Principal Investigator
Jo Handelsman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Vilas Research Professor
Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Postdocs
Amanda Hurley
Postdoc
I hope to conduct a genetic screen for mechanisms of community phenotypes. Once genetic determinants of synergistic community interactions are discovered, I will identify factors required for invasion of a bacterial species into a stable community. Therapeutic implications include improved probiotics or increased gut microbiome resilience.
Johan Bengtsson-Palme
Postdoc
My research aims to understand how antibiotics exposure influences the interactions in microbial communities. Specifically, I work towards identifying genes that enhance or reduce invasion capabilities, or alters the ability of the community to resist invasion of an invader population.
Gabriel Lozano
Understanding molecular mechanisms that underpin microbe-microbe interactions within microbial communities.
Post Baccalaureate Researchers
