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The McDonald Lab
Laboratory for Microbial Experimental Evolution @ Monash University
Principal Investigator
Aysha Sezmis
Chris Blake
Chris' Ph.D. focuses on evolutionary dynamics in microorganisms, specifically how coevolution with other species impacts adaptation dynamics.
PostDoc
Ph. D Candidate
Atharva Bhide
Ph. D Candidate
2010 - present
Storme's Ph. D is focused on developing model, complex microbial communities for evolution experiments.
Soffi is a GEMS Ph.D fellow based in Monash Malaysia and Monash Australia. Their reasearch focuses on the interactions of antimicrobials with the TolC receptor of S. Sonnei.
Veerabhadra Dantuluri (Raju)
Raju's Masters research is focused on phage training with A. baumannii phage.
Storme de Scally
Ph. D Candidate
MSc Candidate
Soffi Law
Ph.D Candidate
Harm's lead supervisor is Kay Hodgins. Their research focuses on plant-microbe coevolution and interactions.
MSc Candidate
Harm Jansen
Disha Chaudhary
Ph.D Candidate
Disha is a ITTB-Monash Ph. D fellow. Their reasearch focuses on the tension between cooperation and competition in experimetnal populations of S. cerevisiae.
Huitong (Saber) Mo
MSc Candidate
Saber is a masters student from the genome analytics program, and is characterising and sequencing a novel bacteriophage isolated from soil.
Mahnaz Khamooshi
MSc Candidate
Naz is a genome analytic masters student who is sequencing and assembly bacteriophage resistant bacterial soil isolates.
Ziming Wang
MSc Candidate
Ziming is a masters student from the genome analytics program, and is characterising and sequencing a novel bacteriophage isolated from soil.
Nishita Nanayakkara
3990 undergraduate student
Nishita is working on an inverse selection strategy for a strain of AMR A. baumannii and a bacteriophage.
2010 - present
Lab Alumni:
Ruzeen Patway (Research Assistant)
Dr Gareth Howells (Ph. D)
Dr An Nguyen (Ph. D)
Sharikul Huda (Masters)
Mariel Beiers (Honours)
Dr Duhita Sant (Ph. D)
Dr. Jake Barber (Ph. D)
Dr Laura Woods (Ph. D)
Bronson O'Halloran (Honours)
Jasmyn Voss (Honours and Research Assistant
Shami Ramanan (Honours)
Trent Anderson (Honours)
Luke Nicholson (Honours)
Rebecca Tooze (3990 undergraduate research)
Emily Watts (3990 undergraduate research)
Imogen Scott (3990 undergraduate research)
Frank Taylor (Honours)
Thomas Brasher (3990 undergraduate research)
Jimmy Tanner (undergraduate volunteer)
Angel Liang (undergraduate volunteer)
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