Click on a name below for more information about members of the Blodgett Lab.
Josh Blodgett, PhD
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Biology
- Phone: 314-935-6233
- Email: jblodgett@nospam.wustl.edu
Josh Blodgett is interested in a number of interdisciplinary questions surrounding bacterial small molecule production. These inquiries broadly span the fields of biology, chemistry, and ecology including Chemical Ecology; Biosynthesis, Regulation and Metabolism; Bioengineering and Synthetic Biology; Drug and Agricultural Lead Discovery.
Tahina Ranaivoarisoa
Senior Scientist and Lab Manager
- Phone: 3149357313
- Email: ranaivoarisoao@nospam.wustl.edu
Chris Harper
PhD Candidate, DBBS graduate student-Plant and Microbial Biosciences program
- Email: cpharper@nospam.wustl.edu
Former Lab Members
If you are a former Blodgett Lab member and want to update your current position, please send the information to gerrity@wustl.edu.
Elizabeth Zeng
WashU Undergrad Research 2022-2024
Current:
Rice University (PhD)
Awards:
Amgen Scholar- 2022
Lab Authorship:
Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00600-24
Grace Dekoker
WashU Undergrad Research 2021-2023
Current:
Gap year
Lab authorship:
New chemistry in unusual bacteria displays drug-like activity: https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk689
Luke Joggerst
WashU Undergrad Research/ Technician 2021-2023
Current:
Gap year
Awards:
BioSURF Fellow- 2022
Maya Tsingos
WashU Undergrad Research 2020-2023
- Email: mayatsingos@wustl.edu
Current:
Gap year
Awards:
BioSURF Fellow- 2021, Harrison D Stalker Award- 2023
Lab authorship:
Piperazate-Guided Isolation of Caveamides A and B, Cyclohexenylalanine-Containing Nonribosomal Peptides from a Cave Actinomycete: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01218
Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00600-24
Keshav Nepal
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2018-2022
Current:
Strain Engineer Scientist at Agrospheres INC, Charlottesville, VA
Lab authorship:
Discovery of unusual dimeric piperazyl cyclopeptides encoded by a Lentzea flaviverrucosa DSM 44664 biosynthetic supercluster: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117941119
A comparative metabologenomic approach reveals mechanistic insights into Streptomyces antibiotic crypticity: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103515118
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactam Producers, Streptomyces sp. Strains JV180 and SP18CM02: https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01066-20
Yunci Qi
PhD Student- Plant & Microbial Biosciences (DBBS) 2015-2021
Current:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL
Lab authorship:
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Anna Day
WashU Undergrad Research 2020-2021
Current:
Washington University School of Medicine (MD)
Awards:
BioSURF Fellow- 2020
Lab authorship:
Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00600-24
Brandon Chia
WashU Undergrad Research 2020-2021
Current:
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine