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Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-
Degree
Ph.D. in chemistry
Unfair advantage: Knows chemical shifts
Interests: Function of microbial metabolism in interactionsPicture
Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2021-
Degree
Ph.D.
Unfair advantage: Knows what the gut-brain axis is
Interests: Role of the microbiome in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseasePicture
Position
Lab Manager, 2017-
Degree
B.A. Microbiology
Unfair advantage: makes the best lab signs, infinite patience
Interests: training and assisting the next generation of microbiologistsPicture
Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-present
Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition
Unfair advantage: Knows what we should eat
Interests: Impact of diet on the microbiome's role in cancer therapyPicture
Position
Infectious Disease Fellow (joint w/Phil Rosenthal), 2023-
Degree
MD/PhD
Unfair advantage: Remembers your pets, hobbies, recent travel, and insect exposures
Interests: Effect of gut and vaginal microbiota on birth outcomesPicture
Position
Postdoctoral Scholar
Degree
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Unfair advantage: Knows what fugacity is
Interests: Microbially driven chemical transformations in gutPicture
Position
Director, UCSF Gnotobiotic Core, 2014-
Degree
Ph.D. Molecular Cell Biology, B.Sc. Biology
Unfair advantage: can coordinate dozens of projects at once
Interests: accelerating and improving gnotobioticsPicture
Position
BMS MSTP student, 2022-
Degree
B.A.
Unfair advantage: Great at maths
Interests: bacterial interactions, bioinformatics, bioactivesPicture
Position
Junior Specialist, 2023-
Degree
BA
Unfair advantage: Knows the secret to Blue Bottle coffee
Interests: Measuring and isolating microbial bioactivesPicture
Position
DSCB MSTP student, 2024-
Degree
B.A.
Unfair advantage: Wakes up early
Interests: Diet effects on the microbiome and metabolismPicture
Position
Professor, 2014-
Degree
Ph.D. in Genomics, B.A. in Biochemistry, Minor in Film Studies
Unfair advantage: was in the room where it happened
Interests: predicting and controlling the metabolism of complex microbial communitiesPicture
Position
BMS Graduate Student, 2021-
Degree
B.A. in Biology, NSF Graduate Fellow
Unfair advantage: Can think like a mouse
Interests: Sexually dimorphic host-microbiome interactionsPicture
Position
Tetrad Graduate Student, 2024-
Degree
B.A.
Unfair advantage: Unfazed by the odors of gastrointestinal research
Interests: Host and bacterial metabolic interactionsPicture
Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024-
Degree
PhD
Unfair advantage: Has real training in cancer biology
Interests: Altering the microbiome to improve cancer therapyPicture
Position
Assistant Professor, 2018-
Degree
M.D., Ph.D.
Unfair advantage: Never vaped before
Interests: Ketogenesis, ethnicity, COVID-19Picture
Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2023-
Degree
Ph.D. in food science
Unfair advantage: Can KO a gene in a day
Interests: Microbiome editing, developing genetic tools