Our Students
Jose Aceves-Salvador
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Moffitt Lab, 2021
Natalia Andreeva
Immunology
Garrett and Yilmaz Labs, 2021
Justin Bae
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine and Moffitt Labs, 2021
I study the regrowth of Salmonella persisters with spatial transcriptomics.
Daniela Barraza
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Watnick Lab, 2018
The aim of my project is to understand the mechanisms by which the gut microbiota regulates host metabolism.
Sarah Bier
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Mekalanos Lab, 2019
I study regulation of Type 6 Secretion Systems
Anna Brogan
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rudner Lab, 2020
Anh Cao
Immunology
Kagan Lab, 2018
I am investigating mechanisms of intercellular communication within dendritic cell network to spread and amplify danger signals.
Rita Chan
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rakoff-Nahoum Lab, 2019
I study microbiology and microbial ecology in the female reproductive tract
Daniela Coronado
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Kasper Lab, 2019
I am studying the microbiome's impact on immunology.
Tanner DeHart
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2021
Laurent Dubois
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2019
Stephen Early
Chemical Biology
Kahne Lab, 2020
I study the assembly and dynamics of the Lipopolysaccharide transporter (Lpt) in Gram-negative bacteria.
Dwayne Evans
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Walker Lab, 2018
I study the mechanisms of and drug targets for cell wall and cell envelope synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.
Zoe Feder
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Hochschild Lab, 2019
I study protein-based inheritance in bacteria.
Elayne Fivenson
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2017
The general aim of my research is to understand the mechanisms of cell wall synthesis and shape maintenance in the gram negative bacterium Escherichia coli.
Abigail Frey
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Fortune Lab, 2021
I am utilizing the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for a new understanding of its virulence mechanisms.
Rachel Giorgio
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2018
I study the role of dendritic cells in Salmonella persistence.
Virginia Glick
Chemical Biology
Gopinath Lab, 2021
Emily Goering
Immunology
Hung Lab, 2018
Investigating the role of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation in the control of systemic Salmonella Typhimurium infection using a zebrafish model.
Karthik Hullahalli
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Waldor Lab, 2018
I study how bacterial pathogens adapt under pressure from the host immune system.
Dominick Jenkins
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2021
Jordan Jensen
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Huttenhower Lab, 2020
Johnathan Kepple
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Bernhardt Lab, 2020
I study outer membrane homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Jenny Kim
Chemical Biology
Helaine and Walker Labs, 2019
I am studying the mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus persistence both in vitro and during macrophage infection.
Duncan Kountz
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2017
Microorganisms consume a wide variety of chemical substrates from which they extract energy using chemically innovative strategies. I study the chemical and metabolic logic of these transformations as well as their ecological and medical relevance.
Gavin Kuziel
Chemical Biology
Rakoff-Nahoum Lab, 2017
The human diet is instrumental in both driving the composition and dynamics of the gut microbiome and in the development of diverse human diseases. I seek to understand how bacterial metabolism of dietary factors drives microbe-microbe interactions and impacts host immunity.
Valentina Lagomarsino
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rao Lab, 2018
I study microbial regulation of colonic motility through reactivation of androgens.
Andrea Lebron Figueroa
Immunology
Starnbach Lab, 2021
Hyunho Lee
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2021
Examining combinatorial effects of gut microbiome metabolites.
Claudia Liu
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2021
Jane Liu
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Fortune Lab, 2019
Bri Manning
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Higgins Lab, 2021
I am interested in the regulatory response of bacterial virulence factors during intracellular infection.
Maximillian Marin
Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Farhat Lab, 2017
I am interested in developing genomics methods for studying the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Morgan Martin
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Gopinath Lab, 2020
I am interested in studying host immunity in the context of the vaginal microbiome. My project currently investigates vaginal, lactobacilli-mediated effects on the host immune response.
Megan McCurry
Chemical Biology
Devlin Lab, 2017
I'm studying how gut bacteria metabolize endogenous steroid hormones and how the produced metabolites affect human health.
Kerry McGowen
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Rubin Lab, 2018
I am interested in studying ribosome heterogeneity and leaderless translation in Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Cait Moffatt
Molecules, Cells, and Organisms
Kahne Lab, 2020
I am interested in how Gram negative bacteria transport LPS to the cell surface.
Joanna Olivas
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Starnbach Lab, 2016
My research focuses on defining the role of IFNy induced Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II expression on uterus non-hematopoietic cells during Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
Julia Page
Chemical Biology - MD/PhD
Walker Lab, 2018
Like other Gram-positive bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus is surrounded by a peptidoglycan cell wall that is built and maintained by the coordinated action of synthases and hydrolases. I am working on a novel glucosaminidase complex in S. aureus.
Youngseon Park
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Walker Lab, 2019
My work focuses on determining how FtsW activity is regulated in the divisome and identify its inhibitors
Elizabeth Perez
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Higgins Lab, 2019
Host factors contribute to the rise and fall of Listeria monocytogenes during intracellular infection. I am determining what roles these host factors may play in host defense or L. monocytogenes virulence.
Bailey Plaman
Chemical Biology
Kahne Lab, 2020
I am interested in the mechanism of how LPS transport is coupled to ATP hydrolysis in the lipopolysaccharide transporter.
Natalia Quinones-Olvera
Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Baym Lab, 2017
I am interested in mobile genetic elements and their role in the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
Nicole Reinhold-Larsson
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Starnbach Lab, 2019
I plan to investigate the molecular mechanisms of Chlamydia pathogenesis through the development/optimization of Chlamydia genetic manipulation techniques and an eukaryotic cell based Chlamydia gene library.
Ian Roney
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rudner Lab, 2016
I study how the gram positive model organism Bacillus subtilis regulates cell envelope assembly.
Dan Rubin
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Grad Lab, 2019
I'm working on antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Baylee Russell
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2020
I study phage-microbe interactions in the gut and how these dynamics may impact the host.
Ari Sarfatis
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Moffitt Lab, 2019
I develop techologies to enable massively multiplexed transcriptome profiling in bacteria.
Molly Sargen
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2019
Bailey Schultz
Chemical Biology
Walker Lab, 2018
I study proteins involved in the modification of cell envelope components in Staphylococcus aureus.
Mia Sievers
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2020
Tyler Sisley
Chemical Biology
Walker Lab, 2018
I study cell cycle regulation and cell wall biosynthetic machinery in Staphylococcus aureus.
Eric Snow
Chemical Biology
Walker Lab, 2020
I study modifications of the cell wall in Gram positive and Gram negative organisms.
Hailee Sorensen
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2021
My work focuses on Salmonella persister cells and how they may be involved in recurrent infections.
Sydney Stanley
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Fortune Lab, 2018
I am interested in assessing the mechanisms by which antibodies and neuro-immunomodulators can restrict Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival.
Madeleine Stone
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Walker Lab, 2017
I am studying lipoteichoic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.
Kathy Suarez
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2019
Daphne Sun
Systems Biology
Grad Lab, 2016
I am studying the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Melissa Tran
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Devlin Lab, 2020
Brooke Travis
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Girguis Lab, 2021
Assessing host physiology in response to the presence of symbiotic relationships in deep sea animals.
Manasvi Verma
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2020
Katie Westervelt
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Goldberg Lab, 2019
We are developing in vitro methods to better understand various selective pressures on Neisseria gonorrhoeae across the niches it is transmitted between.
Harim Won
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Rubin Lab, 2018
With ever-increasing incidence of MDR-TB, there is an urgent need for novel TB therapeutics. Conserved bacterial proteases – many of which are essential – present an interesting and underdeveloped set of potential targets. Using genetic and biochemical approaches, I study the fundamental biology of protein degradation systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and how they can be targeted for antibiotic development.
Rosalind Xu
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Moffitt Lab, 2018
My work focuses on mapping host-microbe interactions through spatial transcriptomics
Evan Yang
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Moffitt Lab, 2019
My work focuses on expanding MERFISH, a spatial transcriptomics technology that leverages optical barcodes, to track unique molecular identifiers in situ.