Victoria Afe
EnTER Program Student
- Email: a.victoria@wustl.edu
A Washington University undergraduate, Victoria is working on acid stress response mechanisms in the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Sarah Beagle, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Email: sbeagle@wustl.edu
Sarah is exploring the relationship between environmental pH and antibiotic sensitivity in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Adrienne Brauer
Graduate Student
- Email: abrauer@wustl.edu
Adrienne is working on the mechanisms driving cytoplasmic condensation in response to sudden nutrient starvation.
Jessie Bullock
Graduate Student
- Email: jlbullock@wustl.edu
Jessie is investigated the mechanisms governing assembly and activation of the bacterial division machinery.
Edward Hao
Washington University Undergraduate Student
- Email: e.m.hao@wustl.edu
Edward is determining the minimal carbon and energy requirements for endospore formation in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Vibert Putra
Graduate Student
- Email: p.vibert@wustl.edu
Vibert’s work focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between nutrient availability, growth rate, cell size, and cell cycle progression.
Kyra Raines
Graduate Student
- Email: k.k.raines@wustl.edu
Kyra’s research focuses on the mechanisms underlying pH-dependent changes in antibiotic susceptibility.
Ryan Valdez
Graduate Student
- Email: ravaldez@wustl.edu
Ryan is using CRISPR interference technology and classical genetics to dissect the contribution of lipopolysaccharide to gram-negative bacterial growth and physiology.