We are incredibly proud of our SIMR trainees and can’t wait to see what they all do next!
2022 Interns
SIMR Intern 2022
Natalie Broussard
Natalie interned in the lab of Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan and was mentored by PhD candidate Jasmine Ayers. During her internship, she evaluated the transmission-blocking properties of niclosamide against Zika virus.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Alyssa Goodyear
Alyssa interned in the lab of Dr. Linda Bloom and was mentored by Savannah Pollenz. During her internship, she characterized interactions between E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) and the helicase YoaA-X.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Meera Nair
Meera interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Marco Grodzki. During her internship, she studied the role of host factors EDC4 and XRN1 in promoting human coronavirus replication.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Quyen Nguyen
Quyen interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by PhD candidate Amy Peiper. During her internship, she worked on the development of a reporter murine norovirus to study virus-host intestinal epithelium interactions.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Tafadzwa Mapiki
Tafadzwa interned in the lab of Dr. Scott Tibbetts and was mentored by PhD candidate Natalie Martinez. During her internship, she performed phenotypic characterization of a mouse model of gammaherpesvirus tumorigenesis.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Kathryn Savage
Katie interned in the lab of Dr. Jose Lemos and was mentored by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kaylie Lam. During her internship, she studied microbial interactions in a dual-species model of Lactobacilli-Enterococci biofilm.
SIMR INTERN 2022
Eleanor Wind
Ellie interned in the lab of Dr. Zsolt Toth and was mentored by PhD candidate Kenzie Spires. During her internship, she studied the viral hijacking of host E3 ubiquitin ligases to promote the Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) lytic cycle.
2023 Interns
SIMR INTERN 2023
Brooke Astley
Brooke interned in the lab of Dr. Steeve Boulant and was mentored by Yagmur Keser. During her internship, she studied…
SIMR intern 2023
Michael Cross
Michael interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by Joyce Morales. During his internship, he studied…
simr intern 2023
Brooke Hall
Brooke interned in the lab of Dr. Rolf Renne and was mentored by Postdoctoral Associate Sarah McMahon. During her internship, she studied…
simr intern 2023
Neha Kashyap
Neha interned in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Karst and was mentored by Amy Peiper. During her internship, she studied…
simr intern 2023
Kayleigh Lefley
Kayleigh interned in the lab of Dr. Linda Bloom and was mentored by Elijah Newcomb. During her internship, she studied…
simr intern 2023
Blessing Madzivanyika
Blessing interned in the lab of Dr. Zhe Ma and was mentored by Kimberly Paulsen. During her internship, she studied…
simr intern 2023
Archy Pattanaik
Archy interned in the lab of Dr. Zsolt Toth and was mentored by Kenzie Spires. During his internship, he studied…
simr intern 2023
Indigo Peterson
Indigo interned in the lab of Dr. Zhe Ma and was mentored by Tiffany Nelson. During her internship, she studied…
simr intern 2023
Max Taylor
Max interned in the lab of Dr. Julie Moore and was mentored by Nicole Nazario. During her internship, she studied…
