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Linsey Yeager

Major: Bacteriology/ Biodefense
Joined program in 2004

Mentor: Dr. Johnny Peterson
Awards/Grants: T-32 Immunology and Mucosal Defense Training Grant (2004-2006)
ASM Student Travel Grant (2005)

Research Description:
Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, is a Category A select agent. I am currently examining the interaction between the highly virulent Ames strain and human macrophages. B. anthracis spores and toxins are capable of modulating the antimicrobial defenses of murine macrophages, but effects on human macrophages have not been fully elucidated. My project involves examining both spore-macrophage interactions, as well as edema toxin-macrophage interactions.

Hometown: Beaumont, TX
Education: B.S. University of North Texas   Denton, TX
Hobbies: playing on the beach, movies, collecting seashells, traveling, cooking
Contact:  lianders@utmb.edu

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