Hunter Kuhn

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: David A. Hunstad, MD

Undergraduate university: University of Central Florida, 2017

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary

My research focuses on the UPEC secreted toxin alpha-hemolysin and how it elicits cytotoxicity to epithelial cells.

Graduate publications
Aranjuez GF, Kuhn HW, Adams PP, Jewett MW. 2020 Borrelia burgdorferi bbk13 Is Critical for Spirochete Population Expansion in the Skin during Early Infection. Infect Immun, 87(5):e00887-18. PMCID: PMC6479026