid protein (N) during translation initiation
Abdul Haseeb Ph.D., National Institute fo Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, 2008	Mir	Transcription and replication strategies of Hantaviruses
Ashraf Hassaballa Ph.D., Creighton Univ., 2006	Yankee	Investigate the role of the adapter protein Gads in T cell receptor signaling and in thymic positive and negative selection

Qinfeng Huang Ph.D, Huazong Agricultural Univ., China, 2009	Qiu	Expression of Parvovirus
Islam Hussein Ph.D., Cambridge Univ., 2007	Mir	The interactions between Hantavirus nucleocapsid and host cells and the role of Hantavirus glycoproteins in packaging and assembly of virus particles
Saswat Mohapatra Ph.D., Inst. of Life Sciences, Utkal Univ., India, 2010	Biswas	Gene regulation and pathogenesis of Streptococcus mutans
Xiaogang Wang Ph.D., Inst. of Applied Ecology, Chinese Acad. of Science, 2009	Hardwidge	Molecular pathogenesis of E. coli and bacterial toxins