Macrobes
We are!
The Macrobe + microbe interaction lab in the Department of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University. We use a combination of wet lab and computational approaches to understand what determines microbiome composition within a host, and how the relationship between the host and the microbiome affects host health and evolution.
Emily Davenport
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Office: 305 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Robert Nichols
USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow [January 2020 - ]
Department of Biology
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Davenport Lab publications:
- The relationship between the gut microbiome and host gene expression: a review. Human Genetics
Nur Shahir
Postdoctoral Fellow [June 2020 - ]
Department of Biology
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Erica Ryu
PhD Student [February 2020 - ]
Department of Biology
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Awarded the Dr. John Randall Shuman Troxell Memorial Scholarship in Biology (2022)
Awarded the J. Ben and Helen D. Memorial Fund Award (2022)
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2021)
NIH T32 CBIOS Training Grant Appointee (2021- 2022)
Davenport Lab publications:
- Host genetic determinants of the microbiome across animals: From Caenorhabditis elegans to cattle. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
- Microbiome: Taming the beasts inside. eLife
Polina Tikhonova
PhD Student [March 2022 - ]
Bioinformatics and Genomics Interdisciplinary Program
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Sean O’Rourke
Undergraduate Researcher [January 2021 - May 2021]
Technician [June 2021 - ]
Major: Biology - Neuroscience option
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Aureo Zanon
Undergraduate Researcher [July 2021 - ]
Major: Biology and Statistics; Minor: Math
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Erickson Discovery Grant Awardee 2022
Meera Gupta
Undergraduate Researcher [October 2021 - ]
Major: Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Mansi Chandra
Undergraduate Researcher [June 2022 - ]
Juniata College, Major: Bioinformatics
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Shanisa McGuire
Undergraduate Researcher [June 2022 - ]
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
You?
The lab is seeking undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate researchers.
See the Openings page for more details.
Alumni
Yiyan Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher [January 2021 - July 2021]
Majors: Statistics - Biostatistics, Mathematics - System Analysis
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Kyrah Williams
Undergraduate Researcher [May 2021 - August 2021]
Major: Biology - Genetics
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Jovial Joseph
Undergraduate Researcher [January 2021 - May 2022]
Major: Accelerated PreMedical-Medical Program
Office: 306 Wartik Laboratory, Penn State University
Eberly Undergraduate Research Support Awardee