PHAGE IMMUNOLOGY & PATHOGENESIS

We advance the understanding of viruses, educate the scientists of tomorrow, and impact human health worldwide.

OUR SCIENCE

PHAGE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate Immune Response to Phages

PHAGE PATHOGENESIS

Phage Control of Bacterial Virulence

PHAGE THERAPY

Antibacterials

A collection of scientists with a passion for bacteriophages.

Dwayne Roach, PhD

Assistant Professor / Conrad Prebys Chair of Virology

Wai Hoe Chin, PhD

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Tiffany Luong

PhD Student
ARCS Scholar
Rees-Stealy Research Fellow

Nino Grdzelishvili

Visiting PhD Candidate

Johann Tailor

Rotating PhD Student

Andrew Sue

Master's Student
MRS Scholar

Zimri E. Mena

Master's Student

Viktoria Voragen

Research Technician

Jennifer Melendez

Undergraduate Researcher

Jorge Villanueva

Undergraduate Researcher

Lab Alumni

Insights into our lab, research, and scientific news.

Nov 15

J&J, an Undergrad Company

We'd like to showcase our amazing undergraduates in the lab today. Jennifer Melendez is a senior at SDSU working on her Cell and...

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Sep 27

We're in euphoria, welcome Viktoria!

We'd like to welcome Viktoria Voragen to our team of phage enthusiasts! Viktoria originally joined our lab as an undergraduate (but we...

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Sep 23

A new master's student to Zimmer and Shine in the Roach Lab!

Hailing from Zim City (or better know as Las Vegas), Zimri joins us from the Nevada State College where he recently got his B.S. in Cell...

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Aug 15

We're up to our Chin(s) in excitement with the newest addition to our lab!

We're excited to welcome and introduce a brand-new post-doctoral researcher in our lab, Wai Hoe Chin! Having the distinction of being the...

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Nov 5, 2021

Pop some Champagne, we have a second Canadian in the lab! 🍾

Our lab would like to welcome our brand new (Canadian eh) post-doctoral researcher Kevin Champagne-Jorgensen! Kevin joins us from...

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May 26, 2021

Congratulations Class of 2021!

Congratulations to Evelyn Tran & Julia Mollet on their undergraduate graduation! Evelyn graduated cum laude with her B.S. in Microbiology...

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