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The Louis L. Seaman Medical Student Research Grants in Microbiology

2008 Recipient
Carling Ursem
Analysis of the effects of cyanobacteria and other microorganisms along the central John Muir Trail on municipal water sources
Research Conducted at University of California - Davis

2007 Recipients
Jeremiah Martino
Clinical and Molecular Characterization of a New Model of HIV- 1 Associated Nephropathy
Research Conducted at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Giang H. Nguyen
MicroRNA Profile in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Research Conducted at National Cancer Institute

Francisca O. Oyedeji
Interactions Between Francisella Tularensis and Hepatocytes
Research Conducted at Stony Brook University

Anar D. Shah
Characterization of Cholesterol Crystal - Induced Phagocytosis: Insight Into Atherosclerosis
Research Conducted at Columbia University Medical Center

2006 Recipients
Ronald Damani Howell
The Physiological Role of ADAMTS-7
Research Conducted at Hospital for Joint Diseases

Stefan Kantrowitz
Does BAFF Rescue Anti-dsDNA B Cells Targeted to Energy and/or Deletion?
Research Conducted at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Tanvi Nitin Parikh
The Effects of Poxvirus Infection on Chemokine Production by Epidermal Langerhans Cells
Research Conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Roseann I. Wu
Investigating Serum Antibody Levels Against Past Influenza Virus Strains
Research Conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2005 Recipients
Rachana A. Jani
Furanone Treatment on Macrophages Infected With B. Anthracis
Research Conducted at New York VA Medical Center

Honorary Award:
Christopher J. Trindade
Expression of IL-17Rα and IL-15Rα in CD8+ Memory T-cells in SIV251 Infected Rhesus Macaques
Research Conducted at National Cancer Institute

2004 Recipients
Phoenix Fung
Analysis of the Cystovirus Polymerase Complex (Px)
Research Conducted at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Julio Anacleto Gutierrez
Antibodies to the Alternate Reading Frame Protein in Hepatitis C with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Research Conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2003 Recipients
Adam Paul Ash
Elucidation of the Function of Influenza B Virus Genes Using siRNA Technology
Research Conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Steven Michael Levine
Natural Transformation of Helicobacter Pylori by Single-Stranded DNA
Research Conducted at Veterans Administration Medical Center

David Marc Rosmarin
Development of Liquid-Phase DNA Hybridization Assays for Rapid Diagnosis of Meningitis
Research Conducted at New York University School of Medicine

2002 Recipients
Larry Siu
Production and Purification of Recombinant Plasmids Containing Sequences Encoding Isoforms of the ErbB Family of Receptors
Research Conducted at The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education - CUNY Medical School

Lesley Taylor
Investigating the Regulatory Function of CD8+ T Cells in Patients with Type I Diabetes Mellitus Who Respond to Anti-CD3 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment
Research Conducted at New York Medical College

Eric Chang
The Role of Interleukin -6 to Detect Periprostetic Infections
Research Conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2001 Recipients
Nicole Marie Bouvier
Interferon-Antagonist Proteins Tat, NS5A, and E2 as Virulence Factors in Human Immunodefieciency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus
Research Conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Warangkana Sangchan
Expression of HIV-1 Specific Immunity in the Lungs of Children with AIDS
Research Conducted at SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Dimitrios Papanagnou
An Examination of Antiretroviral Resistance Development of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Patient Adherence within an Infectious Diseases Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Research Conducted at Oswald Cruz Foundation, Evandro Chagas Hospital

Henry Kar Hang Siu
Genome Sequence Analysis of the Cystovirus phi 12
Research Conducted at The Sophie David School of Biomedical Education- CCNY

Omar N. Syed
TCR Genes that Predispose to Auto-Antibody Formation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjogren's Syndrome
Research Conducted at Weill Medical College of Cornell University