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	Glen Palmer, PhD Assistant Professor Oral and Craniofacial Biology Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology 1100 Florida Avenue LSUHSC School of Dentistry New Orleans, LA 70119 Phone: (504) 941-8005 Fax: (504) 941-8319 E-mail: gpalme@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	BSc Genetics - 1997 University of Sheffield, U.K. PhD Genetics - 2001 University of Leicester, U.K.
Bio	Dr. Palmer graduated with a BSc degree in Genetics from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 1997. In 2001 he graduated with a PhD from the Genetics department of the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. From 2001 to 2004 he conducted Postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Joy Sturtevant, at both Georgetown University in Washington DC, and at LSUHSC, New Orleans. In 2004 Dr. Palmer was promoted to Assistant Professor within the department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC, New Orleans. In 2008, he transferred to the department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology at LSUHSC School of Dentistry in New Orleans. Research Interests: Dr. Palmers research addresses the mechanisms by which pathogenic fungi adapt to the mammalian host and differentiate during colonization and infection. In particular the research focuses on the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans. Current studies are investigating the role played by the fungal vacuole in mediating yeast-hypha differentiation, survival within host cells such as macrophages, and invasion of host tissues.
Research Interests	Mechanisms of fungal adaptation and differentiation during colonization and infection of the mammalian host
Selected Publications	Wozniak, K.L., Palmer, G.E., Kutner, R. and Fidel, P.L., Immunotherapeutic approaches to enhance protective immunity against Candida vaginitis., Medical Mycology, 43:589-601, 2005. Palmer, G.E., Kelly, M.N., and Sturtevant, J., The Candida albicans vacuole is, Eukaryotic Cell, 4:1677-86, 2005. Palmer, G.E., and Sturtevant, J., Random mutagenesis of an essential Candida albicans gene., Current Genetics, 46:343-356, 2004. Palmer, G.E., Johnson, K.J., Ghosh, S and Sturtevant, J., Mutant alleles of the essential 14-3-3 gene in Candida albicans demonstrate varying defects in growth and filamentation., Microbiology, 150:1911-1924, 2004. Palmer, G.E., Cashmore, A. and J. Sturtevant., Germtube formation in Candida albicans is dependent on vacuole function, Eukaryotic Cell, 2:411-421, 2003. Palmer, G.E., Kelly, M.N. and Sturtevant, J.E., Role of autophagy in morphogeneis and virulence of Candida albicans., Manuscript accepted for publication in Microbiology , .
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