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David Sibley

Education:
BA, Oberlin College
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Sch. Med
Projects:
Faculty Profile
Email: Sibley@wustl.edu

Staff

Education:
M.S. in molecular and Cellular Biology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville;
B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis
Project:
General lab manager; cell based assay development and drug inhibition growth assays
Email: jlbarks@wustl.edu

Ph.D. Students

Mea Akey

Education:
B.A. in Biology: Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis
Project:
Dissecting Vitamin B₆ metabolism in Cryptosporidium parvum.
Email: Marianna.akey@wustl.edu

Abby Kimball

Education:
B.A. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
Project:
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of meiosis and centromere dynamics in the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum.
Email: abigail.kimball@wustl.edu

Staff Scientists

Sumit Kumar

Education:
Ph.D. in Infection Biology, Cellular Immunology Group, ICGEB, New Delhi, India
Project:
Delineating host factors controlling intracellular growth of Toxoplasma gondii in human cells
Email: sumitkumar@wustl.edu

Iti Saraav

Education:
PhD in Immunology, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, India
Project:
Effect of early infection with Cryptosporidium on oral tolerance.
Email: iti.saraav@wustl.edu

Taher Uddin

Education:
2013- 2018 PhD in Infectious Diseases, Malaria and Endosymbiosis Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Project:
Discovery of new inhibitors of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis.
Email: taher@wustl.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Jae Claywell

Education:
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Project:
Defining the roles of cyclic nucleotide kinases in Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites
Email: jaeclaywell@wustl.edu

Silu Deng

Education: PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, NE, 2023

Project: Study potential alternative respiratory pathway in mitosome of Cryptosporidium parvum

Email: silu@wustl.edu

Yong Fu

Education:
Ph.D. in Veterinary Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 2018
Project:
Defining the roles of glycosyl hydrolases in control of cyst turnover
Email: fuyong@wustl.edu

Valentin Greigert

Education:
M.D. in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Université de Strasbourg, France, 2016 Ph.D. in Immuno-parasitology, Université de Strasbourg, France, 2020
Project:
Studying host-pathogen interactions and mucosal immunity in human cryptosporidiosis.
Email:greigert@wustl.edu

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