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Dr. Nikki Camlin

Assistant Professor, Imaging Facility Director

Focus Area

Cellular and Molecular Biology, Reproductive Biology

Methods used in the lab: Mammalian cell culture (primary oocyte cells), standard molecular biology techniques (e.g., immunoblotting, PCR, molecular cloning), advanced microscopy and micromanipulation, standard yeast molecular and cellular biology techniques (e.g., growth assays, gene editing).

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Dr. Tristan Clemons

Assistant Professor

Focus Area

Polymeric Biomaterials

Methods used in the lab: Polymer synthesis, peptide chemistry, transmission electron microscopy and cell culture.

Alex Flynt, director

Dr. Alex Flynt

Associate Professor

Focus Area

Genetics

Methods used in the lab: My lab use eukaryotic cell culture, advanced microscopy, recombinant DNA technologies, RNA extraction/manipulation methods, and bioinformatics. We develop custom pipelines for high-performance computer environments.

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Dr. Jacques Kessl

Associate Professor

Focus Area

Biochemistry, Virology

Methods used in the lab: Routine biochemistry and virology methods including molecular biology, protein expression and purification, ELISA, immunoblotting, and mammalian cell culture. 

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Dr. Alexandre Marques

Assistant Professor

Focus Area

Vaccine development, parasite immunobiology, ⍺Gal carbohydrates and lyme disease.

Methods used in the lab: Protein extraction and purification, mammalian cell culture, immunoblotting, PCR, advanced microscopy, immunoassays (ELISAs, ELISPOTs, immunoblotting, flow cytometry). 

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Dr. Dmitri Mavrodi

Associate Professor

Focus Area

Microbiology

Methods used in the lab: Routine microbiological methods, microbiome analysis, plant assays, genome sequencing, gene cloning, transposon and gene replacement mutagenesis, two-hybrid analysis, metabolomics, transcriptomics (RNA-seq), bioinformatics, microscopy.  

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Dr. Nicole Phillips

Associate Professor

Focus Area

Molecular Ecology, Population Genetics, Conservation Genetics

Methods used in the lab: My labs are designed for trace DNA workflows, including historic DNA and environmental DNA samples. We use DNA extraction, conventional PCR, qPCR, and Droplet Digital PCR methods designed for low copy DNA targets. In separate lab spaces, we also use routine methods for DNA isolation and sequencing from traditional tissue samples for population genetics applications.  

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Dr. Vijay Rangachari

Professor, CMCB Director

Focus Area

Biochemistry, Biophysics

Methods used in the lab: Routine biochemistry and biophysical methods including molecular biology, protein expression and purificaition, chromatography, biomolecular spectroscopy (fluorescence, circular dichroism, FTIR, NMR), microscopy, light scattering, ELISA, immunolotting, and mammiliam cell culture. 

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Dr. Ramesh Rijal

Assistant Professor

Focus Area

Host-Pathogen Interaction, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Dictyostelium discoideum and Macrophage Biology, Drug Discovery

Methods used in the lab: Infection Models (primary macrophages, a simple eukaryotic model system, Dictyostelium discoideum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacterial pathogens), Cell and Molecular Biology Techniques (CRISPR interference, recombinant protein expression and purification, routine cell, molecular, and biochemical assays, and in vitro and ex vivo assays), Advanced Microscopy (high-resolution confocal and electron microscopy), Multi-Omics Analysis (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), Therapeutic Screening (small molecule inhibitors)

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Dr. Jian Sun

Research Assistant Professor

Focus Area

Biochemistry, Virology

Dr. Hao Xu

Dr. Hao Xu

Associate Professor

Focus Area

Cell Biology

Methods used in the lab: ELISA, confocal microscopy, cell culture, CRISPRE, RNAi, in vitro reconstitution, protein expression and purification, immunoprecipitation, molecular cloning

Faculty Affiliates

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Dr. Olga Mavrodi

Research Laboratory Manager- Flynt Lab, Imaging Facility Project Coordinator

 

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