Past Members

Doctoral Students

Year(s)	Name	Dissertation Title	Current Position
2006-2009	Karis Hughes, Ph.D. candidate	Characterizing common and rare variants that contribute to SLE susceptibility in humans	Deceased
2005-present	Andrew Yang,M.S.T.P. trainee	Functional characterization of Sle3, a gene that mediates the transition from benign to pathologic autoimmunity	Completing medical training
2004-present	Katherine Belobrajdic, Ph.D. candidate	Identification of Sles1, a suppressive modifier of systemic autoimmunity	In Houston
2006	Alice Chan, MSTP trainee	Genomic manipulation for the in vivo identification of autoimmune susceptibility genes	Resident in Pediatrics, UCSF
2005	Srividya Subramanian, Ph.D. candidate	Characterization ofSles1,a suppressive modifier of systemic autoimmunity	Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School
2005	Nisha Limaye, Ph.D. candidate	Common alleles of the SLAM/CD2 Family are associated with murine lupus	Research Faculty, Brussels
2003	Zhiyan Liang, Ph.D. candidate	Pathogenic profiles and molecular structures of lupus autoantibodies	Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceutical
1998	Christy Myrick	Genetic analysis of polymorphisms in CD4/CD8 ratios	Postdoctoral fellow, Emory University
1998	Ying Yu	Genetic and functional analysis of Sle3	Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University
1995	Karen E. Jackson	Genetic Influences on the Peripheral CD4+ T-Cell Receptor Repertoire	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Jacksonville University
1995	Mary An-Yuan Yui	Linkage Analysis and Development of Congenic Strains for the Genetic Dissection of Insulin Dependent Diabetes in the NOD Mouse	Research Scientist, Cal Tech , Los Angeles
1995	Jian-Ming Wu	Polygenic Control of IgG Antibody Responsiveness Against Hen Egg Lysozyme and Bovine Rhodopsin	Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
1992	Ivan C. Cheng	Analysis of the Multigenic Inheritance of the Susceptibility to Diabetes in the Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mouse	Professor, Department of Immunology, Taiwan Institute for Porcine Research
1991	Richard A McIndoe	Elucidation and Characterization of a Potential Cis-Acting Regulatory Element in a Murine MHC Class II Gene	Associate Professor, Genetics Research Center, Medical College of Georgia
1991	Ying Ye	Diversification of the Antigen Binding Site of the Murine MHC Class II A Alpha Gene	Postdoctoral fellow, Cleveland Clinic
1990	Stefan A. Boehme	The Generation of Antigen Binding Site Diversity in the Murine MHC class II A Beta Molecule	Staff Scientist, Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego
1990	Cheng-Chan Lu	Stable Alleleic Lineages of Mhc Class II Genes Within the Genus Mus	Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, NCKU University, Taiwan
1988	Roy W. Tarnuzzer	The influence of Recombination on the Diversification of the Murine I Region	Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Medicine, University of Florida
1987	Victoria W.K. Henson	Molecular Biology of the HLA-D Region. Use of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis to Characterize Alleles of the DQ-Beta Locus and Dp-Beta Locus in DR3 and DR4 Haplotypes	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Purdue University (Carbondale)
1986	Thomas J. McConnell	A Restriction Fragment Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationship of the Murine H-2 Aa and Ab Alleles	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University

Postdoctoral Fellows

Year(s)	Name	Research Project	Current Position
2010-present	Prithvi Raj, Ph.D.	Characterizing common and rare variants that contribute to SLE susceptibility in humans	In training
2009-present	Shaheen Khan, Ph.D	Identifying genes responsible for immunodeficiencies	In training
2008-2012	Ekta Rai, Ph.D.	Genetic susceptibility to humoral autoimmunity in human lupus
2007-2008	Frederic Batteux, Ph.D.	Functional characterization of Ly108 during thymic development	Associate Professor, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, UPRES 1833, Université Paris Descartes
2006-2008	Ru Yang, M.D., Ph.D.	Creating novel mouse models of SLE	In training
2006-Present	Sunhee Hwang, Ph.D.	Genomic manipulation of Ly108 as a susceptibility allele in murine lupus	In training
2005-2006	Miwako Yamamoto, Ph.D.	Genomic manipulation of the murine SLAM/CD2 family	Staff Scientist, University of Tokyo
2004-2009	Anna-Marie Fairhurst, Ph.D.	Immunologic characterization of genetic mechanisms mediating the transition from benign to pathogenic autoimmunity	Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Singapore Institute of Biology, Singapore
2002-2004	Quan Li, Ph.D.	Global gene expression analysis of lupus-prone mice	Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Associate Director, Microarray Core, UT Southwestern
1999-2003	Katalin Tus, M.D.	Fine mapping and identification of Sle1d, an epistatic gene mediating severe lupus nephritis	Resident, Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern
1999-2005	Amy Wandstrat, Ph.D	Positional cloning of Sle1a and Sle1b	Sen. Field Application Specialist, Illumina, Inc.
1998-2005	Kui Liu, Ph.D.	Functional and Genetic analysis of Sle3	Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1999-2002	Mi Ha Yuen, Ph.D.	Genetic analysis of susceptibility to SLE in humans using murine candidate genes	Research Associate, North Carolina State University
1999-2001	Young-Sun Yim, Ph.D	Congenic dissection of Sle suppressive modifiers	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri
1999-2000	Ayfer Orhan, M.D.	Linkage analysis of genetic modifiers of autoimmunity	Resident, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore
1995-97	Chandra Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.	Immunologic characterization of the functional properties of SLE susceptibility genes	Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern
1992-96	Laurence Morel, Ph.D.	Genetic analysis of susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in NZM2410	Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Florida
1992-94	Scott Edwards, Ph.D.	Molecular Genetic analysis of MHC diversity in Passerine Birds	Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Harvard University
1989-91	Kasinathan Muralidharan, Ph.D.	Genetic analysis of the polygenic inheritance of susceptibility to diabetes in the NOD mouse	Assistant Professor, Emory University
1989-92	Jin Xiong She, Ph.D.	Molecular Genetic analysis of the mechanisms responsible for diversification of MHC class II molecules	Professor and Director, Human Genetics Center, Medical College of Georgia
1988-91	Wayne Potts, Ph.D.	Characterization of selective mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of MHC diversity using captive wild mouse populations	Professor, Department of Biology, University of Utah
1987	Paul Hermonat, Ph.D.	Transduction of MHC class I genes into murine bone marrow using an AAV vector system	Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas – Little Rock
1986-88	William R. Winter, M.D.	Molecular Genetic Characterization of MHC class II Genes in NOD	Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Florida