Current Students
Lucas J. Adams
PhD Candidate: Immunology program
- Email: lucas.adams@wustl.edu
Education
- BS, Chemistry & Mathematics: Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK (2016)
Awards
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Fleming Scholarship (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 2014)
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Outstanding Science Graduate (OBU, 2016)
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Outstanding Mathematics Graduate (OBU, 2016)
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Outstanding Presenter, Postbac Poster Day (NIH, 2017)
Research
I use structural and biophysical techniques to characterize host-virus interactions, including receptor engagement and antibody binding/evasion, with a current focus on SARS-CoV-2.
Katherine Basore
PhD Candidate: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology program
- Email: kbasore@wustl.edu
Education
- BS, Chemistry: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2014)
- Minor in Music
Awards
- Student Award from the American Institute of Chemists (2014)
- Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Recognition Award (2014)
- Outstanding Poster Award at NIH Postbac Poster Day (2015)
Research
How I'd describe my research in one sentence: Structural characterization of neutralizing Alphavirus antibodies and virus-receptor interactions.
John M. Errico
PhD Candidate: Immunology program
- Email: jerrico@wustl.edu
Education
- BS: University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (2015)
Paige D. Hall
PhD Candidate: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology program
- Email: paige.hall@wustl.edu
Education
- BS, Biochemistry: Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX (2017)
Awards
- Chancellor's Student Research Scholar (2017)
- ACS-Dallas/Ft. Worth Outstanding Undergraduate Student (2017)
Research
My work focuses on understanding how accessory proteins from poxviruses and coronaviruses evade the host immune response via biochemical and biophysical techniques, as well as characterizing their structures.
Brittany K. Smith
PhD Candidate: Computational and Molecular Biophysics program
- Email: smithbk@wustl.edu
Education
- BS: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2011)