M&I Department Halloween 2021
Costume: The tennis player, DENISE!
M&I Department halloween 2022 - First place!
Costume: Cinderelly got salmonelly
Prof. Denise Monack, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Department Chair for the Stanford Microbiology and Immunology Department
Organizer for International Conferences
B.S. Genetics, Univ. of California Davis
Ph.D. Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Master Distiller
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Microsporidia
Favorite piece of lab equipment: A microscope - the fancier the better!
Ramya Narasimhan
Lab Manager
B.S. Microbiology, Bangalore Univ. (India)
B.S. Biology, California State Univ. Sacramento
M.S. Molecular Biology, California State Univ. East Bay
Research Asst @ Veterens Affairs Palo Alto Centre for Research
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Cooking :)
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): now Corona!
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Rodent incubator
Blanda Di Luccia, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunology, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, MO
Ph.D. in Microbiology, “Federico II” Univ. of Naples, Italy
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Archaeologist
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Lactobacilli
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Flow cytometer
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: pH meter!
Joy McKenna, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S. in Microbiology, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Anthropologist or Historian
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Shigella flexneri
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Microscope
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: pH meter
Ben Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S. California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Opening a boba shop
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Favorite piece of lab equipment: FPLC
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: Sonicator
Daniel Arve-Butler, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
M.Sc. in Medical Science, Lund University
Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Lund University
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Photojournalist
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): E. coli, can’t find anything easier to handle
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Microscope
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: Anything DNA related
Anahis Tena, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S. in Biology, Univ. of Texas, El Paso
Ph.D. in Pathobiology, Univ. of Texas, El Paso
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Trying to become the next Bob Ross
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Francisella tularensis
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Microscope
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: pH meter
Ruth Schade
Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Student
B.S. Nutritional Sciences, Univ. of Georgia
M.S. Foods and Nutrition, Univ. of Georgia
What I’d be doing if I wasn’t a biologist: Joining a circus
Favorite microbe (other than Salmonella): Yersinia pestis
Favorite piece of lab equipment: Flow cytometer
Least favorite piece of lab equipment: pH meter