COLLEAGUES WORKING IN THE LOKER LABORATORY
Dr. Coen Adema — Research Associate Professor, NIH Research Fellow — Gene expression of Biomphalaria glabrata in response to pathogens; genomics (the Biomphalaria glabrata genome initiative); function, diversity, expression of fibrinogen—related proteins (FREPs) produced by Biomphalaria glabrata.
Dr. Si–Ming Zhang — Research Assistant Professor, NIH (COBRE) Research Fellow — Organization, diversity, and structure of FREP genes; expression of FREP genes and their biological functions.
Dr. Gerald Mkoji — Chief Research Officer and Director, Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, KEMRI, in Nairobi Kenya — Development of PCR—based techniques for species identification of Kenyan schistosomes; development of molecular phylogenies for African Biomphalaria snails and African isolates of Schistosoma mansoni.
Dr. Sara Brant — Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Parasite—host coevolution, phylogenetics of Schistosomatidae.
Dr. Ben Hanelt — Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Gene expression of Biomphalaria glabrata in response to pathogens.
Dr. Michelle Steinauer — Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Evolutionary epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni.
Dr. Barbara Stout — Research Scientist III — Snail–schistosome interactions; eosinophil biology.
Dr. Yong Zeng — Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Functional studies of FREPs; host—parasite relationships.Dr. Bruce V. Hofkin — UNM Biology Lecturer III — The role of crayfish in interrupting transmission of schistosomiasis in Kenya, mammalian schistosomes found in North America; conservation—related aspects of host—parasite biology.
Ms. Elizabeth Hatton — Senior Research Technician — Evolutionary epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni.
Ms. Chung Man Lun — Research Scientist I — Gene discovery in Biomphalaria glabrata.
Ms. Sandra Melman — Ph.D. student —Praziquantel resistance of schistosomes; immunobiology.
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Dr. Pascale Léonard — Former Ph.D. student — PhD obtained (2002) with Dr. Loker (Members of a Gene Family Encoding Fibrinogen—Related Proteins From The Snail Biomphalaria glabrata). Currently at the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division as supervisor of the Molecular Biology Section.
Dr. Jess Morgan — Former Postdoctoral Fellow — Relationships among genera within the molluscan family Planorbidae and transmission of schistosome parasites. Jess is now living in Australia.
Dr. Randy DeJong — Former Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Biogeography and phylogenetics of Biomphalaria and associated schistosomes. Currently at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector research NIAID/NIH, Bethesda MA.
Dr. Wael Lotfy — Visiting Scholar, Egypt—U.S. Science and Technology Joint Fund — Biology of snails and snail–borne helminths of medical importance.
Dr. Yiguo Jiang — Former Postdoctoral Research Scientist — Use of RNAi to assess FREP function(s); host—pathogen relationship. Currently at Guanghou Medical College, China.
Dr. Stasiu Nowak — Former PhD Student — Ph.D. obtained (2005) with Dr. Loker (Studies On Gene Transcription In Snail—trematode Interactions). Currently at University of Washington, Seattle.
Ms. Nirvana Barker — Former Masters Student — Phylogenetics; coevolution of parasites and hosts.
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