2012 Graduates

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Graduate Student Defenses in 2012:		听
	*Congratulations!* to Mithun Khattar, M.Phil., M.S., Ph.D., IIT track, Biomedical Sciences, concentration in infection, immunity and听transplantation.听听 Mithun successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation,听Modulation of TCR Signals Reprograms Immune Tolerance in Transplantation and Type-1 Diabetes on February 1, 2012.听 (Mentor: Dr. Stanislaw Stepkowski, Ph.D.)	听
	*Congratulations!* to John-Paul Lavik, Ph.D., IIT track, Biomedical Sciences, concentration in infection, immunity and听transplantation.听听 John successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, "Intravital Microscopy of Borrelia Burgdorferi: Delineation of Dissemination Kinetics and Persistence Within Murine Skin" on May 24, 2012.听 (Mentor: Dr. R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D.) Last known position: Resident at Yale School of Medicine	听
	*Congratulations!to听Elizabeth听Beil, M.S.B.S., Ph.D.,听*IIT track, Biomedical Sciences, concentration in infection, immunity and听transplantation.听听 Elizabeth successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis, "Identification of Fc纬RIIA-STAT6 Interaction and the Subsequent Effects" in June 2012 (Mentor: 听Randall Worth, Ph.D.)	听
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