To view student's poster, click on the picture to the right of each name.

 

KLair
Martinez

Daniel Michelson

Michelson

 

Katelyn Pastick

Pastick

After obtaining her degree in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development from the University of Minnesota, Katelyn Pastick worked in Africa on a number of projects to improve the lives of individuals infected with HIV. During her summer research project, Katelyn again traveled to Kampala, Uganda, to participate in a translational research project directed by Drs. Kirsten Nielsen and Marc Jenkins that examines the polyclonal CD4 T cell response to Cryptococcus neoformans infection in HIV + patients. Using a PCR-based assay to type HLA alleles, Katelyn established that in this African population HLA DRB1*13 alleles were only rarely used, suggesting that peptide-MHCII tetramer design will be more complex.

Rwema
Sakizadeh

 

Ellen Spartz

Spartz
If you are interested in learning more about the Summer Medical Student Research Program, or if you are interested in learning more about a particular research project done by one of our Mescher Scholars, please contact the program director Daniel Mueller