People
Melinda Brindley, PhD
Principal Investigator
mbrindle@uga.edu
BS Microbiology, ASU, 2002
PhD Microbiology, UofI, 2007
Postdoc, Emory
Joseph Noble
Master's student
Arenaviruses and lipids
Paolo Zapata
Master's student
Measles fusion
Michael Pisciotta
Master's student
Flippases and viruses
Breanna Timani
Master's student
Zika virus and temperature
Lab Alumni
Marissa Acciani, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Phosphatidylserine and enveloped virus entry
Currently a postdoc in the Saphire Lab, La Jolla Institute
Katie Havranek
Postdoctoral fellow
Lipidomics and characterization of PS in viral entry and budding
Currently a Senior Research Scientist at FYR Diagnostic
Blanka Tesla, MS
PhD candidate (joint in Dr. Murdock's lab)
Zika transmission potential in Aedes mosquitoes across environmental temperature ranges.
Currently a postdoc in the Gaunt Lab, Roslin Institute
Kerri Miazgowicz
PhD candidate
(joint in Dr. Murdock's lab)
Environmental drivers that alter pathogen transmission in mosquito vectors
Currently a postdoc in the Calvert Lab, CDC Fort Collins
Judith Reyes Ballista
PhD candidate
Role of PS in Chikungunya virus entry and budding
Currently a postdoc in the Rotavirus Vector Lab, Merck
Maria Lay
Master's student
Comparing entry efficiencies of
Various viral glycoproteins
Currently a Scientist at Astrazeneca
Jacob Alston
Master's student
Biochemical characterization of Lassa GPC mutants
Shamil Lakhani
Master's student
Zika virus replication at low temperature
Currently a med student, LECOM
Darren Diaz
Master's student
Role of cellular PS levels during viral entry and budding
Currently a High School Science Teacher
Ariana Jimenez
PREP student
Ebola virus budding and flippases
Currently a Research Tech at Emory University
Sarah Dysinger
PREP student
Role of flippase activity in viral entry
Currently a PhD student, University of Pennsylvania
Maryam Siddique
Research technician
Katherine Willard
Technician
Zika virus and autophagy and LASV GP2 characterization
Currently a PhD student at Duke University
Leah Demakovsky
Technician
Zika virus mosquito transmission
Antonio Ayerdi
Undergraduate student
VSV lipid budding requirements
Currently a med student, Mercer School of Medicine
Sydney Briner
Undergraduate student
SARS-CoV-2 neutralization and entry inhibitors
Currently a PhD student, Washington Uni in St Louis
Ashley Hoover
Undergraduate
I study CHIKV budding
Hannah Gunter
Undergraduate
I study particle infectivity with altered lipid content
Nathan Davis
Undergraduate
I study arenavirus lipidomics
Raag Patel
Undergraduate student
Zika virus replication at low temperature
Currently a med student, Medical College of GA
Sally Kim
Undergraduate student
Zika virus replication at low temperature
Sarah Harrison
Undergraduate
I study VSV budding
Currently a PostBac at NIH
