IDP Students


	Advanced Concentration	Immunology & Microbiology
	Mentor	Clayton E. Mathews, Ph.D.
	Department	Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
	Enrolled	August 2007
	Lab Room	R4-183
	Email	yaima85@ufl.edu


Education
B.S., Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida
Dissertation Research

Publications
Lemos, J. A., Y. Luzardo, and R. A. Burne. 2007. Physiologic effects of forced down-regulation of dnaK and groEL expression in Streptococcus mutans. J. Bacteriol. 189:1582-1588. abstract
Abstracts Presented at Meetings
Y. Luzardo, J. Chen, J. Contreras, F. Levine, and C. E. Mathews. Potential of blox5 Cell Line in Cell-Mediated Human Beta Cell Death Assays. Abstract for Poster Presentation. American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2009
Y. Luzardo, J. A. Lemos, and R. A. Burne. The grpE-dnaK Intergenic Region of Streptococcus mutans Is Required for Optimal Expression of DnaK. Abstract for Poster Presentation. 107th American Society for Microbiologists General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2007.
Honors & Awards
2009 UF Medical Guild Research Incentive Award
2009 UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grant
2009 UF Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology Concentration Travel Grant
2008 Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Award, NIDDK, NIH
2007 Alumni Graduate Fellowship, UF College of Medicine