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David Sibley
Education:
Ph.D. in Zoology and Physiology from Louisiana State University, 1985.
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Graduate Students
Simren Mehta
Education:
Currently a Ph.D. student in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University
B.A. in Biology, Smith College, Northampton MA.
Project:
Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in Toxoplasma gondii.
Email:
Kristen Skillman
Education:
Currently a Ph.D. student in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University
B.S. in Bacteriology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Project:
Interaction of actin-binding proteins with Toxoplasma actin
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Sarah Fentress
Education:
Currently a Ph.D. student in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University
B.S. in Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Project:
Role of ROP18 in virulence of Toxoplasma gondii.
Email:
Sebastian Lourido
Education:
Currently a Ph.D. student in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington Univeristy
B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology & B.F.A in Studio Art, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Project:
Calcium signal transduction in Toxoplasma gondii
Email:
Aditi Alaganan
Education:
Currently a Ph.D. student in Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington Univeristy
M.Sc. Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2007
B.Tech Biotechnology, Anna University, India, 2005
Project:
Role of Rhoptry Proteins in the Biology of Toxoplasma gondii
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Post Docs
Asis Khan
Education:
Ph.D. (Molecular Epidemiology of Shiga toxin producing E. coli), National Institute of Cholerae and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India.
Project:
Development of a genetic linkage map of Toxoplasma gondii. Analysis of global strain diversity.
Email:
Jeff Buguliskis
Education:
Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
Project:
Role of intramembrane proteases in T. gondii invasion
Email:
Mike Behnke
Education:
Ph.D. in Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Project:
Study of genetic and phenotypic traits in the progeny of T. gondii crosses.
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Chris Ma
Education:
Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA
Project:
Interaction of Toxoplasma actin with small molecules that affect stability.
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Drew Etheridge
Education:
Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA
Project:
Investigating interaction proteomics and small molecule inhibitors of rhoptry kinases
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Staff
Julie Nawas
Title:
Research Technician II
Education:
B.S. Biology Saint Louis University.
Project:
Tissue culture, antibody characterization, general lab organization.
Email:
Keliang Tang
Title:
Senior Research Technician
Education:
M.S. from Shisuan University, China.
Project:
Cloning, expression, and purification of proteins, cDNA library construction.
Email:
Jan Whealen
Title:
Secretary to Dr. David Sibley
Administrative Assistant for Cellular Microbiology.
Department of Molecular Microbiology
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