Anita Sil, Ph.D., M.D.
Principal Investigator
Natalie Chapman
Laboratory Assistant
I manage media, glassware, and assist with various operations in the lab.
Apoorva Dabholkar, Ph.D.
Associate Specialist
I am studying the interaction between host macrophages and the pathogenic fungus, Coccidioides with Jane in the lab.
Evelyn Hoover, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Fellow
I am investigating how Histoplasma subverts macrophage killing through cellular assays, RNAseq, and proteomics.
Murat Can Kalem, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
I am exploring post-transcriptional mechanisms underlying temperature sensing and morphological transitions in thermally dimorphic fungi. I am hunting for eukaryotic RNA thermometers and temperature-dependent RNA binding protein functions while building a bridge between RNA biology and medical mycology.
Natalie Markman
Junior Specialist
I am exploring RNA biology of temperature sensing and development in Histoplasma.
Anna Morrison, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
I am investigating the effects of acute temperature shifts on the morphology and transcriptional profile of Histoplasma capsulatum.
Rosa Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Specialist
I'm studying how a family of small secreted effectors manipulate macrophages during Histoplasma infection.
Jane Symington, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
I am investigating the interactions between macrophages and Coccidioides, the cause of Coccidioidomycosis/Valley Fever.
Mark Voorhies, Ph.D.
Professional Researcher
I provide bioinformatics support for the lab and maintain Histobase, a database of functional annotations for the Histoplasma genomes. I am interested in the evolution of temperature-dependent regulation of morphology in the Onygenales and in the parallel emergence of pathogenesis in these fungi.