Main ContentMicrobiology and Immunology Graduate Students
Anna Scasny Lab: Jorge Vidal, PhD | Kristianna Saelens Lab: Melanie Wilson and Eva Bengten, PhD | Mary Carr Lab: Mary Marquart, PhD | Christian Yu Lab: Stephen Stray, PhD |
Iftekhar Rafiqulla Lab: Ashley Robinson, PhD | Komal Beeton Lab: Gene Bidwell, PhD | John Crawford Lab: Ashley Robinson, PhD | Md Fahim Khan Lab: Lance Keller, PhD |
Lucas Crosby Lab: Lance Keller, PhD | Cameron Huhn Lab: Brian Akerley, PhD | Azia Mckenzie Lab: Undecided | Reanna Hales Lab: Undecided |
Publications
Recent papers from some of our graduate students include:
Sharma, P., Dwivedi, R., Ray, P., Shukla, J., Pomin, V. H., & Tandon, R. (2023). Inhibition of Cytomegalovirus by Pentacta pygmaea Fucosylated Chondroitin Sulfate Depends on Its Molecular Weight. Viruses, 15(4), 859. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15040859
Gingerich, A. D., Royer, F., McCormick, A. L., Scasny, A., Vidal, J. E., & Mousa, J. J. (2023). Synergistic Protection against Secondary Pneumococcal Infection by Human Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Distinct Epitopes. Journal of Immunology, 210(1), 50–60. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200349
Crider, J., Wilson, M., Felch, K. L., Dupre, R. A., Quiniou, S. M. A., & Bengtén, E. (2023). A subset of leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs) regulates phagocytosis in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) leukocytes. Molecular immunology, 154, 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2022.12.009
Thompson, C. D., Bradshaw, J. L., Miller, W. S., Vidal, A. G. J., Vidal, J. E., Rosch, J. W., McDaniel, L. S., & Keller, L. E. (2023). Oligopeptide Transporters of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Regulate CbpAC and PspA Expression and Reduce Complement-Mediated Clearance. mBio, 14(1), e0332522. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03325-22
Oh, J. H., Martinez, A. D., Cao, H., George, G. W., Cobb, J. S., Sharma, P., Fassero, L. A., Arole, K., Carr, M. A., Lovell, K. M., Shukla, J., Saed, M. A., Tandon, R., Marquart, M. E., Moores, L. C., & Green, M. J. (2022). Radio Frequency Heating of Washable Conductive Textiles for Bacteria and Virus Inactivation. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 14(38), 43732–43740. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c11493
Pramanik, A., Mayer, J., Sinha, S. S., Sharma, P. C., Patibandla, S., Gao, Y., Corby, L. R., Bates, J. T., Bierdeman, M. A., Tandon, R., Seshadri, R., & Ray, P. C. (2022). Human ACE2 Peptide-Attached Plasmonic-Magnetic Heterostructure for Magnetic Separation, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Identification, and Inhibition of Different Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Infections. ACS applied bio materials, 10.1021/acsabm.2c00573. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00573
Quiniou, S. M. A., Crider, J., Felch, K. L., Bengtén, E., & Boudinot, P. (2022). Interferons and interferon receptors in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 123, 442–452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.02.019
Dwivedi, R., Sharma, P., Farrag, M., Kim, S. B., Fassero, L. A., Tandon, R., & Pomin, V. H. (2022). Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 wild-type (Wuhan-Hu-1) and Delta (B.1.617.2) strains by marine sulfated glycans. Glycobiology, 32(10), 849–854. https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwac042
Carr, M. A., Marcelo, D., Lovell, K. M., Benton, A. H.,Tullos, N. A., Norcross, E. W., Myers, B., Robbins, M. K., Craddieth, H., & Marquart, M. E. (2022). Absence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Increases Bacterial Binding, Persistence, and Inflammation in Corneal Infection. Microorganisms, 10(4), 710. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040710
Pramanik, A., Sharma, P. C., Patibandla, S., Gao, Y., Ruppa-Kasani, V., Goli, J., Kumar, A., Chatterjee, A., Sinha, S. S., Bates, J. T., Bierdeman, M. A., Tandon, R., & Ray, P. C. (2022). Blocking SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant (B.1.617.2) Spike Protein Receptor-Binding Domain Binding with the ACE2 Receptor of the Host Cell and Inhibiting Virus Infections Using Human Host Defense Peptide-Conjugated Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS omega, 7(9), 8150–8157. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c00113
Vidal, J. E., Wier, M. N., A Angulo-Zamudio, U., McDevitt, E., Jop Vidal, A. G., Alibayov, B., Scasny, A., Wong, S. M., Akerley, B. J., & McDaniel, L. S. (2021). Prophylactic Inhibition of Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae with the Secondary Bile Acid Metabolite Deoxycholic Acid. Infection and immunity, 89(12), e0046321. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00463-21
Jackson, M. D., Wong, S. M., & Akerley, B. J. (2021). Sialic Acid Protects Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from Natural IgM and Promotes Survival in Murine Respiratory Tract. Infection and immunity, 89(6), e00676-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00676-20
Mitra, D., Hasan, M. H., Bates, J. T., Bidwell, G. L., 3rd, & Tandon, R. (2021). Tegument Protein pp150 Sequence-Specific Peptide Blocks Cytomegalovirus Infection. Viruses,13(11), 2277. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13112277
Crider, J., Quiniou, S. M. A., Felch, K. L., Showmaker, K., Bengtén, E., & Wilson, M. (2021). A Comprehensive Annotation of the Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) T Cell Receptor Alpha/Delta, Beta, and Gamma Loci. Frontiers in immunology, 12, 786402. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.786402
Mitra, D., Hasan, M. H., Bates, J. T., Bierdeman, M. A., Ederer, D. R., Parmar, R. C., Fassero, L. A., Liang, Q., Qiu, H., Tiwari, V., Zhang, F., Linhardt, R. J., Sharp, J. S., Wang, L., & Tandon, R. (2021). The degree of polymerization and sulfation patterns in heparan sulfate are critical determinants of cytomegalovirus entry into host cells. PLoS pathogens, 17(8), e1009803. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009803
Blackmon, L. E., Quiniou, S. M. A., Wilson, M., & Bengtén, E. (2020). Catfish lymphocytes expressing CC41-reactive leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs) proliferate in response to Edwardsiella ictaluri infection in vitro. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 106, 103610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2020.103610
Bradshaw, J. L., Rafiqullah, I. M., Robinson, D. A., & McDaniel, L. S. (2020). Transformation of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae during systemic infection. Scientific reports, 10(1), 18932. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75988-5
McDevitt, E., Khan, F., Scasny, A., Thompson, C. D., Eichenbaum, Z., McDaniel, L. S., & Vidal, J. E. (2020). Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae Results in Alpha-hemolysis by Oxidation of Oxy-hemoglobin to Met-hemoglobin. mSphere, 5(6), e01117-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01117-20
Taylor, E. B., Chinchar, V. G., Quiniou, S. M. A., Wilson, M., & Bengtén, E. (2020). Cloning and characterization of antiviral cytotoxic T lymphocytes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Virology, 540, 184–194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2019.11.014
Jackson, M. D., Wong, S. M., & Akerley, B. J. (2019). Underlying Glycans Determine the Ability of Sialylated Lipooligosaccharide To Protect Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from Serum IgM and Complement. Infection and immunity, 87(11), e00456-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00456-19
Benton, A. H., Jackson, M. D., Wong, S. M., Dees, J. L., Akerley, B. J., & Marquart, M. E. (2019). A Transcriptional Activator of Ascorbic Acid Transport in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Required for Optimal Growth in Endophthalmitis in a Strain-Dependent Manner. Microorganisms, 7(9), 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7090290
Spencer, D. A., Quiniou, S. M. A., Crider, J., Musungu, B., Bengten, E., & Wilson, M. (2019). Insights into the dynamics of memory, effector, and apoptotic cytotoxic T lymphocytes in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 92, 116–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2018.11.001