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Dissertation: The Neutrophil and Macrophage Response to Streptococcus iniae infection in Zebrafish Larvae. Faculty Advisor: Anna Huttenlocher Beth is the manager of medical publications at Supernus Pharmaceuticals.

Dissertation: Characterization of the Response of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain CFT073 to D-Serine. Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch Brian is a Health Science Policy Analyst at the National Institutes of Health.

Dissertation: rRNA Regulation Depends on Nonoptimal Sigma Region 1.2 Promoter Interactions: Fine Structure of a New RNA Polymerase Recognition Element. Faculty Advisor: Rick Gourse Shani is the Assistant Director of the Gastroenterology and Endoscopic Device team at the FDA.

Dissertation: Synthetic biology approaches for exploring medium chain fatty acid production in anaerobic bacterial communities Faculty Advisor: Ophelia Venturelli Madeline will be doing a postdoc at the Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI) on the Innovative Genomics Institute campus in UC-Berkeley with Ben Rubin and Brady Cress.

Dissertation: Day/Night cycles in the Eupryma solopes-Vibrio Fisheri symbiosis. Faculty Advisor: Margaret McFall-Ngai Elizabeth is an assistant professor at Michigan State University in the department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology and the department of Integrative Biology.

Dissertation: CD4+ Th Cell Specificity and Memory Responses to Variable and Conserved Variant Surface Glycoprotein Sequences in African Trypanosomiasis. Faculty Advisor: John Mansfield Gina is the Program Manager for STEM Professional Development at the University of Michigan.

Dissertation: Ralstonia solanacearum Secretion Systems: Critical virulence factors and points of vulnerability Faculty Advisor: Caitilyn Allen Connor is a postdoc at the University of Helsinki.

Dissertation: Lack of a vital RNA polymerase recognition feature results in coordinated control of the majority of R. sphaeroides promoters Faculty Advisor: Rick Gourse Kemardo will be doing a post-doc at Harvard Medical School working in the Hochschild lab.

Dissertation: Regulation of Xenorhabdus nematophila Host Interactions by the CpxRA Two-Component System. Faculty Advisor: Heidi Goodrich-Blair Erin is a Staff Scientist at the National Cancer Institute.

Dissertation: The Introduction and Suppression of Amber Stop Codons in the Genome of Escherichia coli. Faculty Advisor: Fred Blattner Chris is the Vice President of Biotechnology at Terragia Biofuel.