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Contributors to this web siteKarin
Everett
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Karin D Everson Everett is a molecular
microbiologist who previously worked in industry as a technical writer.
Her doctoral studies produced the first experimentally supported model of
chlamydial cell wall structure. Investigation of genetic and phylogenetic
diversity in the order Chlamydiales led to collaborations with
researchers worldwide and culminated in the publication of molecular and
phenotypic standards for chlamydial species, genera and families. Her
interest in non-human chlamydial hosts was sparked by her discovery of an
intron in the 23S rRNA of Simkania negevensis and by findings of
diverse chlamydiae in amoebae and other environmental microorganisms. This
led to work on the obligately pathogenic ciliate Ichthyophthirius
multifiliis and study of microbial diversity in marine salt marshes.
Her research objective is to obtain genetic, biological and pathological data for chlamydial parasites so that conserved functional traits can be identified. Chlamydiales mechanisms of virulence and intracellular parasitism can then be correlated with the epidemiology of infection and disease, improving our ability to manage these bacteria. Dr Everett has two sons who are studying computer science, engineering and economics at the University of Georgia. Her daughter will attend the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs in the fall of 2002.
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