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Medical Scientist Training Program
Kathryn Smith

Kathryn Taquet

G4 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Michelle Riehle, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2018

Research Interests

Microbiology and Immunology

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2022-present
Advisor: Michelle Riehle, PhD
Project: Effects of a chromosomal inversion on gene regulation in a major malaria vector. (F30AI188600)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2018-2020
Advisor: Kai Wucherpfennig, MD, PhD
Project: Immunological mechanisms of novel epitope-focused cancer vaccine

University of Notre Dame, 2016-2018
Advisor: Miguel Morales, PhD
Project 1: The role of Leishmania phosphatase PP5 in parasite pathogenicity
Project 2: Efficacy of novel topical ointment on cutaneous leishmaniasis in murine model

Harvard Medical School, Summer 2017
Advisor: Max Nibert, MD, PhD
Project: Beta vulgaris mitovirus 1 in diverse cultivars of beet and chard 

Publications

Zmarlak-Feher NM, Taquet KS, Zakhia R, Pain A, Brito-Fravallo E, Anderson CE, Vernick KD, Mitri C, Riehle MM. Functional characterization of transcriptional enhancers in an Anopheles genetic locus controlling natural resistance to the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Epigenetics Chromatin. 2025 Jun 24;18(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s13072-025-00597-3. PMID: 40551231.

Badrinath S, Dellacherie MO, Li A, Zheng S, Zhang X, Sobral M, Pyrdol JW, Smith KL, Lu Y, Haag S, Ijaz H, Connor-Stroud F, Kaisho T, Dranoff G, Yuan GC, Mooney DJ, Wucherpfennig KW. A vaccine targeting resistant tumours by dual T cell plus NK cell attack. Nature. 2022 May 25. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04772-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35614223.

Vong M, Manny AR, Smith KL, Gao W, Nibert ML. Beta vulgaris mitovirus 1 in diverse cultivars of beet and chard. Virus Res. 2019 Mar 8;265:80-87

Norris-Mullins B, Krivda JS, Smith KL, Ferrell MJ, Morales MA. Leishmania phosphatase PP5 is a regulator of HSP83 phosphorylation and essential for parasite pathogenicity. Parasitol Res. 2018 Sep;117(9):2971-2985

Meeting Abstracts

Taquet K, Zmarlak N, Anderson C, Mitri C, Zakhia R, Vernick K, Riehle M. Chromatin architecture of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles coluzzii. American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2024 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. November 2024. [Poster]. Women in Malaria Conference. March 2025. Virtual. [Poster]

Taquet K, Zmarlak N, Anderson C, Mitri C, Zakhia R, Vernick K, Riehle M. Chromatin architecture of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles coluzzii. American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2024 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. November 2024. [Poster]. Women in Malaria Conference. March 2025. Virtual. [Poster]Taquet K, Taquet L, Nowling RJ, Riehle M. Assessing the effects of data augmentation within the training dataset of a published machine learning TAD boundary prediction model. All Things Data Science Symposium 2024. Milwaukee, WI. April 2024. [Poster]

Zmarlak NM, Eiglmeier K, Holm I, Njoya K, Anderson C, Riehle MM, Vernick KD, Taquet K. Functional Genomic Analysis of Transcriptional Enhancers in the Malaria Vector Anopheles coluzzii. American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. October 2023. [Oral]

General Interests

Photography, fostering kittens, and baking

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