News

August 28, 2023
Veronica gave a fantastic thesis talk last Friday followed by a fun celebration with lab alum Lindsey. At this rate we won't have any students left soon!
July 21, 2023
Lindsey defended her thesis today with the support of lab alums Paola and Than. Looking forward to all the great work she'll do at the IGI!
June 30, 2023
Rachel Rock's art won our annual t-shirt contest yet again, narrowly beating this masterpiece of AI art.
June 16, 2023
I'm thrilled to officially be part of the microbiology club, so happy I was introduced to the wonders of microbial ecology way back in grad school. 
May 16, 2022
Well, maybe not on time, but the lab shirts, knitted flagella, and wire bacteriophage were a hit!
October 07, 2021
Our lab is excited to welcome Lorenzo Ramirez, who will be working in the lab during his senior year thanks to SF BUILD.
September 20, 2021
We're excited to welcome Christine, who's joining us for her postdoctoral studies after training with Elaine Hsiao. Looking forward to learning move about the gut-brain axis!
June 14, 2021
Jordan will be missed! Just a few more days and then it's off to Penn State University and a lab of his very own. Looking forward to the exciting work to come!
June 14, 2021
Farewell to Kathy Lam, master of cats, genetics, and art. We'll miss your rigorous experiments and pain-stakingly crafted figures. 
April 01, 2021
When it rains it pours! Welcome to Laura Dwyer and Carla Espinoza. Laura will be working with Vaibhav on his adventures with bifidobacteria, while Carla plans to dive deep into biochemistry and structural biology with Ben.
February 01, 2021
Welcome to our amazing City College of San Francisco interns Liz Guo and Aliyah Peterson, who will be working with Cecilia and Ben, respectively.
January 29, 2021
We're excited to welcome our first pandemic rotation student, Rachel Rock, who is doing some fascinating work on sex differences in autoimmune diseases and their links to the gut microbiome.

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