Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Scholar in the lab of Prof. Wendy Thomas
June 14, 2024
The postdoctoral scholar would research the biomechanics of host-pathogen interactions underlying infectious endocarditis. Oral streptococci are a major cause of infective endocarditis (IE), a life-threatening infection of heart valves. The postdoc would lead an investigation of bacteria-blood cell interactions using flow cytometry, imaging flow cytometry and gene expression analysis with nanostring nCounter®. The postdoc would…
Congratulations to lab Alumnus Casey on her new Position!
June 14, 2024
Casey Kiyohara graduated recently with a Ph.D. from the Thomas lab, and just started a new position as a postdoctoral fellow at the FDA. She is in the Clinical Pharmacology of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars Fellowship program, in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Her project is focused on investigating the pharmicokinetic characteristics…
Congratulations to Kayla Hogan for her new publication!
August 20, 2023
Thomas lab alumni, Kayla Hogan and Sai Paul are first and co- authors of a new publication titled "Effect of Gravity on Bacterial Adhesion to Heterogeneous Surfaces." This publication reports Kayla's senior capstone project, Sai's freshman project, and also includes contributions from co-authors who worked on a related Computational Bioengineering class project. In the paper,…
The Thomas Lab has new Website
August 16, 2023
At long last, the Thomas lab has an updated web site!