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Former
Undergraduate Students
- Luke
Engelking - 491Biochemistry Student; Honors Thesis Title: Function
of EC 27, a putative cyclin encoded by baculovirus,
and composition of the EC27-associated protein complex. First Prize
- Research Thesis Honors; Portz Scholar - recognized by the National
Collegiate Honors Council, one of three such scholars recognized nationwide.
He was also recognized for his Undergraduate Research Fellows Honors
Theses, work that was carried out in the Summers' Laboratory. Luke is
the first undergraduate from TAMU to receive this honor. Current: MD/PhD
Student, Southwestern University Medical School, Dallas with Nobel Laureates
Goldstein and Brown
Links:
Remarkable
Research - Luke Engelking
Texas A&M University Honors Program - Luke Engelking
Fellows
of the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern, Dallas
- Amber
Neely - 491Microbiology Student; Research Title:
Cloning and tagging of three forms of EC 27 protein for the purpose
of immunoprecipitation of complexes and cellular location. Current:
Medical School, UT Houston.
- Heather
Hurn - 491Microbiology Student; Research Title: Cloning the
N-terminal signature motif of E66 into the C-terminus of EDFP; Current:
Medical School, UT Houston
- Einar
Ottestad - 491 - Molecular and
Ceelular Biology Student; Current
Former Graduate Students
- Dr.
L.R. Tanzer - National Science Foundation Predoctoral Research
Fellow, University of Texas, Austin 1972-75. Present location: Eli Lilly
and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Linda
Carol Douglas - M.A., Biological Sciences, University of Texas,
Austin 1977. “Early Infection Events in a Cabbage Looper Cell
Line (TN368-10) Infected with Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus.” Present
location: Baylor College of Medicince
- E.
Michael Kopf - M.A., Biological Sciences, University of Texas,
Austin 1978. “Sindbis Virus: Biological, Ultrastructural and Immunological
Analysis of Infection in Arthropod Cell Lines and Hosts.” Present
location:
- James
E. Maruniak - Ph.D., Molecular Biology, University of Texas,
Austin 1979. “Biochemical Characterization of Baculovirus Structural
and Infected TN-368 Cell Polypeptides, Glycoproteins, and Phospho-proteins.”
Present location: Professor, Department of Entomology, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
- Maje
B. Perryman - Ph.D., Biology-Microbiology, Texas A&M University
1980. “Immunoassay of Baculovirus Structural Polypeptides.”
Present location: Baylor College of Medicine.
- Gale
E. Smith - Ph.D., Biology-Microbiology, Texas A&M University
1983. “Physical Mapping, Expression, and Genetic Manipulation
of the Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Genome.”
Present location: Vice-President of Vaccine Development. Rockville,
MD.
- Gary
W. Blissard - Ph.D., Entomology, Texas A&M University 1986.
“Campoletis sonorensis Virus Expression in Heliothis virescens
and Preliminary Studies on the Organization of the Viral Genome.”
Present location: Associate Molecular Biologist, Boyce Thompson Institute
for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York.
- David
A. Theilmann - Ph.D., Biology/Microbiology, Texas A&M University
1988. “Investigations into the Replication, Structure, and Expression
of Campoletis sonorensis Virus Genome.” Present location: Research
Scientist, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, Summerland, British Columbia.
- Burton
Beames - Ph.D., Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine 1989.
“Functional and physical mapping of transposable elements occurring
in mutant baculovirus genomes.” Present location: Senior Research
Scientist, Bayer Biological Products, Raleigh, NC 27610.
- David
Carson - Ph.D., Biochemistry, Texas A&M University 1990.
“Regulation of early gene expression in the AcNPV Genome.”
Postdoctoral study with Dr. Walter Doerfler at the University of Cologne,
West Germany, Department of Molecular Genetics. Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. Present
location: Assistant Professor of Biology, Mississippi University for
Women, Columbus, MS.
-
Gerald Kovacs
- Ph.D., Biochemistry, Texas A&M University 1991. “Early gene
expression in the AcNPV Genome.” Postdoctoral study with Dr. David
Knipe at Harvard University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics, Cambridge, MA. Post-doctoral study with Dr. Bernard Moss,
Lab of Viral Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, MD. Principal Research Scientist,
Wyeth-Lederle Labs, Pearl River, NY. Present location: Program Officer,
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Office of Biodefense
Research Affairs, 6610 Rockledge Drive, Room 5121, Bethesda, MD 20815
- Tao
Hong - Ph.D., Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology,
Texas A&M University, 1995. “The molecular basis of viral
envelope assembly and maturation in the nucleoplasm of infected cells.”
Postdoctoral study with Dr. Max Summers, Texas A&M University, Department
of Entomology, College Station, TX. Postdoctoral study with Dr. Lutz
Birnbaumer, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. (Deceased)
- Robert
Harrison - Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, 1996. “Functional Analysis of the AcMNPV 25K Gene.”
Present location: Postdoctoral study with Dr. Byrony Bonning, Iowa State
University, Department of Entomology, Ames, IA.
- Brent
Graham - M.S., Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University,
1996. “An analysis of gene families within the Campoletis polydnavirus
repeat genome regions.” Present location: Scientist II, CIBA Pharmaceuticals,
Horsham, United Kingdom
- Haiyan
Ma - Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1998. “The molecular
basis of polydnavirus-induced immune avoidance.” Postdoctoral
study with Dr. Robert Geahlen, Purdure University, West Lafyette, IN.
Present location: BioNumerick Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Antonio, TX
Former Visiting Professors
- Dr.
Just M. Vlak, Professor, Department of Virology, The Agricultural
University, Wageningen, The Netherlands (1980-81).
- Dr.
D.B. Stoltz, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Dalhousie
University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1980-81).
- Dr.
Yan Jia-qui, Professor, Visiting Scholar, Department of Virology,
Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China (1981-82).
- Dr.
Naomi Kislev, Research Associate, The Weissman Institute and
Tel Aviv University, Israel (1981-82).
- Dr.
Mohamed El Sheikh, AMIDEAST Peace Fellowship (1986-87).
- Dr.
Seok Kwon Kang, Laboratory of Insect Pathology, Seoul National
University, Suweon, Korea (1988-1989).
Former Postdoctoral Students
- Dr.
D.B. Stoltz - Canadian Research Council Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, 1969-71. Present location: Professor, Dalhousie University,
Department of Medical Microbiology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Dr. K. Egawa
- Robert A. Welch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1969-70. Present location:
Research Scientist, The Institute of Medical Science, Department of
Cell Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Dr. Loy E. Volkman
- National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1972-74.
Present location: Professor, University of California, Department of
Entomology & Parasitology, Berkeley, CA.
- Dr.
Micheo Ohba - US Environmental Protection Agency Research Associate,
1974. Present location: Research Scientist, Institute of Biological
Control, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan.
- Dr.
J.P. Burand - 1980-82. Present location: Associate Professor,
Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
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Dr. J.D. Knell
- 1979-84. Present location: Senior Scientist, MicroGeneSys, Inc., West
Haven, Connecticut.
- Dr.
C.Y. Kawanishi - National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, 1969-70. Present location: Supervisory Microbiologist,
US Environmental Protection Agency, Developmental Biology Division,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
- Dr.
Ann M. Fallon - National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow,
1978-79; National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1979-81.
Present location: Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Department
of Entomology, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Dr.
Verne Luckow - Eli Lilly Fellow, 1985-87. Present location:
Research Scientist, Monsanto Corporation, Chesterfield, Missouri.
- Dr.
Peter Krell - 1978-80. Present location: Professor, Department
of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
- Dr.
Malcolm Fraser - 1982-84. Present location: Professor, Department
of Biology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
- Dr.
J. Fleming - National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow,
1981-84. Present location: Assistant Research Scientist, Animal Science
Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- Dr.
B. Ericson - US Environmental Protection Agency Postdoctoral
Fellow, 1984-86. Present location: Assistant Professor, Biology Department,
Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska.
- Dr.
J. Brusca - National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow,
1983-85. Present location: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M
University, Department of Biology, College Station, Texas.
- Dr.
Christian Oker-Blom - Kleberg Fellow, 1987-88. Present location:
Assistant Professor, ABO AKADEMI University, SF 20500 Turku, Finland.
- Dr.
Joanne Ward - 1990-92; Ph.D. Molecular Immunology; Glasgow
University, Scotland.
- Dr.
Bruce Webb - National Institutes of Health National Research
Service Award, 1988-91; Ph.D. Zoology; University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington. Present location: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
- Dr.
Loyd Sneed - 1990-91; Ph.D. Veterinary Microbiology (Molecular
Biology); Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Present
location: Molecular Geneticist, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory, Texas A&M University.
- Dr.
Sharon Braunagel - 1989-91; Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences/Biochemistry;
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Present location: Program Manager,
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas.
- Dr.
Laura Post - 1990-92; Ph.D. Biochemistry; Texas A&M University,
College Station. Present location: Postdoctoral study with Susan Golden,
Department of Biology, Texas A&M University.
- Dr.
Lalitha Ramamoorthy - 1991-92; Ph.D. Biochemistry; Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore, India.
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Dr. Debra Elton
- 1992-94; Ph.D. Microbiology; University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Dr. Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj
- 1990-94; Ph.D. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio.
- Dr.
Haiqi He - 1994-96; Ph.D. Nutrition, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas
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Dr. Tao Hong
- 1995-96; Ph.D. Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Texas
A&M University (deceased)
- Dr.
Jinmei Wu - 1996-97; Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Present location:
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Dr.
Hideo Beniya - 1995-; Ph.D. Molecular Genetics/Biochemistry,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- Dr.
Rebecca Parr- 1996-; Ph.D. Veterinary Microbiology, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas
- Dr.
Michail Belyavskyi - 1997-; Ph.D. Cell Biology, Institute of
Chemical Physics, Acad. Sci. Russia, Moscow, Russia
- Dr.
German Rosas-Acosta - 1998-; Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular
Biology, Sackler Institute of Biomedical Sciences, New York University,
New York, New York
- Dr.
Zhenping Zhong – 1992-; Ph.D., Molecular and Cell Biology,
Institute of Developemental Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing,
China
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