Maria A. Hernandez-Castañeda, Ph.D.
Fellowship dates: 2023-2024
Mentor: Monica Campo
Research Emphasis: List of Publications
Fellowship dates: 2023-2024
Mentor: Monica Campo
Research Emphasis: List of Publications
Program: Comparative and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student (DVM/PhD program)
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisors: Steven Friedenberg and Marc Jenkins
Dissertation Title: "Investigation of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells in dogs"
Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2017
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Marc Jenkins
Dissertation Title: "A minority of Th1 and Tfh effector cells express survival genes shared by memory cell progeny and require IL-7 or TCR signaling to persist"
Fellowship dates: 2018-2023
Mentor: Marc Jenkins
Current:
Fellowship dates: 2024-
Mentors: Brian Fife and Justin Spanier
Research Emphasis: CAR-Tregs and mAb validation as therapeutics for Type 1 Diabetes. List of publications
Alumni:
Contact Info: [email protected]
Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist
Dissertation Title: "Characterizing the role of thymic interferon in T cell development and selection"
Research: Negative selection of autoreactive T cells. List of publications
Fellowship dates: 2021-2023
Mentor: Kris Hogquist
Research Emphasis: List of Publications.
Degrees Received:
DO: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2020
MS: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 2017
BA: Hendrix College, 2014
Email: [email protected]
Program: University of Minnesota Medical Student
Year Entered: 2020
Thesis Advisor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Program: Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
Year Entered: 2017
Defense Year: 2024
Thesis Advisor: David Masopust (Lab website)
Dissertation Title: "Deep profiling deconstructs features associated with memory CD8 T cell tissue residence"