Left to right: Brittany Ulloa, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (foreign mentor), Dayna Melton (administrative assistant), Eleana Stephanie Guardado, Alexander Woodman, Jennifer Makhlauf, Rhea-Lanee Lansang,David L. Lin, Minh-Duyen Nguyen, Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Joshua Silva, Dr. Richard Deming (mentor), Melissa Langer, Dr. Chandra Srinivasan (US mentor),
Inset: Lyanna Pillazar
Scholars
Eleana Stephanie Guardado
Institute of Microbiology and Medical Parasitology, Dpt. of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentors: Dr. Daniela Centrón, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Present position:
Postoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Guardado, E.S., Traglia, G., Ramirez, M.S.Dispersion of phage integrases in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains. 2014. 26th Annual Symposium. CSUPERB. Santa Clara, CA, USA
David L. Lin
Dpt. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. David Sherratt
Present position:
Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, Bristle Biotech, San Francisco, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Mechanism of intermolecular dissemination of clinically relevant resistance genes in Acinetobacter baumannii.
Lin, D. L., et al. (2020). "Functional analysis of the
Acinetobacter baumannii XerC and XerD site-specific recombinases: potential role in dissemination of resistance genes."
Antibiotics (Basel) 9(7)
Melissa Langer
Dpt. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Kieran Clarke
Present position:
Microbiology Lab Associate at Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Apex, NC
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations:Strategies to improve prevention of heart failure, using stem cells in diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases
Joshua Silva
Dpt. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Richard Farndale
Present position:
Manager, Medical Writer, Pfizer, Irvine, CA.
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: A novel strategy to treat damaged heart tissue after myocardial infarction
Jennifer Makhlauf
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta
Present position:
Science teacher in the MHIRT visiting place (Argentina)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Makhlauf, J., Davies, C., Draghi, W., and Zorreguieta, A. The typification of Burkholderia ambifaria strains and the assessment of factors that may affect its diversity: analysis by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting. . 2014. 26th Annual Symposium. CSUPERB. Santa Clara, CA, USA
Brittany Ulloa
Dpt. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Whitby
Present position:
PhD graduate student, Immunology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Endogenous stress and obstacles to replication fork progression that cause replication errors and genetic instability, a hallmark of cancer cells
Alexander Woodman
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position: Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar & Research Consultant, Arabian Gulf University, School of Medicine, Bahrain
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Cultural barriers of all kinds to testing for HIV infection in minorities in northern Thailand
Minh-Duyen Nguyen
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position: MD Family Medicine, Mountain View, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Antenatal care in Shan migrants in the Sarapee District in Chiang Mai
Rhea-Lanee Lansang
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position:
Public Health Associate at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Quality of life in diabetic patients with and without neuropathy in the Sarapee Hospital: a cross-sectional study
Lyanna Pillazar
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Phongtape Wiwatanadate
Present position: Health Educator, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services, Sacramento, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Effect of “health volunteers”, community members that serve as connectors between the people and health care providers in Thailand