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Tamara Lea Doering is an American microbiologist known for her research in Cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogenic fungus. She is currently a professor of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine. ^[1]

Early life and education

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Doering earned her bachelor's degree with honors from Johns Hopkins University in 1983. She completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, earning her MD PhD in 1991. Under the supervision of Paul Englund and Gerald W. Hart, she conducted her doctoral research on the biosynthesis of GPI anchors in African trypanosomes.

Career and research

After receiving her doctorate degree, Doering continued her training as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley with Randy Schekman, where she studied the intracellular transport of GPI-anchored proteins in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

In 1997, Doering became an assistant professor of pharmacology at Cornell University Medical College. In 1999, she joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine. Doering became a professor of molecular microbiology in 2011. Currently, she is the Alumni Endowed Professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Washington University in St. Louis.

Doering's research focuses on the fundamental biology and host interactions of Cryptococcus neoformans, a pathogenic fungus that primarily causes meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. ^[2] One area of research in her lab is the polysaccharide capsule which surrounds the surface of C. neoformans and is the main cryptococcal virulence factor. Her lab studies capsule biosynthesis, as well as the synthesis of other glycoconjugates.

The Doering lab also studies host interactions of C. neoformans as well as regulation of capsule synthesis.

Awards and honors

• President, Academic Women’s Network of Washington University School of Medicine (2015-2016) ^[3]
• External Advisory Committee, National Center for Functional Glycomics (2014 - ) ^[4]
• Alumni Endowed Professorship, Washington University School of Medicine (2013 - )
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (2013)
• Advisory Committee, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (2011-2019)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)
• Steering Committee, Consortium for Functional Glycomics (2007-2012)
• Advisory Board Member, European Consortium for Fungal Cell Wall (2005-2008)
• Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (2005)
• Mentor Award, Academic Women’s Network (2004)
• Craig Faculty Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine (2000-2005)
• Burroughs Wellcome New Investigator Award in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology (2000-2003)
• Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences (1996-2000)
• Miller Institute Fellowship Award for Basic Research in Science (1993-1995)
• National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (1993)

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