French Lab | Become an Undergraduate Researcher
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Meet the Director
Christopher T. French
Assistant Professor, Assistant Director PMI, Director CTSC
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As Principal Investigator of the French Lab, Dr. French coordinates the activities of the CTSC and is an expert in host-pathogen interactions. He received his Doctorate and postdoctoral training in bacterial pathogenesis from the University of California Los Angeles. His independent research is focused on pathogenic mechanisms, ecology and developing new therapeutics for infectious diseases.
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Undergraduate Researcher
Get Research Experience
The French Lab is recruiting for Undergraduate Researcher. It’s a paid position, working on the investigation of environmental correlations of the presence/absence and virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
French Lab Undergraduate Duties:- Inventory and organize lab supplies
- Enter sample data into excel spreadsheets, double check all entries to ensure accuracy
- Maintain detailed lab notebook
Assist with lab work including:- Culturing and quantifying Borrelia burgdorferi
- Perform Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) assays
- Perform Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) assays
- Perform Fractional Inhibitory Concentration (FIC, also known as checkerboard) assays
- Soil DNA extractions in biosafety cabinet
- Maintain sample organization
- Sample and reagent inventory, management, and organization
- DNA extractions
- Soil physiochemical assays
- High throughput sequencing library preps to understand soil microbial community composition
Meet The Lab
Focused on moving the science of Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis forward.
Paul Phillips
Ph.D. student
Paul Phillips MS is a computational biochemist with experience in conducting experiments concerning antimicrobial resistance both in vitro and in situ. Currently, he is investigating genetic relationships to phenotype in Burkholderia pseudomallei through genome wide association studies (GWAS).
Katie Zarn
Research Assistant
Katie Zarn MS is a molecular geneticist with experience in environmental DNA sampling and analyses, population genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics. She is currently investigating ecological relationships, virulence modulation, and biotic and abiotic factors of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Anthony Zapata
Undergraduate Researcher
Anthony is an Undergraduate Research Assistant investigating the environmental correlations of the presence/absence and virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Understanding and identifying these correlations predicts the virulence of Burkholderia in soil where the bacteria is found to prevent infections of Melioidosis.
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The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute
The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) is a research unit at NAU that spans departments and colleges to gather infectious disease and microbiome scientists into a single multi-disciplinary environment. The joint efforts span computational, genomic, microbiology, immunology, and public health disciplines to generate synergy that can’t be achieved within academic silos. The world-class science makes for an ideal training environment for students to achieve their personal professional goals. PMI is closely associated with TGen North, with whom the institute shares infrastructure to maximize Arizona’s investment in science.
