People
Elizabeth Grice, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology
egrice@upenn.edu
2001, B.A., Biology, Luther College
2006, Ph.D., Human Genetics, John Hopkins University
2007-11, Post-doctoral Fellowship, National Human Genome Research Institute
Ana Misic, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
misic@upenn.edu
2003, B.S., Chemistry & Microbiology (Emphasis in Genetic Engineering), University of California - Santa Barbara
2010, Ph.D., Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison
Research
Longitudinal studies of Staphylococcus and other microbial species found in households of MRSA patients; The gut microbiota associated with Hirschsprung disease-associated necrotizing enterocolitis; Whole metagenomic shotgun sequencing of skin microbiota
Geoffrey Hannigan, B.S.
Ph.D. Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology; Gene Therapy and Vaccines Program
ghanni@upenn.edu
2011, B.S., Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth
Research
Metagenomic analysis of the human skin virome; Characterization of the microbial communities associated with traumatic wounds and their ability to heal; Understanding microbial associations with human dermatological diseases of unknown etiology.
Amanda Tyldsley, B.S.
Research Specialist and Lab Manager
atylds@mail.med.upenn.edu
2011, B.S., Biology, Northern Arizona University
Research
Analysis of host response and microbiota in mouse models; Acne microbiome studies.
Brendan Hodkinson, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
bhod@mail.med.upenn.edu
2005, B.S., Biology, College of William and Mary
2011, Ph.D., Biology, Duke University
Research
Phylogeny, taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of diverse biological communities; bioinformatics for next-generation sequencing data; Characterization of the microbial communities associated with traumatic wounds and diabetic foot ulcers and their ability to heal.
Jacqueline Meisel, B.S.
Ph.D. Graduate Student, Genomics and Computational Biology Program
meiselj@mail.med.upenn.edu
2012, B.S., Bioinformatics, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Research
RNA-seq to analyze host response to commensal and pathogenic microbiota
Adam Sanmiguel, B.A.
Ph.D. Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology; Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology (MVP) program
adamsan@mail.med.upenn.edu
2010, B.A., Biology, Colby College
Research
Effect of the microbiome and innate immunity on wound healing using mouse models; host factors that influence colonization of the skin with microbiota.
Julia Bugayev
Senior at Central High School
Research
Antibiotic resistance of skin microbes. Winning science fairs.