People

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary

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Program: Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Current advisor: Christopher N. Topp, PhD

Undergraduate university: Tuskegee University, 2013

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Barry P. Sleckman

Thesis Title: ATM Stablizes DNA Double Strand Break Complexes During V (D)J Recombination

Program: Immunology

Graduation Year: 2006

Thesis Advisor: Timothy J. Ley

Thesis Title: Proteomic Analysis of Granzyme B-Mediated Cell Death

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis Advisor: Paul P. De Weer

Thesis Title: "The Kinetics of the (NA,K)-APTase in the Absence of Potassuim"

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1981

Thesis Advisor: Craig Jackson

Thesis Title: "The Effects of Calcium Mediated Self Association on Calcium Binding to Bovine Prothrombin Fragment-1"

Program: Molecular Biology

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis Advisor: Robert E. Thach

Thesis Title: "The Role of mRNA Competition in Regulating Translation In Vitro"

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis Advisor: Luis F.Z. Batista

Thesis Title: A noncanonical function of the telomerase RNA component in human embryonic stem cells

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Computational genomics, human genetics, systems biology, transcriptional regulatory networks

Key words
computational biology, systems biology, regulatory circuits, computational genomics, multi-omics integration, human genetics

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding how immune cells and metabolic organs interact to maintain normal metabolism and to support adaptation to physiologic challenges

Key words
Immunometabolism, Mitochondria, White/beige/brown adipose tissue, Innate immunity, Macrophages, Obesity