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	Ms. Fahmi Hasan
	US Training at Einstein: Dec. 2007 - Aug. 2008 Position: Visiting Fellow Home Country: India Position in Home Country: Graduate Student, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India India Mentor: Dr. Immaculata Xess US Host Lab Mentor: Dr. Bettina Fries Current Position: Graduate Student, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
	Ms. Hasan's research project was aimed at "Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Candida species". The collaborative research that Ms. Fahmi conducted with Dr. Bettina Fries as the US mentor, led to three publications including one first author, one middle author and one review. After defending her thesis she is planning to work as post doctorate fellow. Publication from AITRP research: Jain, N, Hasan, F. and Fries, B. C. (2008) Phenotypic switching in fungi. Current Fungal Infection Report 2:180-188. F. Hasan, I. Xess, X. Wang, N. Jain, B. Fries (2009) Biofilm formation in clinical Candida isolates and its association with virulence. Microbes and Infection 11:753-61. Epub 2009 May 4. N. Jain, E. Cook, I. Xess, F. Hasan, D. Fries and Bettina C. Fries (2009) Isolation and characterization of senescent C. neoformans and its implications for phenotypic switching and the pathogenesis of chronic cryptococcosis. Eukaryot Cell 8:858-66. Epub 2009 May 1