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I am an assistant scientist studying naturally acquired immunity to malaria. I obtained my PhD from CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, India. Outside the lab, I enjoy talking to my family, travelling, listening to music, watching Netflix and keeping up-to-date on science.
I’m a fourth-year undergrad majoring in biology and neuroscience. My research interests include infectious diseases, specifically malaria, and neural diseases & disorders. Outside the lab I enjoy working out, swimming, and catching the latest Marvel movie.
I hold a master’s in Plant Genetics and have been in molecular biology since 2013. I came here for the challenge and the cause. My off time is usually spent chasing my toddler and maintaining my house. And in my free time… I have a toddler; I don’t have free time.
I became interested in malaria as a model of chronic infection and B cell activation during my postdoc in Sue Pierce’s lab at the NIH. My current research in the Tran lab aims at understanding how innate immune cell types drive immunity to malaria.
I’m a second-year PhD Student with an interest in Microbiology and Immunology. My specific research interests include Bioinformatics and Immunology. Outside of the lab, I enjoy spending time with my husband and cat. I enjoy cooking, board games, and fitness.
I am a graduate student in the IU School of Informatics and Science who is interested in data science and analytics. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree from D Y Patil College of Engineering and Technology, India. Outside the lab, I like to cook, travel, and watch movies.
I became interested in malaria after hearing a compelling talk by the late Bob Desowitz during my first year of medical school. I found the disease to be fascinating due to complexity of the malaria parasite’s life cycle and the host response against this potentially deadly infection.
Current position: Medical Student
Current position: First-year MSTP student, Emory University School of Medicine
Current position: Computational Biologist, Department of Urology, University of Michigan
Brothwell JA, Fortney KR, Gao H, Wilson LS, Andrews CF, Tran TM, Hu X, Batteiger TA, Barnes S, Liu Y, Spinola SM. mBio.2022 Dec 1;e0312522. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03125-22.[Online ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36453940
Tashi T, Upadhye A, Kundu P, Wu C, Menant S, Soares RR, Ferreira MU, Longley RJ, Mueller I, Hoang QQ, Tham WH, Rayner JC, Scopel KK, Lima-Junior JC, Tran TM .PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Nov 23; 16(11):e0010773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010773 [Online ahead of print].
Turnbull LB, Ayodo G, Knight V, John CC, McHenry MS, Tran TM. Malaria Journal volume 21, Article number:337 (2022). 2022 November 16; doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04351-y.
Conroy AL,Tran TM, Bond C, Opoka RO, Datta D, Liechty EA, Bangirana P, Namazzi R, Idro R, Cusick S, Ssenkusu JM, John CC. J Infect Dis. 2022 September 30; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac392.
Salgado C, Ayodo G, Macklin MD, Gould MP, Nallandhighal S, Odhiambo EO, Obala A, Prudhomme WO, John CC, Tran TM. Malaria Journal volume 20, Article number:371 (2021). 2021 September 17; doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03905-w.
Duffey MM, Ayuku D, Ayodo G, Abuonji E, Nyalumbe M, Giella AK, Hook JN, Tran TM, McHenry MS. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2021 May 24;1-10. doi: 10.1017/S1355617721000497.
Holla P, Tran TM. Nat Immunol. 2021 Apr 22;. doi: 10.1038/s41590-021-00917-1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33888897
Andrade CM, Fleckenstein H, Thomson-Luque R, Doumbo S, Lima NF, Anderson C, Hibbert J, Hopp CS, Tran TM, Li S, Niangaly M, Cisse H, Doumtabe D, Skinner J, Sturdevant D, Ricklefs S, Virtaneva K, Asghar M, Homann MV, Turner L, Martins J, Allman EL, N’Dri ME, Winkler V, Llinás M, Lavazec C, Martens C, Färnert A, Kayentao K, Ongoiba A, Lavstsen T, Osório NS, Otto TD, Recker M, Traore B, Crompton PD, Portugal S. Nat Med. 2020 Oct 26. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-1084-0.
Obeng-Adjei N, Larremore DB, Turner L, Ongoiba A, Li S, Doumbo S, Yazew TB, Kayentao K, Miller LH, Traore B, Pierce SK, Buckee CO, Lavstsen T, Crompton PD, Tran TM. JCI Insight. 2020 May 19:137262.
Tran TM, Crompton PD. Immunol Rev. 2019 Nov 3. doi: 10.1111/imr.12817.
Tran TM, Guha R, Portugal S, Skinner J, Ongoiba A, Bhardwaj J, Jones M, Moebius J, Venepally P, Doumbo S, DeRiso EA, Li S, Vijayan K, Anzick SL, Hart GT, O’Connell EM, Doumbo OK, Kaushansky A, Alter G, Felgner PL, Lorenzi H, Kayentao K, Traore B, Kirkness EF, Crompton PD. Immunity. 2019 Aug 23;. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.08.009.
Griesenauer B, Tran TM, Fortney KR, Janowicz DM, Johnson P, Gao H, Barnes S, Wilson LS, Liu Y, Spinola SM. MBio. 2019 Jun 18;10(3). pii: e01193-19.
Tran TM, Bijker EM, Haks MC, Ottenhoff TMH, Visser L, Schats R, Venepally P, Lorenzi H, Crompton PD, Sauerwein RW. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9:8386.
Hart GT, Tran TM, Theorell J, Schlums H, Arora G, Rajagopalan S, Sangala J, Welsh KJ, Traore B, Pierce SK, Crompton PD, Bryceson YT, Long EO. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2019; epub: April 12, 2019.
Nallandhighal S, Park GS, Ho YY, Opoka RO, John CC, Tran TM. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2019; 219(1):154-164.
Clemente TM, Mulye M, Justis AV, Nallandhighal S, Tran TM, Gilk SD. Infection and Immunity. 2018; 86(10).
Ouattara A, Tran TM, Doumbo S, Matthew A, Agrawal S, Niangaly A, Nelson-Owens S, Doumtabé D, Tolo Y, Ongoiba A, Takala-Harrison S, Traoré B, Silva JC, Crompton PD, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018; 99(1):43-50.
Liu EW, Skinner J, Tran TM, Kumar K, Narum DL, Jain A, Ongoiba A, Traoré B, Felgner PL, Crompton PD. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2018; 98(1):57-66.
Bustamante LY, Powell GT, Lin YC, Macklin MD, Cross N, Kemp A, Cawkill P, Sanderson T, Crosnier C, Muller-Sienerth N, Doumbo OK, Traore B, Crompton PD, Cicuta P, Tran TM, Wright GJ, Rayner JC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017; 114(45):12045-12050.
Pieper K, Tan J, Piccoli L, Foglierini M, Barbieri S, Chen Y, Silacci-Fregni C, Wolf T, Jarrossay D, Anderle M, Abdi A, Ndungu FM, Doumbo OK, Traore B, Tran TM, Jongo S, Zenklusen I, Crompton PD, Daubenberger C, Bull PC, Sallusto F, Lanzavecchia A. Nature. 2017; 548(7669):597-601.
Portugal S, Tran TM, Ongoiba A, Bathily A, Li S, Doumbo S, Skinner J, Doumtabe D, Kone Y, Sangala J, Jain A, Davies DH, Hung C, Liang L, Ricklefs S, Homann MV, Felgner PL, Porcella SF, Färnert A, Doumbo OK, Kayentao K, Greenwood BM, Traore B, Crompton PD. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017; 64(5):645-653.
Tran TM, Jones MB, Ongoiba A, Bijker EM, Schats R, Venepally P, Skinner J, Doumbo S, Quinten E, Visser LG, Whalen E, Presnell S, O’Connell EM, Kayentao K, Doumbo OK, Chaussabel D, Lorenzi H, Nutman TB, Ottenhoff TH, Haks MC, Traore B, Kirkness EF, Sauerwein RW, Crompton PD. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6:31291.
The Kaushansky Lab focuses on Cross-Pathogen Studies and Co-Infections.
The John Lab has several malaria studies in Uganda and western Kenya.
The Neafsey lab studies the evolutionary genomics of malaria parasites and mosquito vectors.
The Schmidt Lab is interested in defining the factors that impact the pathogenesis of malaria.
The Crompton Lab investigates the mechanisms underlying naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
The Seder Lab conducts malaria vaccine trials and investigates the mechanisms of malaria-protective immune responses.