Recent Alumni

 

Youn Soo Choi
image: Youn Soo Choi

 

Email: yshchoi@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Lab: Nicole Baumgarth
Research interests: Functional study for natural IgM secreting B-1 cells and their role in anti-viral immunity against influenza virus infection
Publications: 1. Baumgarth N, Choi YS, Rothaeusler K, Yang Y, Herzenberg LA; B cell lineage contributions to antiviral host responses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2008;319:41-61.

2. Choi YS and Baumgarth N; Dual role for B-1a cells in immunity to influenza virus infection. (submitted)

 

Candice Clay

 

Email: kandeeclay@yahoo.com
Associated Organization: Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Major Professor: Dr. Ursula Esser
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/PhD
Publications:

1. Senft AP, Taylor RH, Lei W, Campbell SA, Tipper JL, Martinez MJ, Witt TL, Clay CC, Harrod KS; RSV Impairs Macrophage IFN-{alpha}/{beta}- and IFN-{gamma}-Stimulated Transcription by Distinct Mechanisms.  2009 Jun 5. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

2. Fanucchi MV, Day KC, Clay CC, Plopper CG; Increased vulnerability of neonatal rats and mice to 1-nitronaphtalene-induced pulmonary injury. 2004. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 201(1): 53-65.

3. Clay CC, Rodrigues DS, Brignolo LL, Spinner A, Tarara RP, Plopper CG, Leutenegger CM, Esser U; Chemokine networks and in vivo T-lymphocyte trafficking in nonhuman primates. 2004 Oct. Journal of Immunological Methods, 293(1-2): 23-42.

4. Clay CC, Rodrigues DS, Harvey DJ, Leutenegger CM, Esser U; Distinct chemokine triggers and in vivo migratory paths of fluorescein dye-labeled T Lymphocytes in acutely simian immunodeficiency virus SIV mac251 -infected and uninfected macaques. 2005 Nov. Journal of Virology, 79(21): 13759-68.

5. Clay CC, Rodrigues DS, Ho YS, Fallert BA, Janatpour K, Reinhart TA, Esser U; Neuroinvasion of fluorescein-positive monocytes in acute simian immunodeficiency virus infection. 2007 Nov. Journal of Virology, 81(21): 12040-8

John Conklin
 

 

Email: jdconklin@ucdavis.edu
Associated Institution: UC Riverside and Apple Inc.
Major Professor: Dr. Laurel Gershwin
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/MS
Publications:

 

 

Ingrid Cornax Edwards
image: Ingrid Cornax Edwards

 

Email: icornax@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: University of California, Davis
Lab: Kirk Klasing
Research interests: Lipoprotein endocytosis, processing and transport by macrophages
Publications:  

 

Carol Hood

 

Email: infdis2007@yahoo.com
Associated Organization: Pacific Bio Labs
Major Professor: Dr. Kent Pinkerton
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/PhD
Publications:

Mouadeb DA, Belafsky PC, Birchall M, Hood C, Konia T, Pinkerton KE; The effects of allergens and tobacco smoke on the laryngeal mucosa of guinea pigs. 2009 Apr;140(4):493-7.  Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

 

Mi-Ae Kang

 

Email: miakang@ucdavis.edu
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Shirley Luckhart
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/MS
Publications:

Kang MA, Mott TM, Tapley EC, Lewis EE, Luckhart S; Insulin regulates aging and oxidative stress in Anopheles stephensi. 2008 Mar. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 741-8.

 

Ruth Yin-Zong Lan
image: Ruth Yin-Zong Lan

 

Email: rlan@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: University of California, Berkeley
Lab: M. Eric Gershwin
Research interests: Autoimmunity and regulatory T cells
Publications:

1. Lan RY, Cheng C, Lian ZX, Tsuneyama K, Yang GX, Moritoki Y, Chuang YH, Nakamura T, Saito S, Shimoda S, Tanaka A, Bowlus CL, Takano Y, Ansari AA, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME. Liver-targeted and peripheral blood alterations of regulatory T cells in primary biliary cirrhosis; HEPATOLOGY 43 (4): 729-737 APR 2006

2. Ruth Y. Lan, Patrick Leung, Aftab A. Ansari, Ross L. Coppel and M. Eric Gershwin; Solving the primary biliary cirrhosis puzzle: The emerging image of immunopathology in primary biliary cirrhosis ; Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews, Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2005, Pages 271-284

3. Moritoki Y (Moritoki, Yuki), Lian ZX (Lian, Zhe-Xiong), Wulff H (Wulff, Heike), Yang GX (Yang, Guo-Xiang), Chuang YH (Chuang, Ya-Hui), Lan RY (Lan, Ruth Y.), Ueno Y (Ueno, Yoshiyuki), Ansari AA Ansari, Aftab A.), Coppel RL (Coppel, Ross L.), Mackay IR (Mackay, Ian R.), Gershwin ME (Gershwin, M. Eric); AMA production in primary biliary cirrhosis is promoted by the TLR9 ligand CpG and suppressed by potassium channel blockers; HEPATOLOGY 45 (2): 314-322 FEB 2007

4. Lan RY, Ansari AA, Lian ZX, Gershwin MERegulatory T cells: Development, function and role in autoimmunity; AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS 4 (6): 351-363 JUL 2005

5. Wakabayashi K (Wakabayashi, Kanji), Lian ZX (Lian, Zhe-Xiong), Moritoki Y (Moritoki, Yuki), Lan RY (Lan, Ruth Y.), Tsuneyama K (Tsuneyama, Koichi), Chuang YH (Chuang, Ya-Hui), Yang GX; (Yang, Guo-Xiang), Ridgway W (Ridgway, William), Ueno Y (Ueno, Yoshiyuki), Ansari AA (Ansari, Aftab A.), Coppel RL (Coppel, Ross L.), Mackay IR (Mackay, Ian R.), Gershwin ME (Gershwin, M. Eric); IL-2 receptor alpha(-/-) mice and the development of primary biliary cirrhosis; HEPATOLOGY 44 (5): 1240-1249 NOV 2006

6. Chuang YH, Lian ZX, Cheng CM, Lan RY, Yang GX, Moritoki Y, Chiang BL, Ansari AA, Tsuneyama K, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME; Increased levels of chemokine receptor CXCR3 and chemokines IP-10 and MIG in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and their first degree relatives; JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY 25 (2): 126-132 SEP 2005

 

Monica Macal
image: Monica Macal

 

Email: mmacal@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: University of San Francisco (BS Biology) San Francisco State University (MS Cell and Molecular Biology)
Lab: Satya Dandekar
Research interests: We are interested in understanding HIV pathogenesis in the gut mucosal immune system and the effects of antiretroviral therapy on CD4+ T cell and microenvironment restoration. Our lab also investigates the virological aspects of HIV infection with emphasis on viral reservoirs and viral persistence during therapy.
Publications: 1. WM Korn, M Macal, C Christian, MD Lacher, A McMillan, KA Rauen, RS Warren, and L Ferrell; Expression of the coxsackievirus-and adenovirus receptor in gastrointestinal cancer correlates with tumor differentiation. Cancer Gene Therapy 2006 13: 792-797

 

Saipiroon Maksaereekul
image: Saipiroon Maksaereekul

 

Email: smak@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: University of California, Davis
Lab: Ellen E. Sparger
Research interests: Development of a DNA vaccine for FIV and identifying immune correlates of protection.
Publications: 1. Saipiroon Maksaereekul, Robert A. Dubie, Xiaoying Shen, Hung Kieu, Ellen E. Sparger; Immunization of cats with a vif-deleted feline immunodeficiency virus proviral DNA vaccine and different cytokine adjuvants. [manuscript submitted]

 

Laura Nguyen

 

Email: languyen@ucdavis.edu
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Alaa Afify
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/MS
Publications:  

 

Jin Young Park

 

Email: hjw1003@hotmail.com
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Robert Weiss
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/PhD
Publications:

1. Lin PY, Fosmire SP, Park SH, Park JY, Baksh S, Modiano JF, Weiss RH. Attenuation of PTEN increases p21 stability and cytosolic localization in kidney cancer cells: a potential mechanism of apoptosis resistance. 2007 Feb. Molecular Cancer, 14(6): 16.

2. Park JY, Lin PY, Weiss RH. Targeting the PI3K-Akt pathway in kidney cancer. 2007 Jun. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 7(6): 863-70.

3. Park JY, Schutzer WE, Lindsley JN, Bagby SP, Oyama TT, Anderson S, Weiss RH. p21 is decreased in polycystic kidney disease and leads to increased epithlial cell progression: roscovitine augments p21 levels. 2007 Aug. BMC Nephrology, 22(8): 12.

4. Park SH, Park JY, Weiss RH. Antisense attentuation of p21 sensitizes kidney cancer to apoptosis in response to conventional DNA damaging chemotherapy associated with enhancement of phospo-p53. 2008 Jul. Journal of Urology, 180(1): 352-60.

 

Kristina Rothaeusler
image: Kristina Rothaeusler

 

Email: krothaeusler@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: University of California, Davis
Lab: Nicole Baumgarth
Research interests: Rapid B cell response regulation to influenza virus infection
Publications:

1. Nicole Baumgarth, Youn Soo Choi, Kristina Rothaeusler, Yang Yang and Leonore A. Herzenberg; B Cell Lineage Contributions to Antiviral Host Responses. Current Topics Microbiology and Immunology. In press.

2. Kristina Rothaeusler and Nicole Baumgarth; Assessment of Cell Proliferation by 5-Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) Labeling for Multicolor Flow Cytometry. CurrentProtocols in Cytometry (2007) 7.31.1-7.31.13.

3. Rothaeusler K and Baumgarth N; Evaluation of intranuclear BrdU detectionprocedures for use in multicolor flow cytometry. Cytometry A. 2006 Apr; 69 (4):249-59.

4. LaFranco-Scheuch L, Abel K, Makori N, Rothaeusler K, Miller CJ; High beta-chemokine expression levels in lymphoid tissues of simian/humanimmunodeficiency virus 89.6-vaccinated rhesus macaques are associated with uncontrolled replication of simian immunodeficiency virus challenge inoculum.J Virol. 2004 Jun;78(12):6399-408.

5. Abel K, Compton L, Rourke T, Montefiori D, Lu D, Rothaeusler K, Fritts L, Bost K, Miller CJ; Simian-human immunodeficiency virus SHIV89.6-inducedprotection against intravaginal challenge with pathogenic SIVmac239 isindependent of the route of immunization and is associated with a combination of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte and alpha interferon responses. J Virol. 2003Mar;77(5):3099-118.

6. Abel K, Alegria-Hartman MJ, Rothaeusler K, Marthas M, Miller CJ; The relationship between simian immunodeficiency virus RNA levels and the mRNAlevels of alpha/beta interferons (IFN-alpha/beta) and IFN-alpha/beta-inducibleMx in lymphoid tissues of rhesus macaques duringacute and chronic infection. J Virol. 2002 Aug;76(16):8433-45.

 

Tatiana Sitt

 

Email: tsitt@ucdavis.edu
Associated Organization: Department of VM:PMI, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
Major Professor: Dr. Jeffrey L. Stott
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/PhD
Publications:

1. Sitt T, Bowen L, Blanchard MT, Smith BR, Gershwin LJ, Byrne BA, Stott JL; Quantitation of leukocyte gene expression in cetaceans. 2008. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 32(11): 1253-9.

2. Sitt T, Blanchard MT, Bowen L, Smith BR, Stott JL; Cellular immune response(s) of dolphins following immunizations with a commercial Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae swine vaccine. (submitted)

 

Yu-Jih Su
image: Yu-Jih Su

 

Email: bensu@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate institution: National Yang-Ming University
Lab: Fu-Tong Liu
Research interests: allergy and anti-IgE antibody; autoimmune disease and immune dysregulation; virus infection
Publications: Su BY, Su CY, Yu SF, Chen CY; Incidental discovery of high systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity associated with cytomegalovirus viral activity. Med Microbiol Immunol. 2007 Sep;196(3):165-170.

 

Hiyoshi Suzuki

 

Email: hsuzuki@ucdavis.edu
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Laurel J. Gershwin
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/MS
Publications:

 

Sharifia Wills

 

Email: sswills@ucdavis.edu
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Judy Van de Water
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/PhD
Publications:

1. Ashwood P, Wills S, Van de Water J; The immune response in autism: a new frontier for autism research. 2006 Jul. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 80(1): 1-15.

2. Wills S, Cabanlit M, Bennett J, Ashwood P, Amaral D, Van de Water J; Autoantibodies in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). 2007 Jun. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1107: 79-91.

3. Cabanlit M, Wills S, Goines P, Ashwood P, Van de Water J; Brain-specific autoantibodies in the plasma of subjects with autistic spectrum disorder. 2007 Jun. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1107: 92-103.

4. Wills S, Cabanlit M, Bennett J, Ashwood P, Amaral DG, Van de Water J; Detection of autoantibodies to neural cells of the cerebellum in the plasma of subjects with autism spectrum disorders. 2008 Jul. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

 

Tanya Zeigler
 

 

Email: tanyabasketball@yahoo.com
Associated Organization:  
Major Professor: Dr. Robert H. Weiss
Year Graduated/Degree: 2008/MS
Publications: