EDUCATION:
| 2003-Present |
Doctor of Philosophy, Immunology (in progress) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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| 1999-2003 |
Bachelor of Science, Genetics Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Cum Laude
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
| 2003-Present |
Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Edward Wakeland Center for Immunology The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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| 2001-2002 |
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Allison Ficht Department of Biochemistry and Genetics Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas
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| 1998-2002 |
Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Paul J. Jackson Environmental Microbiology Group, Bioscience Division Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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HONORS:
| 2004-2006 |
Center for Immunology Training Grant, UT-SW Medical Center |
| 2003 |
University Honors, Texas A&M University |
| 2003 |
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Texas A&M University |
PUBLICATIONS: (Also under the name Katherine A. Bliss)
Limaye N, Belobrajdic K, Chan A, Wandstrat A, Bonhomme F, Edwards SE, Wakeland EK. Retention of autoimmune susceptibility alleles in natural populations. Manuscript in preparation.
Hill KK, Ticknor LO, Okinaka RT, Asay M, Blair H, Bliss KA, Laker M, Pardington PE, Richardson AP, Tonks M, Beecher DJ, Kemp JD, Kolsto AB, Wong AC, Keim P, and Jakcson PJ. Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2004. 70(2): 1068-80.
Bliss, Katherine A. Evolution of virulence in Bacillus anthracis. TAMU Undergraduate Journal of Science. 2002. 3(1): 45-47.