 | Jonathan Crider - Research Focus:
Catfish NK like receptors, their gene expression and regulation in macrophages and dendritic cells - B.S., Harding U. ‘15
- Hometown: Smithfield, VA
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 | Dipanwita Mitra - Research Focus:
Human cytomegalovirus entry and replication - B.S., U. of Calcutta, India ‘13
- M.S., U. of Calcutta, India ‘15
- Hometown: Kolkata, India
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 | Iftekhar Rafiqulla - Research Focus:
Bioinformatics for Genomic Prediction of Complex Microbial Traits - B.S., U. of Dhaka ‘07
- M.S., U. of Dhaka ‘08
- Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
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 | Courtney Daley - Research Focus:
Peptide signaling in pneumococcal virulence - B.S. William Carey University ‘13
- Hometown: Carson, MS
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 | Kathryn Hellmann - Research Focus:
Metagenomics of preterm infant skin - B.S., U. Pittsburgh’15
- Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
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 | Kristianna Saelens - Research Focus:
Catfish Toll-like receptors in anti-viral responses - B.S. Berry College ’17
- Hometown: Cordova, MD
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 | Mary Carr - Research Focus:
Substrate specificity and roles of bacterial proteases in infection - B.S. Mississippi University for Women’19
- Hometown: Marietta, GA
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 | Poonam Sharma - Research Focus:
Cell surface glycosaminoglycans as virus attachment receptors - M.B.B.S., India’09
- M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), India’14
- Hometown: Ulhasnagar, India
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 | Anna Scasny - Research Focus:
Molecular pathogenesis of pneumococcal disease - BS, Biomedical Engineering Mississippi State’19
- Hometown: Villa Rica, GA
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 | Christian Yu - Research Focus:
Virus infection and cell death - B.A. Chemistry, Rice University’15
- M.S. Biomedical Sciences, UMMC’19
- Hometown: Madison, MS
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First Year Students |
 | William Lawson - B.S., Mississippi College
- M.S., Mississippi College
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 | Alex Medders - B.S. University of Mississippi
- M.S., UMMC
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 | John Crawford - B.S., University of Florida
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