Students Profiles
Research Interests:I am broadly interested in how Plasmodium falciparum malaria affects the development of immunological memory in children compared to adults. I am especially interested in P. falciparum in the context of Epstein Barr virus infection, because together these pathogens contribute to the development of Burkitt's lymphoma, the most common pediatric malignancy in Africa. My work in the laboratory involves in vitro studies of the effects of P. falciparum on B cell phenotype. My work also involves a field component at our lab in western Kenya, where I will be studying the effects of placental malaria and holoendemic malaria on immunological development. For this component I will be measuring antibody production, B cell phenotype, and response to vaccination in children exposed to placental malaria as well as those continuously infected with P. falciparum after birth. |
Yung Lyou
"In addition to my primary investigator, I've had several other mentors," said Yung Lyou, who studies genetic eye disorders. "By collaborating with Frank Middleton, PhD, our Microarray core facility director, I've been able to run screens on thousands of genes at one time. That's interdisciplinary. I was also able to take a two-week course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, so that I could learn other techniques to help me in my research here." |
