People

Research Interests: Mosquito-borne virus ecology, evolution and emergence

Research Interests: How human neutrophils process dynamic extracellular chemical cues to guide their behavior

Research Interests: HIV pathogenesis and mucosal immunology

Research Interests: Cytoskeletal dynamics in the life cycle of Giardia

Research Interests: Our research focuses on the evolution, ecology, and molecular mechanisms of virus-virus interactions using genomics, experimental evolution, and environmental microbiology. The lab currently works on genetic exchange in two segmented RNA viruses: Cystovirus phages that infect Pseudomonas bacteria and influenza A viruses.

Research Interests: We have long appreciated the role that neutrophils play as first responders of the immune system during microbial infections. New evidence is emerging on the transcriptomic and phenotypic diversity of this highly abundant circulating white blood cell. In the Diaz-Ochoa lab we combine classical immunological techniques with a systems approach to gain mechanistic insights on the contributions of neutrophil diversity in host responses to bacterial infections.

Research Interests: Microbial communities and molecular evolution

Research Interests: Viral community ecology, soil microbial ecology, virus-microbe-plant interactions, omics

Research Interests: Microbial gene regulatory networks

Research Interests: My research interests are in the area of the avian virology, specifically in RNA viruses and their capabilities of mutation, recombination and variation making them very difficult to control in productive settings.