Minna Ding
Email:Â ding0172@umn.edu
Entering class:Â 2017
Education:Â Â
University of California, Los Angeles
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics major, Biomedical Research minor
B.S., 2016
Honors and Awards:
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2021-2025
MSTP Student Governance:
- Student Advisory Committee, 2018-2020
Thesis Advisor: Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D.
Thesis Research
Understanding the adaptive host immune response to latent C. neoformans infections
Publications (pubmed)
Ding M, Smith KD, Wiesner DL, Nielsen JN, Jackson KM, Nielsen K. Use of Clinical Isolates to Establish Criteria for a Mouse Model of Latent Cryptococcus neoformans Infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Feb 2;11:804059. PMCID: PMC8847453
Altamirano S, Li Z, Fu MS, Ding M, Fulton SR, Yoder JM, Tran V, Nielsen K. The Cyclin Cln1 Controls Polyploid Titan Cell Formation following a Stress-Induced G 2 Arrest in Cryptococcus. 2021 Oct 26;12(5):e0250921. PMCID: PMC8510536
Work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Kaplan A, Lee MW, Wolf AJ, Limon JJ, Becker CA, Ding M, Murali R, Lee EY, Liu GY, Wong GCL, Underhill DM. Direct Antimicrobial Activity of IFN-β. J Immunol. 2017 May 15;198(10):4036-4045. PMCID: PMC5469413