Reese Lab Researchers (group
shots at end)
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CURRENT STUDENT
RESEARCHERS
(in order of joining the lab)
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| Student |
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Project |
• Brittany Fikes |
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Using RNA interferences to alter regulation of cell wall
alpha-glucan in Cryptococcus neoformans |
• Brittany Symbol |
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Over-expression of alpha-1,3-glucanases in Cryptococcus
neoformans |
• Catherine Bradshaw |
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Investigation of Rhodotorula capsule with a
Rhodotorula-specific antibody |
• Michelle LaClair |
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Analysis of
natural alpha-glucanase levels in Cryptococcus neoformans |
• Beth Bachert |
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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis C. neoformans from
soil samples |
• Jessica Reed |
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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis C. neoformans from
soil samples
Virulence models for fungi |
• Shannon Costelow |
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Phenotypic analysis of fungal samples |
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FORMER STUDENT RESEARCHERS
(in order of leaving the lab, with most recent
at top)
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Student |
Current location |
Project while with Dr. Reese |
• Carrie Olson
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CCC 2009 graduate, attending King's College
Physician Assistant
Program |
Investigations of Rhodotorula by
production of an antibody to its capsule [Jr. Colloquium proposal
& research, Biology thesis] |
• Christie Hay
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CCC 2009 graduate, now a lab technician
for Dr. Andrew Alspaugh at Duke University |
Overexpression of alpha-1,3-glucanase genes from chromosomes
4 and 14 of Cryptococcus neoformans [Jr. Colloquium proposal
& research, Biology thesis] Recipient of Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences
grant, fall 2008. Presented at the 2009 ASM meeting. |
• Sarah Smith
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CCC 2009 graduate, attending
Masters of Education Program at
Cedar Crest College |
Phenotypic and genotypic analysis C. neoformans from
soil samples [Jr. Colloquium proposal
& research, significant teaching of other students] |
• Sherri Rennoll
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CCC 2009 graduate, attending
Penn State College of Medicine's
Ph.D. program in
Molecular and Cell
Biology |
Over-expression of alpha-1,3-glucanases from C. neoformans in E.
coli to use to investigate their impact on capsule attachment
[research, Biology & Honors theses] Author on work presented at
the 2008 ASM meeting. |
• Holly Cardasso
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CCC 2009 graduate |
The effects of different concentrations of L-dopa on Cryptococcus
neoformans growth under various conditions [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Rachel Dutko
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CCC 2009 graduate, now a lab technician
for Dr. Kathy Conant at Georgetown University |
Genotypic analysis of soil samples
for C. neoformans and other fungal organisms [Jr.
Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Tiziana Coppola
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student at University of
the Sciences in Philadelphia |
Searching for alpha-1,3-glucanase in Rhodotorula [2008
summer research project] |
• Moira Stanley
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CCC 2008 graduate, attending the
Physician Assistant Program at University of Medicine & Dentistry
of New Jersey |
Identification of fungal communities
in various cave environments [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Sam Gonyea
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CCC 2008 graduate, attending the University of Connecticut
School
of Dental Medicine
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Creation of a genome-scale metabolic modal for the fungal
pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans (co-advisor, Stephen
Fong, Virginia Commonweath University) [Jr. Colloquium proposal
& research, Biology thesis] Recipient of Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences
grant, fall 2007. Presented at the 2008 ASM meeting. |
• Lindsay Carbone
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CCC 2008 graduate, attending the CCC Forensic Science
masters program
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Investigation of bacterial collagenolytic
activity as a forensic tool [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research,
Biology thesis] |
• Jennifer Resling
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CCC 2008 graduate, attending Temple University,
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. program |
Using RNA interferences to alter regulation of cell wall
alpha-glucan in Cryptococcus neoformans [Jr.
Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Allison Nygard
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CCC 2009 graduate, attending the
University of Rochester, toxicology/pharmacology Ph.D. program |
Prepared genomic DNA preparations
of C. neoformans and
performed C. neoformans 2007 summer research with Dr. Kliman [sophomore
research] |
• Carissa Hunold
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CCC 2007 graduate, microbiologist
at the Texas Deparment of State Health Services |
Upstream regulation of alpha-1,3-glucan
synthase [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Jacqueline Pinder
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CCC 2007 graduate, 2009 graduate
of University of Albany School of Public Health, epidemiologist for the
Orange County Dept. of Health, NY. |
Understanding capsule attachment using polysaccharide
interference in Cryptococcus neoformans and the Politics of
Receiving Treatment for Cryptococcosis in Developing Countries [Jr. Colloquium
proposal & research, Biology and Honors theses]. Recipient of Pennsylvania
Academy of Sciences grant, fall 2006. |
• Heather Jubinsky
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CCC 2007 graduate, working at Sanofi-Pasteur in microbiology
quality control |
Determination of Bite Mark Origin
Using Microbial Profiling [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research,
Chemistry Seminar thesis] Recipient of the CCC Student Employee of
the Year award, spring 2007. |
• Cathy Massafra
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CCC 2007 graduate, CCC Forensic Science masters program
2008 graduate, working in the chemistry lab for the PA police |
Estimating time of bite for use
in crime scene reconstruction: Can oral bacteria be used to establish
a biting timeframe [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research, Chemistry Seminar & Biology
thesis] |
• Abigail Cokely
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CCC 2007 graduate, working for OraSure
Technologies |
The Role of a Doctor of Osteopathic
Medicine in Today’s
Medical Landscape [Honors thesis] |
• Lindsay Horvath
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CCC 2007 graduate, attending Pennsylvania State University,
Genetics Ph.D. program |
Overexpression of alpha-1,3-glucanase from Cryptococcus
neoformans as a reagent to degrade fungal cell walls [Jr. Colloquium
proposal & research, Biology thesis] Recipient of an American Society
of Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2006. Author on
work presented at the 2008 ASM meeting. |
• Julianne Sefko
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CCC 2006 graduate, St.
Louis University School of Public Health 2008 graduate, working for the
Division of Health Behavoir Research at Wash. U. School of Medicine |
Alpha-1,3-glucan synthase enzyme
localization and cell growth curves
[Jr. Colloquium proposal & research, Biology & Honors theses]
Recipient of Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences grant, 2005. Author on Mol Microbiol. (2007)
63(5):1385-98 paper. |
• Devika Rawal
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CCC 2006 graduate, attending Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in Biology and Biotechnology Masters program |
RNA interference of alpha-1,3-glucanase
[Jr. Colloquium proposal & research, Biology thesis] Recipient
of Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences grant, 2005. |
• Rachel Pfuntner
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CCC 2006 graduate, attending Cornell
University, Comparative Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program |
Goats get sick too: Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus
[Biology and Honors theses, co-advisor Judith Malitsch] |
• Larissa Peale
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CCC 2007 graduate, 2009 graduate
of Drexel University's College of Nursing & Health Professionals,
working for Aria Health |
Fungi in shower curtain biofilms
[Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Tiffany Barnes
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CCC 2006 graduate, 2009 graduate of
Drexel University's MBA program, currently working in media and public
relations for a
web start-up company
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Room temperature cryptococcal virulence
models [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
• Carissa Famularo
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CCC 2008 graduate, working for Sanofi-Pasteur doing human
sera vaccine testing |
Inhibition of alpha-1,3-glucan synthase
enzyme function [Jr. Colloquium proposal & research] |
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Reese Lab Researchers - Group
Shots
Spring '09 Fun-gals
Spring '08 Fun-gals
 
Spring '07 Fun-gals
Spring '06 Fun-gals
Spring '05 Fun-gals
Back: Carissa Famularo, Heather Jubinsky, Devika Rawal, Julianne Sefko,
Carissa Hunold
Front: Cathy Massafra, Dr. Reese, Lindsay Horvath, Tiffany Barnes
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