 | Laura Blackmon
Research mentor: Eva Bengten
Research focus: The roles of channel catfish activating and inhibitory Leukocyte Immune Types Receptors (LITRs) in cytotoxic cell target recognition
Room: R-518
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Tougaloo College |
 | Haley Pipkins
Research mentor: Larry McDaniel
Research focus: Virulence determinants of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae and the consequences of intra-species genetic exchange
Room: N620-20
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, William Carey University |
 | David Spencer
Research mentor: Melanie Wilson
Research focus: The dynamics of cytotoxic T cell memory cell activation and exhaustion in channel catfish
Room: R-518
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Belhaven University |
 | Jessica Bradshaw
Research mentor: Larry McDaniel
Research focus: Impact of oligopeptide binding proteins AliC and AliD on nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumonia physiology and virulence
Room: N620-02
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Oklahoma State University |
 | Angela Benton
Research mentor: Mary Marquart
Research Focus: Genetic and Metabolic Factors Impacting Intraocular Growth of Streptococcus pneumonia
Room: N638
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Mississippi State University; MS, Mississippi College
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 | Mary Darby Jackson
Research mentor: Brian Akerley
Research focus: Immune evasion strategies utilized by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi)
Room: N637 or N638
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Mississippi State University
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 | Jonathan Crider
Research mentor: Eva Bengten
Research focus: Catfish Leukocyte Immune Type Receptors - genes and regulation
Room: R-518
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Harding University
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 | Dipawita Mitra
Research mentor: Ritesh Tandon
Research focus: Aspects of human cytomegalovirus maturation
Room: R-516
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, University of Calcutta, India; MS, University of Calcutta, India
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 | Brent Breland
Research mentor: TBD
Research focus: TBD
Room: N-535
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, Mississippi College |
 | Iftekhar Rafiqullah
Research mentor: TBD
Research focus: TBD
Room: N-535
Undergraduate/graduate degree: BS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; MS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |