The Payne Lab Previous Members

PREVIOUS Ph.D. STUDENTS:

Aja Gore: Carbon Metabolism Influences Shigella flexneri pathogenesis. Postdoctoral fellow at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Aja.Gore.CTR@usuhs.mil

Megan Boulette: Shigella flexneri ArcA and Fnr Regulate Iron Acquisition and Contribute to Plaque Formation Under Anaerobic Conditions. Postdoctoral Fellow with Marvin Whiteley, UT Austin. mlboulette@mail.utexas.edu

Ashima Sharma: Roles of DksA and Hfq in Shigella flexneri Virulence. Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH. sharmaa2@mail.nih.gov

Nicola Davies: Iron Acquisition by Shigella dysenteriae and Shigella flexneri. nicola@austin.rr.com

Amanda Oglesby: Iron Regulation of Acid Resistance in Shigella flexneri 2005. Postdoctoral associate at the University of Colorado HSC Fitzsimmons, Microbiology Department. Amanda.Oglesby@UCHSC.edu

Georgiana Purdy: Characterization of S. flexneri DegP. 2003. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Oregon Health and Science University. purdyg@ohsu.edu

Stephanie Reeves: Iron Acquisition in the Intracellular Environment of the Host: Multiple Iron Transport Systems in Shigella dysentariae. August 2001. celestesmom@verizon.net

Stefan Seliger: Development of Bacterial Delivery Systems for the Introduction of DNA into Eukaryotic Cells. August 2001. Genentech.

Alfredo G. Torres: Characterization of the Heme Transport System in Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Importance of Iron Uptake Systems in Virulence. May 1999. Associate Professor. University of Texas Medical Branch. altorres@utmb.edu

Deborah Ann Occhino: Vibrio cholerae Iron Transport: Characterization of Two TonB Systems and Components of a Heme Transport System. May 1998. Amgen. dwrona@amgen.com

Mei Hong: Identification of Shigella flexneri virulence associated genes. August 1997. hi_mei2@yahoo.com

Melody Mills: Shigella dysentariae heme iron utilization: genetics, regulation, and detection of an analogous system in Escherichia coli. August 1996. Program officer, NIH NIAID. millsm@niaid.nih.gov

Karen Sue Huffman-Kelley: Cloning and characterization of the siderophore synthesis and transport genes in Erwinia stewartii. May 1995

Douglas Paul Henderson: Heme iron utilization in Vibrio cholerae: genetics and role in virulence. December 1993. Professor, Department of Biology, UT Permian Basin. henderson_d@utpb.edu

Virginia Lynn Headley: Differential protein expression by Shigella flexneri. December 1990. e-mail

Michael Peter Schmitt: Genetics and regulation of the enterobactin genes in strains of Shigella flexneri. May 1989. FDA. Michael.Schmitt@fda.hhs.gov

Panagiotis A. Daskaleros: Studies of congo red binding and virulence in Shigella species. August 1988.

Kathleen Mary Lawlor: The genetics of the aerobactin iron transport system of Shigella species and its role in virulence. May 1987. Physician.

Suzanne Lea Paula Sigel Barth: Iron transport systems of Vibrio cholerae clinical and environmental isolates. May 1983. Adjunct Associate Professor, UT Austin. ssbarth@mail.utexas.edu

PREVIOUS MASTERS STUDENTS:

Scott A. Mogull. dksA is required for the intercellular spread and IcsA localization of Shigella flexneri via an Rpo-S independent mechanism. December 2000.  

Yuki Gleason. Characterization of the vps operon, a chromosomal region involved in Shigella flexneri virulence. December 1998

Janice Stoebner Boecker: Iron transport and hemolysin production in Vibrio cholerae. May 1988. jsboecker@parresearch.org

Karen Sue Huffman-Kelley: Effects of ions on growth, siderophore synthesis, and ESP production in Erwinia stewartii. August 1990

Carol Elizabeth Stugard: Heme-binding proteins associated with congo red binding and virulence of Shigella flexneri and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. August 1989.

Candye Renee Andrus: Siderophores and iron regulated membrane proteins in pathogenic Vibrio and Aeromonas species. August 1983. Physician. Madison, WI.

PREVIOUS POSTDOCS:

Erin Murphy, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-murphy/) e-mail

Sanchita Bhadra, Ph.D.

David Pearce, Ph.D.: Atlas Genetics.david.pearce@atlasgenetics.com

Zhengyu Feng, Ph.D: Attorney, Washington, DC

Gregory F. Lopreato

David Niesel: Professor of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical School, Galveston. e-mail

Kelly Reed: Associate Professor of Biology, Austin College, Sherman, TX. kreed@austincollege.edu

Laura Runyen-Janecky:  Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond,VA e-mail web-page

PREVIOUS SENIOR SCIENTISTS:

Leodocia Pope, Ph.D

PREVIOUS UNDERGRADUATES (SINCE 1996):

Keren Hilgendorf: Graduate student, MIT

Lindsey Hoover: Graduate student, University of Wisconsin lhoover@wisc.edu

Claire Joseph

Amir Mansoori

Jessica Chang

Ian Whitney

Anna Moorhead

Andreas Leimbach

Kim Tipton: Graduate Student, University of California San Francisco ktipton@itsa.ucsf.edu

Ana Mendez: puxana@aol.com

Eva Rab: Graduate Student, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School eva_rab@yahoo.com

Jennifer Gordon: Postdoctoral fellow, UCLA. jennigordon@gmail.com

Adrienne Garcia: BioCrest (Stratagene Manufacturing Facility) adrienne_garcia@stratagene.com

Harshaben Mistry: College of Pharmacy, University of Texas hersheykiss@mail.utexas.edu

PREVIOUS LAB TECHNICIANS:

Vanamala Kanukurthy

Valerie Virta