PARKOS and NUSRAT LABORATORIES
Epithelial Pathobiology and Mucosal Inflammation Research Unit

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

John Codington, PhD Professor Emeritus Regulation of glycan epitopes in epithelial cancers	Dominique Weber, PhD Assistant Professor Leukocyte adhesion and function in mouse and man	Benedicte Fournier, PhD Assistant Professor Intestinal inflammation and neutrophils	Porfirio Nava, PhD Research Associate Regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis
Roland Hilgarth, PhD Research Associate Molecular biology, RNAi technology, virus vectors

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
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Christopher Capaldo, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Tight junction control of epithelial proliferation	Attila Farkas, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Intestinal epithelial claudins in health and disease	Ross Hamilton, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Desmosomes in the intestinal epithelium	Ryuta Kamekura, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Desmosomal regulation of cell proliferation
Manirath Khounlotham, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Intestinal barrier defects in JAM-A deficient mice	Wooki Kim, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Characterization of JAM-A immune functions	Stefan Koch, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Inflammatory effects on epithelial Wnt signaling	Keli Kolegraff, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Desmosomal cadherins and epithelial homeostasis
Giovanna Leoni, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow FPR function and signaling in intestinal epithelial cells	Philipp Neumann, MD Postdoctoral Fellow Cell migration/wound repair during inflammation	Ronen Sumagin, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Visualizing inflammation with in vivo microscopy

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GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Ana Monteiro Graduate Student Regulation of intestinal permeability by JAM-A

Robert Rankin Graduate Student Regulation of epithelial cell migration by JAM-A

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RESEARCH SPECIALISTS
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Hong Pang, MD Cell Culture Core Facility Maintaining cells in culture alive and happy	Ingrid McCall, MPH Lab Manager/Research Functions of CLMP in intestinal epithelial cells	Caroline Addis, MS Lead Research Specialist Mouse colony maintenance and genotyping	Mattie Feasel Research Specialist All things Nusrat Lab and confocal core facility
Alex Robin Research Specialist All things Parkos Lab and running	Al Shapiro Research Specialist All things Fournier Lab plus gel pouring	Max Madara Student Assistant General lab duties and other necessary tasks	Sonia Guzner Student Assistant General lab duties and other necessary tasks