Noah Gavil, PhD

Biography

Program: MICaB/MSTP
Defense Year: 2023
Advisor: David Masopust
Dissertation Title: "Characterizing the migration and therapeutic potential of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes"

Noah Gavil

Natalie David

Biography

Program: Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
Year Entered: 2017
Thesis Advisor: Mike Farrar
Defense Year: 2023
Dissertation Title: "Nuclear corepressors NCOR1 and NCOR2 in CD4 T cell development"

Research: Nuclear co-repressors in CD4 T cell development. List of Publications

Natalie David

Abigail Gress

Biography

Email: [email protected]

Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2019-2023
Thesis Advisor: Tyler Bold
Dissertation Title: "CD4 T cell Activation and OX40 Agonist Immunotherapy in Tuberculosis"

 Abigail Gress

Lucy Sjaastad, Ph.D.

Biography

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2022
Advisor: Mike Farrar
Dissertation Title: "Influenza infection recruits distinct waves of regulatory T cells to the lung that limit lung resident IgA+ B cells."

Lucy Sjaastad

Philip Titcombe, Ph.D.

Biography

Graduate Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2022
Advisor: Daniel Mueller
Dissertation Title: "Epigenetic regulation of T cell peripheral tolerance by a BATF-BIM axis"

Phil Titcombe, PhD

Emily Thompson, Ph.D

Biography

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2017
Advisor: Vaiva Vezys
Dissertation Title: "Visualizing CD8+ T cell responses to foreign and self-antigen"

Current Position: Associate Director, T Cell Biology, Kelonia Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Contact Info: [email protected]

Emily Thompson, Ph.D

Christine Nelson, Ph.D.

Biography

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2018
Advisor: Vaiva Vezys
Dissertation Title: "Function and utility of self-specific CD8 T cells."

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Contact Info:[email protected]

Christine Nelson, Ph.D.

Nicholas Zumwalde, Ph.D

Biography

Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2013
Advisor: Yoji Shimizu
Dissertation Title: "The Role of ICAM-1 Mediated T cell: T Cell Interactions on CD8+ T Cell Effector Function and Differentiation."

Current Position: Teaching Faculty, Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Contact Info[email protected] 

Nicholas Zumwalde, Ph.D.

Angela Williams Quale, Ph.D.

Biography

Program: MCDBG
Defense Year: 2005
Advisor: Yoji Shimizu
Dissertation Title: "Regulation of T Cell Receptor Induced Signaling to Integrins."

Current Position: ParaProfessional, Orono Public Schools, Long Lake, MN

Angela Williams Quale, Ph.D.