Graduation 2007

Dissertation: The Effects of Serine and Acetate Metabolism on the Ability of Escherichia coli CFT073 to Colonize the Murine Urinary Tract.
Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch
Andrew is now an Associate Director of Product Management at LGC Clinical Diagnostics.

Dissertation: Characterization of the Yeast Phase Specific YPS3 Gene of Histoplasma capsulatum.
Faculty Advisor: Jon Woods
Megan is a Data Analysis Supervisor at Quartz Health Solutions.

Dissertation: Elements of Plasmid R6K Replication Control.
Faculty Advisor: Marcin Filutowicz
Lisa is an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College.

Dissertation: Genetics and Biochemistry of Class II Phosphotransacetylases: Enzymes and Sensors of Nutrition, Energy and Redox State of Prokaryotic Cells.
Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante
Shaun is now an Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Dissertation: The Seventy-Six Nucleotides in tRNA Act As One Functional Unit.
Faculty Advisor: William McClain
Hyunsic is working at Scarab Genomics.

Dissertation: Genomic and Biochemical Changes during the Onset of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis.
Faculty Advisor: Margaret McFall-Ngai
Carlene is a MD in Gastroenterology at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital in CO.

Dissertation: Processing and Presentation of Variant Surface Glycoprotein during African Trypanosomiasis.
Faculty Advisor: John Mansfield
Taylor is a partner at Big Rose Web Design, LLC.

Dissertation: Liberation of Pro-inflammatory Peptidoglycan Fragments from the Gonococcal Cell.
Faculty Advisor: Joe Dillard
Dan is the Senior Health Scientist for the CDC in India.

Dissertation: Role of IscR in regulation of Fe-S Biogenesis in Escherichia coli.
Faculty Advisor: Patricia Kiley
Jennifer is a freelance medical writer.

Dissertation: Immunostimulatory DNA and the Innate Immune Response to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
Faculty Advisor: Donna Paulnock
Tajie is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Virginia.