Meet the Team

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    Antonio Serapio-Palacios

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

    Microbiologist and Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Davis.

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    Eder O. Mendez-Salazar

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Research focus: How pathogens shape the gut microbiota composition

  • Ariana Velarde Rodriguez

    PhD Student

  • Jessica Kretschmer

    PhD Student

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    Hamza Masood

    UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

  • Sadhika Pani

    UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

  • Ashley Nie

    UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

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Former lab members

  • Nataly Torres-Mejia, Rotation PhD Student

  • Faith Enriquez, Rotation PhD Student