New Member Mini-Bios

Jakob von Moltke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Washington Department of Immunology Seattle, USA Twitter: @jakob_moltke Dr. von Moltke is an Assistant Professor in the Immunology Department at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle. Dr. von Moltke graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology from Dartmouth College and a [READ MORE]

Amanda Rae Mannino, MLS (ASCP)CM Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, USA  Amanda Mannino’s research focuses on simian immunodeficiency virus, the nonhuman primate (NHP) analog of HIV, and its restriction in baboons. The mechanisms underlying baboon’s natural immunity against SIV remain unknown. Understanding the mechanisms behind some [READ MORE]

GuanQun ‘Leo’ Liu, Ph.D. Postdoc Fellow Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center Port St. Lucie, USA Twitter: @leonardliu88  Dr. GuanQun ‘Leo’ Liu is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Michaela Gack at the Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center. He was trained as a molecular virologist with extensive research experience [READ MORE]

Michail Lionakis, MD, Sc.D. Chief, Fungal Pathogenesis Section Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health Twitter: @LionakisLab https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/michail-s-lionakis-md-scd  Dr. Lionakis is a physician-scientist and Head of the Fungal Pathogenesis Section in NIAID’s Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology where he is Deputy [READ MORE]

Ai Ing Lim, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Metaorganism Immunity Section, Laboratory of Host Immunity and Microbiome National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA Twitter: @AiingLim  I view science as an adventure into the unknown. How a single cell divides and differentiates into specialized tissues and organs, constituting a whole [READ MORE]

Keke Celeste Fairfax, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion  Department of Pathology  Division of Microbiology and Immunology  University of Utah  Salt Lake City, USA  Twitter: @LabFairfax https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/research/labs/keke-fairfax/  Keke Fairfax received her Ph.D. from Yale in Microbial Pathogenesis in 2009. Her dissertation work focused on identifying novel [READ MORE]

Brigette Duckworth Ph.D. Candidate, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Parkville Australia Twitter: @BrigDoesScience  Brigette is a third year Ph.D. student in the lab of Dr Joanna Groom at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia. Her research employs cutting-edge light-sheet microscopy to reveal the spatial determinants of [READ MORE]

Orlando Cervantes  University of Washington, Seattle, United States  I cultivated an interest in emerging infectious diseases of global health importance while conducting research in my time as an undergraduate. I started my research career in the laboratory of Dr. Rebecca Rico-Hesse at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) studying the effect [READ MORE]

Nicole Campbell, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scientist Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases Hudson Institute of Medical Research Clayton Australia  Dr. Nicole Campbell completed her Ph.D. in Immunology under the supervision of Dr. Aisling Dunne at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) in 2018. Her Ph.D. research focused on the anti-inflammatory functions of the enzyme heme oxygenase [READ MORE]

Tanja Bulat, Ph.D. Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Vienna, Austria  Dr. Tanja Bulat is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria, in the group of Univ. Prof. Dr. Mathias Müller. In 2013 she started working in the field [READ MORE]