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	Principal Investigator:		The Lab, August 2012:



	Russell E. Vance, PhD Associate Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease, 2009–

	Postdoctoral Fellows:		Staff Research Associates:

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Jordan Price, 2013–

PhD 2013 (Utz Lab)

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Dara Burdette, 2009–

PhD 2009 (Kim Orth Lab)

NRSA Fellow, 2010–2013

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Norver Trinidad, 2008–

Undergraduate, 2008-2010

Amgen Scholar, 2009

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Gwen Davis, 2012–

(joint with the Stanley Lab)

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Elie Diner, 2011–

PhD 2011 (Chris Hayes Lab)

Damon Runyon Fellow, 2012-

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Eric Chen, 2013–

	Graduate Students:

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Kevin Barry, 2009–

NSF Graduate Fellow, 2010–2013

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Joseph Chavarria-Smith, 2010–

NSF Graduate Fellow, 2010–

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Randilea Nichols, 2012–

Jeanette

Jeanette Tenthorey, 2012–

NSF Graduate Fellow, 2012–

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Justin De Leon, 2013

	Undergraduates:

Rohaum Hamidi,

2012–

Alvin Ho,

2012-

Tong Yan,

2012-

Naznin Jahan,

2012-

Alexandria Schieber,

2009-

	Other lab photos:


			Immunology Retreat September 2010

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Lab Photo

November 2009

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Immunology Retreat

October 2009

	Dearly departed:

	Former Postdoctoral Fellows Jenny Persson, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2009; currently Asst. Professor, Lund University, Sweden. Janelle Ayres, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2012; currently Asst. Professor, Salk Institute Former PhD Students Karla Lightfield, Graduate Student #1, 2006-2010. Krueger Award winner (2009), PhD awarded 2010; Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford (Schneider Lab) Kate Monroe, Graduate Student #2, 2006–2011. NSF Graduate Student Fellow (2007-2010); PhD awarded 2011; currently a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF (Greene Lab) Mary Fontana, Graduate Student #3, 2006–2012. NSF Graduate Fellow (2008–2011); Weisenfeld Neglected Disease Research Fellowship (2009); Currently a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF (Charlie Kim lab) Jakob von Moltke, Graduate Student #4, 2007-2012. UC CRCC fellowship (2011-2012); American Association of Immunologists Trainee Achievement Award (2012); Postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF (Locksley Lab) Eric Kofoed, Graduate Student #5, 2008-2012. Currently at Genentech. Other Former Colleagues Sky Brubaker, Lab Manager 2006-2008, Currently a graduate student at Harvard Medical School (Kagan Lab) Hans "The Truffle King" Carlson, Loaner from the Marletta Lab, 2007-2010, Currently a postdoc at UC Berkeley (Coates Lab) Jackie Chan, Undergraduate, 2007-2010 Eric Dunipace, Undergraduate Researcher, 2006-2010, Immunology Divisional Award co-winner Chelsea Gelboin-Burkhart, 2010-2012 Erica Green, Undergraduate Researcher from Allen University, South Carolina, Amgen Scholar 2009 Hannah Kim, Undergraduate, 2011-2012 Sarah McWhirter, Research Associate, 2006-2009 Katia Sotelo-Troha, Lab Manager 2008-2012, Currently a graduate student at Cornell Hobey Tam, NSF REU student 2011 Michael Tan, Undergraduate 2010-2012 Lina Tieu, Undergraduate Researcher, 2006-2009 Jessica Vuong, Undergraduate Researcher, 2009-2010 Amy Wong, Undergraduate, 2011-2012

			Plate by Lina Tieu, 2009 Limited Edition Release (1/1)