Jessica is an undergraduate research assistant studying Biomedical Science with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. Her research focuses on Multiple-Locus VNTR Analysis of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that is the causative agent of plague.
Matthew is an Undergraduate Researcher studying Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry. His work focuses on maintaining the hACE2 mouse colony for the HCMMC. The hACE2 murine model advances the understanding of disease progression of COVID-19.
Noor is an Undergraduate research assistant studying Biomedical Science with a minor in Chemistry. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Research Assistant working on novel fungal species closely related to known human and mammalian pathogens. The goal is to elucidate their role in the environment and relationship with mammals in the region.
Adriana studied the basics of practical computing for biologists, learned how to analyze bacterial genomic sequences using computational tools, such as NCBI Blast and Mauve Align which edit genomic sequences so that researchers can understand and interpret DNA sequences.
After working at TGen North as a summer internship as a Helios Scholar, George continues his research in the Cope Lab. After receiving an NIH grant, George is using it to fuel his thesis.
Under the supervision of Dr. Crystal Hepp and Dr. Viacheslav Fofanov at the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Breezy participates in various projects studying the prevalence, movement, and evolution of pathogens.