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The second cohort of ASBMB MOSAIC scholars

Mary C. Andorfer

Michigan State University

Project: Investigation and application of hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes using cryo-electron microscopy and directed evolution

Crystal Archer

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Project: Structural consequences of PKC-dependent phosphorylation of Kv7.2

Asiya Gusa

Duke University

Project: Stress-induced transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus

Alex Guseman

University of Pittsburgh

Project: Developing lectins as inhibitors of coronavirus spike proteins

Josiah Hardesty

University of Louisville

Project: Restoration and preservation of hepatic cardiolipin levels promotes liver regeneration in AH

Pearl Magala

University of Washington

Project: Investigating novel methods to combat urinary tract infections

Vivien Ileana Maltez

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Project: Multiplex imaging in therapy refractory tumors: understanding the facets of an immunosuppressive environment

DurreShahwar Muhammad

Rice University

Project: Peroxisomal impacts on cellular quality control

Christopher Radka

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Project: Bacterial anti-inflammatory lipid mediators

Andrew Santiago–Frangos

Montana State University

Project: Mechanisms of CRISPR-mediated immunity and applications beyond editing

Chrystal Starbird

Yale University

Project: The structural basis of TAM receptor oligomerization and co-receptor interactions

Ian Williamson

Duke University School of Medicine

Project: Quantifying enteric metabolism of branched-chain amino acids in relation to other dietary and microbiota nutrients

Kiesha Wilson

University of South Carolina

Project: Role of macrophages in CBD mediated attenuation of SEB-induced ARDS

Rahel Woldeyes

Stanford University

Project: Cryo-electron tomography to determine crosstalk mechanisms of calcium channels in cardiomyocytes