Contacts and Lab Personnel
Front row from left to right: Delphi Chatterjee,
Patrick J. Brennan, John Spencer, Becky Rivoire
Back row from left to right: HyungJin Eoh, Vara Vissa, Cory Wolfe,
Angela Marques,
Monica Lima, HeeJin Kim, Rama Murthy Sakamuri, Nathan Groathouse,
Marilyn Hein
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Christine
F. Sizemore, Ph.D.
Respiratory Diseases Branch,DMID
Room 3131
6700-B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7630
Bethesda, MD 20892-7630
(Courier zip 20817)
Phone: (301) 496-5305
(direct: (301) 435-2857)
FAX: (301) 496-8030
Email: csizemore@niaid.hih.gov |
Program Officer
for Tuberculosis, Leprosy,
and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
DMID, NIAID, NIH
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| Principal
Investigator
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Patrick
J. Brennan, Ph.D.
Has spent over 30 intense years maintaining
innovative leprosy research and is largely responsible for the progress
in the basic research
in leprosy today.
University Distinguished Professor
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6700
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: patrick.brennan@colostate.edu
Dr.
Brennan's webpage |
Linda Jones
Her responsibilities include administrative assistance and support..
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-2401
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: linda.jones@colostate.edu
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Administrator
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Investigator
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Delphi Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Responsible for generating carbohydrate based antigens, both synthetic and natural products.
Associate Professor
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-7495
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: delphi.chatterjee@colostate.edu
Dr. Chatterjee's webpage |
| John
Spencer, Ph.D.
Involved
in the Leprosy program in development of skin
test antigens and studying their efficacy in guinea pigs, and identifying B and T cell isotopes in animal models and human patients.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-2432
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: john.spencer@colostate.edu
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Senior
Scientist
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Assistant Professor
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Vara Vissa, Ph.D.
Responsible for exploring the M. leprae genome to advance leprosy research in the areas of molecular epidemiology, vaccines, diagnostics and biochemistry.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-0752/6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: varalakshmi.vissa@colostate.edu
Dr. Vissa's Webpage |
Becky L. Rivoire, B.S.
Responsible for coordinating the phase II leprosy skin test antigen clinical trial, and pre-clinical testing of new candidate skin test antigens.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-4893
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: becky.rivoire@colostate.edu |
Senior Research Associate
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Research
Associate III
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Nathan Groathouse, M.S.
Supervises the generation of pure M. leprae from infected tissues, quality control manager for the skin test pilot plant, and currently involved with epidemiological and microarray studies.
Mycobacteria Research
Laboratories
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-2799
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: nathan.groathouse@colostate.edu
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Rama Murthy Sakamuri, M.S.
Working with Dr. Vara Vissa to elucidate the genetics and biochemistry of M. leprae cell wall components.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6789
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: rama.sakamuri@colostate.edu |
Ph.D. Candidate
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Research Associate III
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Mary Sanders , M.S.
Currently working on elucidating M. leprae cell wall components and various aspects of the leprosy skin test initiative.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-4893
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: marys@simla.colostate.edu |
Tammy Luttrell, MS, PT, CWS, FCCWS
Purify M. leprae from infected tissue and use cells to generate subcellular fraction proteins.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email:tcl@colostate.edu |
Research Associate
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Research Associate I
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Brittny Acres, B.S.
Purify M. leprae from infected tissue and use cells to generate subcellular fraction proteins.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: bdacres@mail.colostate.edu |
Avraham Liav, PhD
Prepares PGL-I neoglycoconjugate precursors to synthesize ND-O-BSA or ND-O-HSA.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: Avraham.Liav@ColoState.EDU |
Associate Professor
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Research Associate III
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Hee-Jin Kim, MsC
Producing M. leprae recombinant proteins.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-2432, 6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email:Hee.Kim@colostate.edu |
Reem Ali Al-Mubarak, B.S.
Working with Dr. Vara Vissa on functional and proteomic/genomic analysis of M. leprae.
Mycobacteria Research Laboratories
Department of Microbiology
Colorado State University
1682 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682
Phone: (970) 491-6396
FAX: (970) 491-1815
Email: Reem.Al-Mubarak@ColoState.EDU |
Graduate Student
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