Postdoctoral Research Associate As a graduate student, Nathan employed Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer's yeast) as a model organism to study the effects of bacterial secreted effector proteins on host cell biology. As a postdoc, Nathan studies the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, focusing primarily on hyphal morphogenesis and its relation to sexual reproduction and virulence. Education: PhD in Microbiology, 2020, University of Georgia BS in Biology, 2015, Louisiana State University BS in Physics, 2013, Louisiana State University Research Labs (via personnel): Xiaorong Lin Labs: Lin Lab Selected Publications Selected Publications: Glueck NK, O'Brien KM, Seguin DC, Starai VJ. Legionella pneumophila LegC7 effector protein drives aberrant endoplasmic reticulum:endosome contacts in yeast. Traffic. 2021;22(8):284-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/tra.12807 J Lin, T Pham, K Hipsher, N Glueck, Y Fan, X Lin. Immunoprotection against Cryptococcosis Offered by Znf2 Depends on Capsule and the Hyphal Morphology. 2022;13(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02785-21
