Rebecca Ballard

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Rebecca Ballard

Rebecca is currently a senior at NAU, majoring in Biomedical sciences with a minor in Psychology. As an undergraduate research assistant, she studies pathogens such as Yersinia pestis (Yp), the causative agent of plague, and Francisella tularensis (Ft), which causes Tularemia. Her efforts focus on characterizing genes that are thought to be important for the survival of Francisella tularensis, as well as developing molecular tools to perform high resolution genetic analysis on complex plague samples. After graduating, she plans to continue her education at NAU as a graduate student for the Master's in Biology program.

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