Thao Vo (Graduate Student, Comparative Biomedical Sciences)
Thao is originally from Vietnam. She got her BS in Chemical engineering from LSU. She joined the lab in 2018 and currently pursuing a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences.
Major focus: Effects of airborne pollutants on muco-obstructive lung diseases.
Publications:
Ishita Choudhary, Thao Vo, Kshitiz Paudel, Sonika Patial, and Yogesh Saini. Compartment-specific transcriptomics of ozone-exposed murine lungs reveals sex and cell type-associated perturbations relevant to mucoinflammatory lung diseases (2020). American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2021 Jan 1;320(1):L99-L125.
Poster Presentation:
- Thao Vo, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini. Characterization of a novel mouse model for deletion of a floxed gene in alternatively activated macrophages. American Association of Immunology. May
- Thao Vo and Yogesh Saini. Characterization of a novel mouse model for deletion of floxed gene in alternatively activated macrophages (M2). Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day. LSU-SVM. February 2022.
- Thao Vo, Ishita Choudhary, Kshitiz Paudel, Richa Gupta, Mehmet Kesimer, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini. Vesicular and extravesicular protein signatures from the airspaces of ozone-exposed mice reflect muco-inflammatory disturbances. Society of Toxicology. Mar 2021.
- Thao Vo and Yogesh Saini. Characterization of a novel mouse model for deletion of floxed gene in alternatively activated macrophages (M2). Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day. LSU-SVM. Feb 2021.
- Thao Vo, Brandon Lewis, Allison Kidder, Sonika Patial, and Yogesh Saini. Ozone Exposure Exaggerates Lung Inflammation in Mice with Muco-obstructive Airway Disease. Society of Toxicology. Mar 2020.
- Thao Vo, Brandon Lewis, Allison Kidder, Sonika Patial and Yogesh Saini. Ozone Exposure Exaggerates Lung Inflammation in Mice with Muco-Obstructive Airway Disease. Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day. LSU-SVM. Feb 2019.
- Thao Vo, Brandon Lewis, Ishita Choudhary, Allison Kidder, Chandra Bathula, Sonika Patial and Yogesh Saini. Ozone Exposure Exaggerates Lung Inflammation in Mice with Muco-Obstructive Airway Disease. Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day. LSU-SVM. Feb 2020.
Honors and Awards:
- Heidi Lott Scholarship and Award. Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. December 2022
- Graduate Student Meeting Attendance Grant. Thao Vo, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini. “Sub-chronic ozone exposure disrupts IL-10 production, results in persistent inflammation in Scnn1b-Tg+ mice lung. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. June 2022
- First Prize. Thao Vo and Yogesh Saini. Characterization of a novel mouse model for deletion of floxed gene in alternatively activated macrophages (M2)”. Comparative Biomedical Sciences Departmental Retreat. Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. January 2022
- Graduate Student Support Award. Thao Vo, Ishita Choudhary, Kshitiz Paudel, Richa Gupta, Mehmet Kesimer, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini. “Vesicular and extravesicular protein signatures from the airspaces of ozone-exposed mice reflect muco-inflammatory disturbances”. Society of Toxicology. March 2021
- Third prize-Poster Presentation. Thao Vo, Brandon Lewis, Ishita Choudhary, Kshitiz Paudel, Dhruthi Singamsetty, Richa Lamichhane, Sonika Patial, and Yogesh Saini. “Characterization of a novel mouse model for deletion of floxed gene in alternatively activated macrophages (M2)”. Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day. LSU-SVM. February 2021.
- First Prize-Junior Category. Thao Vo, Brandon Lewis, Ishita Choudhary, Allison Kidder, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini. “Ozone Exposure Exaggerates Lung Inflammation in Mice with Muco-obstructive Airway Disease”. Comparative Biomedical Sciences Departmental Retreat. LSU-SVM. January 2021.
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