C.V.
Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-present), Dept. of Biology, Penn State University
Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (2019), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with Dr. Sabra Klein
MSPH in Tropical Medicine (2012), Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
B.S. in Biology (2006), Portland State University
Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-present), Dept. of Biology, Penn State University
Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (2019), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with Dr. Sabra Klein
MSPH in Tropical Medicine (2012), Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
B.S. in Biology (2006), Portland State University
Research interests
Publications
vom Steeg LG, Flores-Garcia Y, Zavala F, Klein SL. Irradiated sporozoite vaccination induces sex-specific immune responses and protection against malaria in mice. Vaccine. 2019 (* accepted for publication 6.24.19).
Potluri T, Fink AL, Silvia KE, Dhakal S, Vermillion MS, vom Steeg LG, Deshpande S, Narasimhan H, Klein SL. Age-associated changes in the impact of steroids on influenza vaccine responses in males and females. npj Vaccines. 2019 (* accepted for publication 6.11.19)
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex and sex steroids impact influenza pathogenesis across the life course. Seminars in Immunopathology. 2019 Mar;41(2):189-194. doi: 10.1007/s00281-018-0718-5
Vermillion MS, Ursin R, Kuok D, vom Steeg LG, Wohlgemuth N, Hall, OJ, Fink A, Sasse E, Nelson A, Ndeh R, McGrath-Morrow S, Mitzner W, Chan M, Pekosz A, Klein SL. Production of amphiregulin and recovery from influenza is greater in males than females. Biology of sex differences. 2018 Jul 17;9(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13293-018-0184-8
Vermillion MS, Nelson A, vom Steeg LG, Loube J, Mitzner W, Klein SL. Pregnancy preserves pulmonary function following influenza virus infection in C57BL/6 mice. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2018. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00066.201
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex steroids mediate bidirectional interactions between hosts and microbes. Hormones and Behavior. 2017. Feb;88:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.016
Potluri T, Engle K, Fink A, vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex reporting in preclinical microbiology and immunological research. Invited commentary for mBio. 2017 Nov 14;8(6). doi: 10.1128/mBio.01868-17
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. SeXX matters in infectious disease pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 2016. 12(2):e1004374. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005374
vom Steeg LG, Vermillion MS, Hall OJ, Alam O, McFarland R, Chen H, Zirkin B, Klein SL. Age & testosterone mediate influenza pathogenesis in male mice. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2016. Dec 1;311(6):L1234-L1244. doi: 10.1152 /ajplung.00352.201
vom Steeg LG, Flores-Garcia Y, Zavala F, Klein SL. Irradiated sporozoite vaccination induces sex-specific immune responses and protection against malaria in mice. Vaccine. 2019 (* accepted for publication 6.24.19).
Potluri T, Fink AL, Silvia KE, Dhakal S, Vermillion MS, vom Steeg LG, Deshpande S, Narasimhan H, Klein SL. Age-associated changes in the impact of steroids on influenza vaccine responses in males and females. npj Vaccines. 2019 (* accepted for publication 6.11.19)
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex and sex steroids impact influenza pathogenesis across the life course. Seminars in Immunopathology. 2019 Mar;41(2):189-194. doi: 10.1007/s00281-018-0718-5
Vermillion MS, Ursin R, Kuok D, vom Steeg LG, Wohlgemuth N, Hall, OJ, Fink A, Sasse E, Nelson A, Ndeh R, McGrath-Morrow S, Mitzner W, Chan M, Pekosz A, Klein SL. Production of amphiregulin and recovery from influenza is greater in males than females. Biology of sex differences. 2018 Jul 17;9(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13293-018-0184-8
Vermillion MS, Nelson A, vom Steeg LG, Loube J, Mitzner W, Klein SL. Pregnancy preserves pulmonary function following influenza virus infection in C57BL/6 mice. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2018. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00066.201
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex steroids mediate bidirectional interactions between hosts and microbes. Hormones and Behavior. 2017. Feb;88:45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.016
Potluri T, Engle K, Fink A, vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. Sex reporting in preclinical microbiology and immunological research. Invited commentary for mBio. 2017 Nov 14;8(6). doi: 10.1128/mBio.01868-17
vom Steeg LG, and Klein SL. SeXX matters in infectious disease pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 2016. 12(2):e1004374. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005374
vom Steeg LG, Vermillion MS, Hall OJ, Alam O, McFarland R, Chen H, Zirkin B, Klein SL. Age & testosterone mediate influenza pathogenesis in male mice. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2016. Dec 1;311(6):L1234-L1244. doi: 10.1152 /ajplung.00352.201
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