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Medical Microbiology and Immunology

2009 Graduates

Graduate Student Defenses in 2009:

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Congratulations!Ìý toÌýMiao Chen, Ph.D., IIT track,ÌýinÌýBiomedical Sciences.ÌýÌýMiaoÌýsuccessfully defended hisÌýPh.D. thesis,Ìý"Moraxella Catarrhalis-induced innate immune responses in human pulmonary epithelial cells and monocytes,"Ìýon Monday, November 23, 2009.
(Mentor:Ìý Z. Kevin Pan).

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Congratulations!Ìý toÌýJunbo Mai, Ph.D., IIT track,ÌýinÌýBiomedical Sciences.ÌýÌýJunbo successfully defended hisÌýPh.D. thesis,Ìý"Alphavirus nsP2 interacts with host pathways for viral minus-strand synthesis and replication complex stability," on Friday,ÌýOctober 16, 2009.Ìý (Mentor:ÌýDorothea Sawicki).ÌýÌýJunboÌýaccepted a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Riverside, in the laboratory of Dr. Shou-Wei Ding, a virologist whose work on gene silencing in plant virus infections andÌýwas one of the first to study this important and universal process for transcription regulation!
Last known position: R&D Director and Chief Scientist - ‎Shenzhen Maidike Biotechnology Co.

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Congratulations!Ìý to Vipul Shukla, M.S., IIT track, Master of Science inÌýBiomedical Sciences.Ìý Vipul successfully defended his M.S. thesis, "Intravital imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in murine skin," on Monday, August 10, 2009.Ìý (Mentor: R. Mark Wooten).
Vipul joined Dr. Viviana Ferreira's lab inÌýthe Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology after graduation December 2009 as anÌýMSBS student.Ìý
MS – Medical Science; 2010 University of Toledo
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