Current MD-PhD Student - Eric Carlsen
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Name: Eric Carlsen Year in Program: GY3 Undergrad University: Ohio University Mentor: Lynn Soong, M.D., Ph.D. Graduate Program: Microbiology/Immunology |
Research Interests
Innate immunity
Innate immunity
Honors and Awards
- Ohio University Founder's Award, 2004-2008
- Ohio University Tropical Disease Institute Travel Grant for Research in Rural Ecuador, June 2007
- Dr. Ruth Mathewson Award, Ohio University, 2008
- UTMB Fogarty Fellowship for Research in Lima, Peru, June 2009
- T32 Training Grant in Emerging and Infectious Tropical Disease, September 2010
- David and Janet Niesel Scholarship Award, 2010
- Robert Bennet Tuition Scholarship Award, 2011
Publications:
- Wang Y, Chen Y, Xin L, Beverley SM, Carlsen ED, Popov V, Chang KP, Wang M, Soong L. Differential micobicidal effects of human histone proteins H2A and H2B on Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes. Infect Immun. 2011. 79(3):1124-33.
- Wanderley, J.L.M., E. D. Carlsen, Y. Chen, P. Deolindo, Y. Wang, M. A Barcinski, and L. Soong. CD4+ T cell-dependent, non-polarized macrophage activation modulates PS exposure on intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis. Infect Immun. In revision.
- Eaves-Pyles S, Patel J, Cong Y, Cao A, Garg N, Dhiman M, Pyles RB, Miller A, Bowick G, Soong L, Carlsen E, Popov V, Almeida I. The immunomodulatory role of cystatin-9 in pulmonary tularemia. PNAS. In preparation.
- E. D. Carlsen, C. Hay , C. Henard , V. L. Popov , N. Garg, L. Soong. Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes trigger neutrophil activation, but resist neutrophil microbicidal mechanisms. Infect Immun. Under review.
Presentations:
- Vargas-Inchaustegui DA, Carlsen E, Espinosa D, Tulliano G, Pacheco R, Llanos-Cuentas A, Arevalo J, and Soong L. The expression of inflammatory mediators and its association with the susceptibility to mucosal leishmaniasis in Peru. Presented at the IHII/McLaughlin Colloquium, UTMB, 2009
- Vargas-Inchaustegui DA, Carlsen E, Espinosa D, Tulliano G, Pacheco R, Llanos-Cuentas A, Arevalo J, and Soong L. The expression of inflammatory mediators and its association with the susceptibility to mucosal leishmaniasis in Peru. Presented at the National Student Research Forum, UTMB, 2009
- ED Carlsen, CL Hay, Y Liang, C Yang, J Sun, L Soong. Enhanced leishmaniasis pathogenesis through type I interferon signaling. Presented at the IHII/McLaughlin Colloquium, UTMB, 2012
Hobbies or just something about yourself in general:
I enjoy music, cooking, cycling, hiking, camping, and hunting.
I enjoy music, cooking, cycling, hiking, camping, and hunting.
