Sixto  M.  Leal Jr.

Entering Class: 2006
PhD Program: Pathology
Advisor: Eric Pearlman
Laboratory: Pathology Rm 103

Undergraduate Institution: Florida International University
Hometown: Miami, FL.

Research Interests: Bugs, Host Defense, and Immunopathology

About me: Good food, good science, good tennis, good friends, good times

Comment about the MSTP program: Med School's cool, Cleveland grows on you after a while, and the MSTP rocks

Featured Publication: S.M. Leal, Jr., S. Hastings, Y-C Hsia, M.A. Ghannoum, M. Momany, and E. Pearlman. 2009 Distinct Roles for Dectin-1 and TLR4 in the pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis. Submitted to PLoS Pathogens.

Additional Publications:

Pearlman, E., S.M. Leal, Jr., M. Momany and M.A. Ghannoum 2009. Pathogenesis of Fungal keratitis. In: Encyclopedia of the Eye (J. Niederkorn, Ed). In Press.

A. Adonizio, S. M. Leal, Jr., F. Ausubel, and K. Mathee. (2008) Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by medicinal plants in a Caenorhabditis elegans model system. Journal of Medical Microbiology 57:809-813.

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