Dr. J. Seshu, PhD;
Principal Investigator
Teaching; Paper work; making borrelial mutants
Courses offered:
BIO 1033 - Drugs and Society (Fall and Spring)
BIO 6973 - Bacterial Pathogenesis (Spring)
Racquetball, gardening and cooking

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Dr. Maria D. Esteve-Gassent, PhD;
Research Assistant Professor
American Heart Association Fellow
Physiological stress response in Borrelia burgdorferi
Yoga, dancing and cooking

Dr. Weidang Li, PhD;
Post-doctoral fellow
Interaction of Borrelia burgdorferi with host cells

Dr. Eva Sanjuan, PhD;
Post-doctoral fellow
Regulation of gene expression in Borrelia burgdorferi
Music, reading and traveling

Dr. B.V.S.Raju, PhD;
Post-doctoral fellow
Role of signaling molecules in Borrelia burgdorferi
infection
Music, movies and cooking

Mahulena Maruskova, MS;
Cell and Molecular Biology
Mutational Analysis of lp54 genes of B. burgdorferi
Aikido, photography and baking

S-L. Rajsekhar Karna; MS;
2nd year doctoral student
Cell and Molecular Biology
Development of genetic tools for Borrelia burgdorferi
Music, cooking and traveling

Tricia VanLaar, MS;
3rd year doctoral student
Cell and Molecular Biology
Functional genomics of borrelial patho-types
Bowling, golf and reading

Christine “Lindsay” Miller, BS;
2nd year doctoral student
Cell and Molecular Biology
Metabolomics of borrelial host adaptation
Gardening and a lot of other things

Seth Parker; BS;
MS-Biology
Metabolomics of B. burgdorferi

Trinh Nguyen; BS;
MS-Biotechnology
Proteomic Analysis of B. burgdorferi

Nathan Elliot; BS;
Research Technician-Part Time
Expression of TIM and MIM of B. burgdorferi

Elizabeth Xavier;
Undergraduate Research Scholar
Genetic analysis of nutrient dependent
regulators of B. burgdorferi

Ann Reyes;
Undergraduate MBRS-RISE Scholar
Characterization of an aero-sensing regulator of
B. burgdorferi

Shemina Momen; MS (Biotechnology);
Research Associate-Biotechnology Firm
Lansing, Michigan
(Graduated in 2008)

Valerie Sexton; BS;
Doctoral Student
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
UTHSCSA
(Graduated in 2007)