First we have Allison Hedin, a first-year master’s student from Davis, California. She graduated from San Diego State University in May 2023 with a BS in cell and molecular biology. She’s currently studying immune response with phages in the lab.
"Imma just skedaddle." - Allison
"I'm interested in better understanding the relationship between dendritic cells and phages of all varieties, such as Citrobacter rodentium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium smegmatis. I also work on improving phage purification techniques to apply them to these different species." In her free time Allison practices Irish dancing, binges animated films, and enjoys cheeses 🧀 (just keep the fruit jam away from it).
Next is Lindsey Camara, also a first-year master’s student from Maplewood, New Jersey. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology in May 2023. She is studying phage discovery and characterization.

"I’m working with discovering and characterizing phages to add to our ever-growing list of therapeutic phages. I have been working with Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages as well as Stenotrophomonas maltopihilia phages. I also do some bioinformatics such as assembling phage and bacterial genomes, and analyzing mutations." In her free time Lindsey enjoys video games, romance films, and being slay 👢.
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