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Scott Souza joins the lab

News: March 06, 2017

Graduate Student, Scott Souza joins the lab. Welcome Scott and I look forward to having you in the lab!

Tina’s last day in the Jensen lab

News: May 27, 2016

Tina’s last day in the Jensen lab. She is heading off to graduate school to obtain her Ph.D. with the Graduate group in Immunology at UC Davis. Congratulations on this accomplishment and it was wonderful to have you in the lab! Good luck.

Samantha Splitt joins the lab

News: January 07, 2016

Graduate student Samantha (“Sam”) Splitt joins the lab.

Spotlight article in Trends in Parasitology is online

News: January 01, 2016

Spotlight article in Trends in Parasitology is online “Antigen Presentation of Vacuolated Apicomplexans – Two Gateways to a Vaccine Antigen.” It is a brief review summarizing two papers from the Yamamoto and Blanchard laboratories, that collectively suggest (I think) two host pathways to acquire...

13th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis & T. gondii Biology

News: June 18, 2015

Gave a talk at the 13th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis & T. gondii Biology, in Gettysburg PA. What a great conference and smart collection of scientists.

internal award from UC Merced’s Committee on Research

News: May 08, 2015

Received an internal award from UC Merced’s Committee on Research. The COR award will provide seed money to explore intestinal inflammation regulation by Toxoplasma.

first day as an Assistant Professor at UC Merced

News: August 01, 2014

My first day as an Assistant Professor at UC Merced. I am in the Molecular Biology Unit within the School of Natural Sciences.

Essey Afewerki

Person: 22', High School Student Researcher

Essey is interested in pursuing a career in biological engineering or molecular biology. Essey enjoys all things science, loves manipulating DNA and generated engineered parasite strains!

Sahil Malhi

Person: 22' - 24' Undergaduate researcher, applying to medical school

Sahil brought his enthusiasm to research the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii, and in doing so became an expert in the topic. He is applying to medical school and wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

Julia Alvarez

Person: 18'-23', Ph.D., Current - Assistant Professor, Medical Education Department, UC Merced

Graduated from UC Merced. Julia is making fundamental discoveries on the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii. Former President of RadioBio, and active baking blogger.