Name: Callie Scull
Year in Program: 4th
Department: MIP
Mentor: Guoshun Wang
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Education: BS from Nicholls State University
Past Research Experience: 1. Isolation of bacteriophage capable of lysing antibiotic resistant Klebsiella pneumonae 2. Detection of MRSA at various salinities in Bayou Water of South Louisiana
Current Research Interest: Mucosal Immunology. Exploration of how the innate immune defects contribute to the intestinal disease seen in cystic fibrosis mice.
Publications:
Scull. C. How the immune defect and epithelial defect contribute to CF. Nature Portfolio Microbiology
Community. https://go.nature.com/3U3QF9X
C. Scull, M. Luo, S. Jennings, C. Taylor, G. Wang. Cystic fibrosis epithelial defect and immune defect influence intestinal microbiota differentially (2022). Abstract publication in the supplement to the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
S. Jennings, Y. Hu, D. Wellems, M. Luo, C. Scull, C. Taylor, W. Nauseef, G Wang. Neutrophil defect and pathogen selection in cystic fibrosis. (2022). Abstract publication in the supplement to the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Y. Hu, C. Bojanowski, D. Wellems, K. Song, C. Scull, S. Jennings, J. Li ,J. Kolls , W. Nauseef , G. Wang Molecular signatures of human neutrophils from healthy subjects and people with cystic fibrosis. (2022) Abstract publication in the supplement to the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
C. Scull, M. Luo, S. Jennings, C. Taylor, G. Wang. CF innate immune defect affects CF intestinal microbiota (2021) Abstract publication
in the supplement to the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Scull, C.E., Luo, M., Jennings, S. et al. Cftr deletion in mouse epithelial and immune cells differentially influence the intestinal
microbiota. Commun Biol 5, 1130 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04101-5
What makes you unique? I am a certified yoga instructor. When I am not in lab I like to spend my time eating beignets, or being outdoors doing yoga, camping, or, my most favorite- mountain biking.