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Students

Approximately 80 students are presently working in MVP labs towards their Ph.D. degrees. Information about our training program can be found on our Education page. Our What's New page has a list of interesting new developments, while our Research page provides information on research activities in 6 general areas. You can apply to our program, which is part of the Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group. A list of our students, the college from which they graduated, the lab in which they are doing their thesis work, and their thesis topic, is provided below.

Luis Agosto Penn State University O'Doherty Lab
  Development of HIV latent reservoir in resting T cells
Caroline Agrawal Boston University Doms Lab
  HIV fusion inhibition, T20 resistance, and viral evolution
Susan Bender Elizabethtown College Weiss Lab
  CD8+ T cell response to murine coronavirus and its role in pathogenesis
Shawn Blackburn Brigham Young University Wherry Lab
  Development of T cell memory during chronic infection
Michelle Castelletto Michigan State University Lok Lab
  TGFbeta signalling in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis
Matt Cohen Penn State University Isaacs Lab
  Vaccinia virus
Tim Cowley   Weiss Lab
   
Elizabeth Cramer Penn State  
   
Matt Culyba University of Rochester Bushman Lab
  Characterization of a Poxvirus Holliday junction resolving enzyme
Ankur Dalia Rutgers University Weiser Lab
   
Kimberly Davis University of Michigan Weiser Lab
  Effects of the innate immune response on Pneumococcal colonization
Brian DeHaven University of Michigan Isaacs Lab
  Vaccinia immunomodulatory proteins
Gregory Del Prete Williams College Hoxie Lab
  Coreceptor usage and switching in SIVmac239 entry
Korey Demers Case Western University  
   
Joanna DiSpirito University of Rochester Shen Lab
  Mechanisms of memory CD5 T-cell homeostasis
Abigail Druck Columbia University Ricciardi Lab
  Vaccinia virus DNA polymerase and processivity factor
Christopher DuPont SUNY College at Genessee  
   
Claire Marie Filone Franklin and Marshall College Doms Lab
  Rift Valley fever virus cell biology and virus entry
Sarah Fintushel University of Michigan  
   
Chwan Hong Foo Louisiana State University Cohen-Eisenberg Lab
  Mechanisms of vaccinica virus cell entry
Joseph Francica Vanderbilt University Bates Lab
  Mechanism of surface protein down-regulation by Ebola Virus GP
Erin Frey DeSales University  
   
Sarah Galanti Washington University Pearce Lab
   
Skye Geherin Virginia Polytechnic University  
   
Natasha Girgis University of Rochester Isaacs Lab
  Poxvirus immune evasion
Beth Gregg Loyola College, Maryland Roos Lab
  Using molecular tolls to study immune respones to parasitic infections
Jennifer Grier Marquette University Fraser Lab
   
Jessamina Harrison St. Catherine's College Doms Lab
  HIV entry inhibition
Adam Hersperger Bucknell University Betts Lab
  Determining how and if the human CD8+ T cell response to HIV controls viral replication
Christa Heyward Villanova University Ricciardi Lab
  The role of role of Adenovirus type 12 E1A protein in adenoviral-mediated tumorigenesis
David Hill   Weiser Lab
   
Ansel Hsiao University of Pennsylvania Zhu Lab
  Genetic regulation of V. cholerae pathogenesis
Haitao Hu Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences Weissman Lab
  Mechanism of suppression of CD4+ T cell proliferation by HIV envelope protein
Rachel Kaletsky Rutgers University Bates Lab
  Ebola virus entry
Ryan King Xavier University Friedman Lab
  HSV immune evasion
Nichole Klatt   Silvestri Lab
   
Dominick Laddy New York University Weiner Lab
  Enhancing humoral immune responses to DNA vaccines
Eric Lazear Pennsylvania State University Cohen-Eisenberg Lab
  Mechanisms of Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 and 2 cell entry
George Leslie Pennsylvania State University Hoxie Lab
  Analysis of variable loop deleted HIV and the effects on immunogenicity and tropism
Rebecca Lijek Haverford College  
   
Andrew Lippa   Goulian Lab
   
Lamorris Loftin University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Collman Lab
  Differential HIV coreceptor usage in primary cells
Helen McGraw University of Alberta Friedman Lab
  Immune evasion mechanisms of herpes simplex virus
Theresa Moser Ursinus College Cherry Lab
  Identifying cellular factors involved in poxvirus pathogenesis
Julie Norseen Pennsylvania State University Lieberman Lab
  Understanding the replication and maintenance of Epstein-Barr Virus latent genome
Karen Ocweiga   Bushman Lab
   
Alexandra Ortiz University of Virginia Silvestri Lab
   
Matthew Pace St. Joseph's University  
   
Nazzy Pakpour University of California, Davis Scott Lab
  The role of the cytokine IL-12 in the maintenance of resistance to the parasite Leishmania major
Kunal Patel Washington University, St. Louis Bergelson Lab
  Echovirus entry
Carolina Pombo-Martinez Barry University  
   
Andrew Rennekamp University of Pennsylvania Lieberman Lab
  Epstein-Barr virus replication and chromatin structure
Nadeene Riddick Cornell University Collman Lab
   
Keshet Ronen University of Cambridge Bushman Lab
  Retroviral integration site selection
Jessica Roth Colgate University Weiss Lab
  Study of coronavirus nonstructural proteins and their role in immune modulation
Leah Sabin Washington University Cherry Lab
  Identification of host factors involved in Flock House virus replication
Steven Saenz University of New Mexico Artis Lab
  The role of IL-25 in T. muris
Spencer Shelly Ursinus College Cherry Lab
  Identification of cellular factors regulating VSV pathogenesis
Katie Stiles Lehigh University Cohen-Eisenberg Lab
  Interaction of HSV gD with Nectin-1
Jessica Taaffe Duke University Silvestri Lab
   
Ella Tait Drew University Hunter Lab
  Role of DCs in Toxoplasma gondii infection
Kristin Toscano University of Florida  
   
Amy Tsou   Zhu Lab
   
Nathan Vande Burgt Calvin College  
   
Ryan Whitmarsh Amherst College Hunter Lab
  Role of macrophages in innate immunity to toxoplasma gondii
Craig Wilen Washington University Silvestri Lab
  MD/PhD student taking rotations
Jason Wojcechowskyj University of Wisconsin Doms Lab
   
Natalie Wolkow   Roos Lab
   
Brian Wu University of Pennsylvania  
   
Arielle Glatman Zaretsky Brown University