LBRN Core Personnel
Admin Core
K Gus Kousoulas
Principal Investigator/Program Director Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine vtgusk@lsu.edu
Seetharama Jois
Program Coordinator Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine sjois@lsu.edu
Ojasvi Dutta
Program Manager Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine odutta@lsu.edu
Nayong Kim
Assistant Director Louisiana State University, Center for Computation and Technology nykim@cct.lsu.edu (225) 578-5486
Bratie Leary
Business Coordinator bleary@lsu.edu
BBC Core
Christopher Taylor
DSBC2 Core Director Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
Mehedi Hasan
Co-Director Louisiana State University mhasan10@lsu.edu
Paul Kim
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology Georgia State University kimp@gram.edu
Matthew Hayes
Associate Director Xavier University of Louisiana mhayes5@xula.edu
Emmanuelle Ruiz
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine eruiz10@lsu.edu
Dr. Urska Cvek
Associate Director Louisiana State University Shreveport
MCBR Core
Young Hwan Lee
MCBR Co-Director Louisiana State University, Biological Sciences
Vladimir Chouljenko
MCBR Co-Director LSU School of Veterinary Medicine vchoul1@lsu.edu
Harikrishnan Mohan
Laison/Protein Core Associate Director Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine
Srinivas Garlapati
MCBRC Laison University of Louisiana at Monroe Antigenic variation in the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia Pilot Project garlapati@ulm.edu
Sanjay Batra
MCBRC Laison Southern University and A&M College sanjay_batra@subr.edu
Christopher Beachy
MCBRC Laison Southern University and A&M College christopher.beachy@selu.edu
Waneene Dorsey
MCBRC Laison Georgia State University dorseywc@gram.edu
David Burk
MCBRC Laison Louisiana State University/Pennington Biomedical Research Center David.Burk@pbrc.edu
Rebecca Giorno-McConnell
MCBRC Laison Louisiana Tech University rgiorno@latech.edu
Project Investigators
Currently Funded PIs
Srinivas Garlapati
MCBRC Laison University of Louisiana at Monroe Antigenic variation in the protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia Pilot Project garlapati@ulm.edu
Mary Caldorera-Moore
Louisiana Tech University Multifunctional Living Stem Cell-Laden Hydrogel Networks for Directed Tissue Regeneration
Nektarios Barabutis
University of Louisiana at Monroe Protective role of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone Antagonists in Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction
Vladimir Kolesnichenko
Xavier University of Louisiana Full Project Nano particulate magnetic imaging Agents for Cancer Diagnostic
Omer Soysal
Southeastern Louisiana University Full Project MindPrint: Exploring uniqueness of individuals' brain signals
Dr. Stassi DiMaggio
Xavier University of Louisiana Development of a Targeted Photorelease Drug Delivery System Full Project scdimagg@xula.edu
JUSTIN ANDERSON
South Eastern Louisiana University Effects of environmental contaminants on mosquito development & virus replication Startup Project justin.anderson-3@selu.edu
James Cho
South Eastern Louisiana University The Development of the 'Fight Bacteria with Bacteria (F2B)' Methodology: Using Current Pathogenic Bacteria Models to
Dr. TAMJIDUL HOQUE MD
University of New Orleans Exploring Toggle Proteins: Bridging Ordered and Disordered States with Explanatory Insight Pilot Project thoque@uno.edu
Previously Funded PIs
Seetharama Jois
Program Coordinator Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine sjois@lsu.edu
Paul Kim
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology Georgia State University kimp@gram.edu
Rami Al-Horani
Xavier University of Louisiana Inhibition of Factor XIIIa by Sulfonated Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics as Potential Avenue to Novel Anticoagulants
Shuju Bai
Southern University and A&M College, Department of Computer Science Modeling Protein-Substrate Interactions in the Lipoxygenase Family Using Computational Approaches
Dr. Jean Christopher Chamcheu
University of Louisiana at Monroe Full Project Development of fisetin as a novel inhibitor co-targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR/Rac1 and IL-17A for Treating Psoriasis
Cory Coehoorn
Louisiana State University Shreveport Pilot Project Impact of rapid heat acquisition on neural function, decision-making, stress, and inflammation.
LBRN Steering Committee
K. Gus Kousoulas (Chair)
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
Connie Walton
GSU waltoncr@gram.edu
Patrick Mensah/Michal Stubfield
SUBR patrick_mensah@subr.edu
Danielle McCarthy
SELU tgolding@southeastern.edu
Dr. Ashwith Chilvery
XULA achilver@xula.edu
Dr. Mark Arant
ULM arant@ulm.edu
Committee Members
LBRN External Advisory Committee
Carolyn Bohach
University of Idaho cbohach@uidaho.edu
Stephen J. Cutler
University of South Carolina SJCUTLER@cop.sc.edu
Rafael Luna
Novartis (Earlier Boston College) raf.luna@novartis.com
Ram Samudrala
Buffalo University ram@compbio.org
Micgh Luftig
Duke University micah.luftig@duke.edu