2009 Graduates
| Graduate Student Defenses in 2009: | Ìý | Ìý | |
|  | Congratulations!Ìý toÌýMiao Chen, Ph.D., IIT track,ÌýinÌýBiomedical Sciences.ÌýÌýMiaoÌýsuccessfully defended
                              hisÌýPh.D. thesis,Ìý"Moraxella Catarrhalis-induced innate immune responses in human
                              pulmonary epithelial cells and monocytes,"Ìýon Monday, November 23, 2009. | Ìý | |
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 | Congratulations!Ìý toÌýJunbo Mai, Ph.D., IIT track,ÌýinÌýBiomedical Sciences.ÌýÌýJunbo successfully defended
                              hisÌýPh.D. thesis,Ìý"Alphavirus nsP2 interacts with host pathways for viral minus-strand
                              synthesis and replication complex stability," on Friday,ÌýOctober 16, 2009.Ìý (Mentor:ÌýDorothea
                              Sawicki).ÌýÌýJunboÌýaccepted a postdoctoral position at the University of California,
                              Riverside, in the laboratory of Dr. Shou-Wei Ding, a virologist whose work on gene
                              silencing in plant virus infections andÌýwas one of the first to study this important
                              and universal process for transcription regulation! | Ìý | |
|  | Congratulations!Ìý to Vipul Shukla, M.S., IIT track, Master of Science inÌýBiomedical Sciences.Ìý Vipul
                           successfully defended his M.S. thesis, "Intravital imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in murine skin," on Monday, August 10, 2009.Ìý (Mentor: R. Mark Wooten). Vipul joined Dr. Viviana Ferreira's lab inÌýthe Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology after graduation December 2009 as anÌýMSBS student.Ìý MS – Medical Science; 2010 University of Toledo | Ìý | |
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