Congratulations on becoming a Prebys Biomedical Research Endowed Scholar Wyman! We are excited to announce that Wyman has received the prestigious Prebys Biomedical Research Endowed Scholarship this fall semester. This scholarship recognizes researchers contributing to innovation in biomedical research. This support will help advance Wyman's work in the lab where he is isolating novel phages to combat ESKAPE & difficult-to-treat pathogens such as M. tuberculosis. Wyman is dee

We're excited to welcome four new members to the Roach Lab team. Left to Right: Alex, Ethan, Dareana, Runa. (Please don't sue us Marvel/Disney.) Joining as a second-year Masters Student is Dareana Cabada-Gonzalez. She joins us after a year in the CIRM program and will be studying the immunogenicity of phages as she continues her cell culture journey. When she's not in the lab Dareana enjoys golfing ⛳, biking 🚲, and working out 💪. Next up, an old face but a new title, we hav

In the beginning of August, Dwayne and I traveled to the 26 th Evergreen Phage meeting, which was held in Knoxville Tennessee for the first time. Having heard numerous stories about previous Evergreens attended by Dwayne and Tiffany, I was more than excited to experience it first-hand myself. And on top of this, it was my first scientific meeting that I have attended let alone presented at. Once we arrived in Knoxville on Sunday we hit the ground running, dropping off our lu

Last week, the lab escaped to the mountains for a 5-day camping trip in beautiful Idyllwild, and it was the perfect mix of fresh air,...

We’re thrilled to have (not Peter) Parker Elliot join the lab as a Research Assistant! A recent graduate from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in...

We’re excited to welcome Andy to the lab as our newest Research Associate! Andy brings a strong background in bioinformatics, gene...