This summer three WRA students (Jessie Gruden, Kerri Symes, and Sheila Seetharaman) decided to put their learned skills to the test and so joined the Tuohy Lab at the Lerner Research Institute. Jessie paired up with Dr. Ritika Jaini and has been fortunate enough to help with research involving mouse models of Multiple Sclerosis, protein purification, mouse perfusions and dissections. Kerri has been working with Mr. Justin Johnson (our molecular scientist) involving recombinant DNA, insect cell cultures, and viral assisted delivery of nucleic material. Sheila has been working with me on culturing bacteria and protein purification which will lead up to mouse immunization in an effort to induce an autoimmune response to the ovaries. It has really been great to see our students work so hard and gain so much knowledge this past month and a half. Our principal investigator, Dr. Vincent Tuohy, really seems pleased with the work they’ve done. 
