People
Alex Bishara Alex Bishara
Ph.D. Computer Science, B.S. Engineering and Computer Science
Unfair advantage: knows kung fu
Interests: discovering new drug metabolizing bacteria
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Daryll Gempis Lab Manager, 2017-
B.A. Microbiology
Unfair advantage: makes the best lab signs, infinite patience
Interests: training and assisting the next generation of microbiologists
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Ernesto Valencia Administrative Assistant, 2017-
Unfair advantage: organization skills, lives near Noah’s Bagels
Interests: nurturing a collaborative and efficient research environment
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Jessie A. Turnbaugh Director, UCSF Gnotobiotic Core, 2014-
Ph.D. Molecular Cell Biology, B.Sc. Biology
Unfair advantage: can coordinate dozens of projects at once
Interests: accelerating and improving gnotobiotics
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Jordan Bisanz NSERC fellow, 2015-
Ph.D. in Microbiome research
Unfair advantage: is one with the matrix, excessive taurine intake
Interests: drug transporters, comparative genomics, clinical studies, and many more
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Kathy Lam CIHR Postdoctoral fellow, 2016-
Ph.D. in Biology, Certificate in Bioinformatics
Unfair advantage: makes the best illustrations
Interests: bacteriophage biology and technological applications
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Kimberly Ly Gnotobiotic Mouse Tech, 2017-
B.A. Biology, Vet tech in training
Unfair advantage: can think like a mouse
Interests: gnotobiotic re-derivation and advanced procedures
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Lindsey Pieper BMS Graduate Student, 2017-
B.A. Biology, NSF Graduate Fellow
Unfair advantage: colorimetric assays
Interests: bacterial metabolism of food and drug additives
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Margaret Alexander Postdoctoral fellow, 2017-
Ph.D. in Immunology, B.A. in Biology
Unfair advantage: science hiakus, knows all the interleukins
Interests: control of immune function by bacterial metabolites
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Paola Soto Perez Tetrad Graduate student, 2016-
B.A. in Biology
Unfair advantage: isn’t afraid of radioactivity
Interests: CRISPR-Cas systems and developing genetics for intractable gut bacteria
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Peter J. Turnbaugh Assistant Professor, 2014-
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 communities
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Peter Spanogiannopoulos CIHR fellow, 2014-
Ph.D. Biochemistry, B.Sc. Microbiology
Unfair advantage: bacterial genetics, can culture anything
Interests: metabolism of cancer drugs by human gut bacteria
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Qi Yan Ang Qi Yan Ang
Biomedical Sciences Graduate student, 2015-
B.A. in Biology
Unfair advantage: access to novel synthetic compounds
Interests: effects of very low-carbohydrate diets on the gut microbiome
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Renuka Nayak Rheumatologist/CTSI Scholar, 2015-
M.D./Ph.D. in Computational Biology
Unfair advantage: is an actual medical doctor
Interests: harnessing the microbiome to improve the treatment of rheumatic disease
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Veronica Escalante Tetrad Graduate student, 2017-
B.A. in Biology
Unfair advantage: can actually get statins to dissolve in solution
Interests: antimicrobial effects of statins
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Vincent DiMassa Vincent DiMassa
Staff Research Associate, Summer 2018
M.Ph. in Microbial Diseases (expected), B.S. in Biochemistry
Unfair advantage: HPLC wizard
Interests: isolating bioactive compounds from the gut microbiome
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