Recent Graduates :

Below is a list of the most recent Microbiology graduates, their dissertation title, date, and current affiliation:


Roslyn Crowder: July 3, 2008 "CD19-dependent B Cell Development and Function: Novel Roles for CD19 Tyrosines in vivo"
Current Position: PENN-PORT Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine and Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center (Dr. Wafik El-Deiry).

Julia Schmitz: June 20, 2008 "Role of the Gastric Ecosystem in Helicobacter Associated Gastritis"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Dr. Balfour Sartor).

Magdalena Krzyzaniak: June 9, 2008 "Role of the gM/gN Glycoprotein Complex in the Final Assembly and Egress of the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV)"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics (Dr. William Britt).

Summer Galloway: April 2, 2008 "Functional Characterization of Conserved Domains within the L Protein Component of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Implications for Transcription and mRNA Processing"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Dr. Dave Steinhauer).

Allison Bennett: March 25, 2008 "Characterization of Sortase and Its Effect on the Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae"
Current Position: Associate Scientist, Jacobs Engineering Dugway Team, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds.

Ho-Seong Seo: March 3, 2008 "The Role of Lipoteichoic Acid in Infection and Inflammation"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology (Dr. Moon Nahm).

Matthew Alder: December 14, 2007 "The Adaptive Immune System of Sea Lamprey"
Current Position: University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical School.

Kari Dugger: November 15, 2007 "Visualizing the Function and Migration of T Cells"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Physiology and Biophysics (Dr. Lisa Schwiebert).

Glenn Bantug: November 9, 2007 "CD8+ T-lymphocytes and Control of Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Newborn Central Nervous System"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine (Dr. William Britt).

David Glover: November 2, 2007 "Pneumococcal Choline-binding Protein A: Its Role In Virulence and Its Utility as a Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccine Antigen"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. David Briles)

Russell Read: October 31, 2007 "The Role of Complement in Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis"
Current Position: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Keith Reeves: September 17, 2007 "Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Potential of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in SIV/SHIV - Infected Macaques"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, New England Primate Center, Harvard Medical School (Dr. Paul Johnson).

Thuc Vy Le: July 2, 2007 "B Cell Selection: Generation of High Affinity ASC"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. David Chaplin).

Melissa Swiecki: June 29, 2007 "Bacillus Anthracis Spore-Host Interactions"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University, Department of Pathology and Immunology (Dr. Marco Colonna)

Craig Maynard: June 26, 2007 "IL-10-Competent Regulatory T Cells: Development, Phenotype, and Function" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology (Dr. Casey Weaver).

Glenn King: June 5, 2007 "The Immunological Role of HSH2"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. Lou Justement).

Adam Kallmeyer: March 30, 2007 " Regulatory Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Translation Termination"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics (Dr. William Britt).

Greer Kaufman: March 29, 2007 "Characterization of a Global Regulatory Pathway in Streptococcus pneumoniae"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University, Department of Molecular Microbiology (Dr. Virginia Miller).

Bobbi Xayarath: March 27, 2007 "Effects of Specific Alterations in Capsule Structure on Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Assembly and Virulence"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Dr. Nancy E. Freitag).

Jun-Young Seo: March 15, 2007 "Cytoplasmic Assembly of Human Cytomegalovirus"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pediatrics (Dr. William Britt).

David Crossman: February 26, 2007 "Characterization of a Novel Acetyltransferase Found Only in Pathogenic Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. Andries Steyn).

Paul Mangan: July 6, 2006 "Mechanisms of Effector CD4+ T Cell Development and Trafficking"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Dr. Gary Koretzky).

Sung-il Yoon: July 5, 2006 "Structural and Biophysical Analysis of IL-10 Receptor Interactions with Cellular and Epstein-Barr Virus IL-10"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. Mark Walter).

Christopher Steichen: June 30, 2006 "Identification and Characterization of Proteins in the Bacillus anthracis Exosporium"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iowa, Department of Microbiology (Dr. Michael Apicella).

Elizabeth Stansell: April 4, 2006 "Capsid-Membrane Interactions in Mason-Pfizer Monkey Virus Budding"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, New England Primate Center (Dr. Ronald Desrosier).

Shaper Mirza: December 2, 2005 "Interaction of Streptococcus Pneumoniae with Lactoferrin"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. David Briles).

Mamie Coats: November 3, 2005 "Vaccines and Disease Mechanisms Relevant to Pneumococcal Disease in Two Groups of High Risk Children"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology (Dr. Adrie Steyn).

Anan Jongkaewwattana: August 12, 2005 "Tumor Suppressor Protein p53-Mediated Induction of Apoptosis and Type-I Interferon Production in Lentivirus-Infected T Cells"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan (Dr. Hideo Goto).

Brantley Herrin: July 8, 2005 "Identification and Functional Characterization of H2H2, a Dynamically Expressed Adaptor Protein Implicated in B Cell Survival Signaling"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine (Dr. Max Cooper).

Delicia Munfus: June 22, 2005 "Evaluation of Human B Lymphopoiesis Models and Novel FIGLER Molecules During B Cell Development"
Current Position: Medical Student, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Michael Fuller: June 17, 2005 "High Viral Loads and CD4 T Cells Regulate the Phenotypic and Functional Maturation of Virus-specific CD8 Cells"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Columbus Children's Research Institute, Center for Vaccines and Immunity (Dr. Christopher M. Walker).

Chunlin Wang: May 9, 2005 "Molecular Evolution and Genomic Analysis of Poxviruses"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA.

Alok Mulky: April 25, 2005 "Molecular Analysis of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Reverse Transcriptase in Infectious Virus"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Model Development Section (Dr. Vineet KewalRamani).

Robin Moudy: April 7, 2005 "Variation in Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transcriptional Control Sequences: Impact on Viral Gene Expression and Replication"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Arbovirus Lab, Wadsworth Center, Albany NY (Dr. Laura Kramer).

John Bates: January 28, 2005 "CD4+ T Cell Memory and Antigen Specific Cell Frequency"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wake Forest University (Dr. Steven Mizel).
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