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Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 1992

Thesis Advisor: Charles C. Rice

Thesis Title: Characterization of the Sindbis Virus Replication Complex and Its Components.

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis Advisor: Ralph Bradshaw

Thesis Title: "Purification and Characterization of Bovine Fibroblast Growth Factors"

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Timothy E. Holy, PhD

Undergraduate university: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2018

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Antiviral mechanisms of type I interferons and the role of interferons and viruses in autoimmune diseases

Key words
host-pathogen interactions, immunology, innate immunity, interferons, pathogenesis, virology, autoimmune disease, lupus

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis Advisor: Justin C. Fay

Thesis Title: Dysfunctional gene regulation of the meiotic program in an interspecific yeast hybrid

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis Advisor: Virginia L. Miller

Thesis Title: Characterization of the Yersinia autotransporter proteins (Yaps) and their roles in the pathogenesis of Y. pestis

Program: Cell and Integrative Biology

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon

Thesis Title: Biochemical Characterization of the Mouse Fatty Liver Dystrophy Mutation.

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis Advisor: Phillip I. Tarr

Thesis Title: Phylogenetic Illumination of Escherichia coli by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Interrogation

Program: Computational Biology

Graduation Year: 2007

Thesis Advisor: Robi D. Mitra

Thesis Title: Novel Approaches for the Discovery of Splice Variants with Cell-signaling Function

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
We study how bacterial defend themselves from their viral predators, bacteriophage.

Key words
bacteria, phage, bacteriophage, virus