Julia Alvarez
Graduated from UC Merced. Julia is making fundamental discoveries on the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii. Former President of RadioBio, and active baking blogger.
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Katrina K. Hoyer Associate Professor UC Merced Katrina Hoyer and her research team study the mechanisms and cell interactions leading to immune dysfunction. Our immune system has an amazing ability to protect us from the myriad of pathogens in our environment. Unfortunately, this intrinsic system...
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Graduate Students Interested graduate students should see the Quantitative and Systems Biology Graduate Group website for application and admissions information: qsb.ucmerced.edu/. Contact Dr. Hoyer for more information. Undergraduate Students Students in their Freshman or Sophmore year may apply...
Recent publications
In this paper, my colleagues and I present some of the first data on Asian and Latinx immigrants' direct encounters with law enforcement. We find that experiences such as racial profiling, seeing immigration officials in neighborhoods, and knowing someone deported are associated with delays in...
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Tawanda is a Zimbabwean-born dancer, artist-scholar who’s work revolves around scholarly research and writing alongside practice-based research through interdisciplinary creative collaboration. Current research and creative practice investigates transnational African identities, comparative African...
Felipe Rodriguez
Felipe was a UC Leads scholar, former undergraduate researcher in my lab and went on to work in my lab for an additional year as a mentored research associate (via an NIH supplemental request to promote diveristy in biomedical science) as he applied to graduate schools. He is currently obtaining his...
Our work on genetic mapping of immunity to T. gondii is published in PLOS Pathogens
Check our out publication in PLOS Pathogens. From a genetic mapping experiment, we determine that Nfkbid is central for the antibody response to T. gondii. Both B-1 and B-2 cells are required for the immunity observed to T. gondii. This is Scott Souza's thesis work and in performed in collaboration...
Scott Souza obtains his Ph.D.!
Scott Souza successfully defended his Ph.D. He is largely responsible for our lab's current interogation into B cell responses, which required him to explore new models in the lab. We are very proud of all he has accomplished! His publication on his thesis work will be forthcomming.
Lab picture
Lab picture (below) after reading poems and giving gifts. Picture in front of UC Merced’s ‘New Beginnings’ sculpture with lights!