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Amanda Munoz
Cole lab - UTSA
Tel: (210) 458-7019
Email: Amanda  
 

Education

B.S. in Microbiology, New Mexico State University

Research

Research interests:

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection caused by two species of fungi in the Coccidioides genus which is endemic to arid deserts of the Americas. Typical infection begins with the inhalation of aerosolized spores. Infected individuals may present with a wide range of disease severity ranging from mild and flu-like to disseminated. My research focuses on the innate immune response to coccidioidomycosis via natural killer cells (NK cells). Additionally, I am investigating immuno-modulation of the adaptive immune response to Coccidioides infection by innate immune cell expression of cytokines.

Posters & Presentations

  • "Natural Killer (NK) Cell Response to Coccidioides Infection" South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) Annual Retreat 2012 (May 2012) - presentation
  • "Comparison of NK Cell Cytotoxicity Against Coccidioides and Candida albicans" San Antonio Infectious Disease Research Symposium 2011 (Nov. 2011) - poster
  • "Effect of Human and Murine NK Cells on Coccidioides Spherules" 2011 University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Sciences (COS) Research Conference (Sept. 2011) - poster
  • "Invertebrate Complement Proteins: Euprymna scolopes MBL-like lectin" NMSU Biosymposium 2010 Las Cruces, NM (Apr. 2010) - presentation
  • "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Lectin from Euprymna scolopes" NMSU: 15th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium (URCAS) Las Cruces, NM (Apr. 2010) - presentation
  • "MBL and the Complement System in Euprymna scolopes" NMSU Monthly Microbiology Meeting Las Cruces, NM (Dec. 2009) - presentation
  • "Identification of Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes" Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2009 Dallas, TX (Oct. 2009) - poster
  • "The Quest for Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) in Eupymna scolopes" Minority Biomedical Research Support-Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (MBRS-RISE) Midsummer Retreat 2009 at NMSU Las Cruces, NM (Jul. 2009) - presentation
  • "Detection of Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) Molecule in Euprymna scolopes (Hawaiian bobtail Squid)" 14th Annual URCAS 2009 Las Cruces, NM (Apr. 2009) - poster
  • "Detection of Complement Proteins C1q and Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) in the squid, Euprymna scolopes" NMSU Biosymposium 2009 Las Cruces, NM (Mar. 2009) - poster
  • "Gene Flow in a Ground Cricket Hybrid Zone" SACNAS 2008 Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 2009) - poster

 

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