Spring 2017 Schedule
MW 9-12 Bio 2.1 lab; Baker 1885
MW 12:30-2 Bio 2.1 lecture; Baker 1801
MW 2-3 Office hours; Baker 1882
TTh 11-11:55 Office hours; Baker 1882
TTh 12-1:30 Micro 5 lecture; Baker 1869
TTh 2-5 Micro 5 lab; Baker 1885
B.A. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2005
Honors Thesis: The role of the cps operon in persistence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
(in other words: "Salmonella bacteria may be able to cause longer-term infections in mice if they have a special capsule made of polysaccharides.")
Ph.D. in Biology/Microbiology, Humboldt University and Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany, 2011
Dissertation: Myeloperoxidase and neutrophil elastase collaborate in the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps
(in other words: "How white blood cells called neutrophils commit suicide to set sticky microbe-catching traps made of their own DNA!")