Adam Spaulding

E-mail: spaul021@umn.edu

Year entered: 2008

Thesis Advisor: Patrick Schlievert

Degrees received:
B.S., University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Thesis Research:

Infective endocarditis is a disease that occurs worldwide. One of the leading causative agents is Staphylococcus aureus, especially common in elderly patients (Yok et al. 2002). My research will be focused on Staphylococcal endocarditis, and the roles that the different Staphylococcal toxins (TSST-1, alpha-toxin, gamma-toxin) play in the disease.

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