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CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Ashley St. John, PhD Assistant Professor, Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Email: ashley.st.john@duke-nus.edu.sg Interests: Lymph node remodeling during infection, viral immunology, vaccination.

Cheryl Chan, PhD Post-doctoral fellow, Duke-NUS Email: cheryl.chan@duke-nus.edu.sg Interests: Mast cell modulation of immunity in the bladder.

Samantha Bowen, BS PhD candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Email: samantha.bowen@duke.edu Interests: Role of mast cells in bladder infection; Pathogenesis of reflux nephropathy

Yuvon Mobley, BS PhD candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Email: yuvon.mobley@duke.edu Interests: Use of antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections.

Hae Woong Choi, BS, MS PhD candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology Program/Pathology Email: haewoong.choi@duke.edu Interests: Mast cell interactions with pathogenic bacteria.

Yuxuan (Phoenix) Miao, BS PhD candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Email: yuxuan.miao@duke.edu Interests: Molecular mechanisms of bacterial expulsion from infected host cells.

Mohammed (Arif) Arifuzzaman, BS Graduate student, Cell and Molecular Biology Program Email: mohammad.arifuzzaman@duke.edu Interests: Mast cell regulation of vaccine-mediated immunity.

Joern Karhausen, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Email: jorn.karhausen@duke.edu Interests: Role of mast cells in intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Viraj Parekh, BS, MS PhD candidate, Biochemistry Email: viraj.parekh@duke.edu Interests: Dynamics of uropathogenic E. coli compartmentalization in bladder epithelial cells.

Weixin (Gladys) Ang, BS PhD candidate, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Email: weixingladys.ang@duke.edu Interests: Molecular basis for mast cell activation and desensitization

Laura Mitrescu, BS Research Technician, Anesthesiology Email: laura.mitrescu@duke.edu

Adam Moeser PhD DVM Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.

Working in the lab………

Josh Lattner (Duke undergrad)

Yuxuan Miao

Jessica Ferreyra, Duke Senior Undergraduate

Zachary Swann

Cong Jin Cheryl Chan & Jeongmin Song

At a retreat in Durham