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I am currently taking a graduate class at the University of Pittsburgh in the Biological Sciences Department. I also work as a Research Assistant in Infectious Disease research at Magee Womens Research Institute. I have my B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh.

Publications:

B. J. Moncla, K. Pryke, and Charles E. Isaacs. Killing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus), Haemophilus ducreyi, and Vaginal Lactobacillus by 3-O-Octyl-sn-Glycerol. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2008 52: 1577-1579.

Bernard J Moncla and Kara M Pryke. Oleate lipase activity in Gardnerella vaginalis and reconsideration of existing biotype schemes. BMC Microbiology (accepted April 2009).