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Congratulations Arlon - SNS Outstanding Student Award!!

News: November 30, 2023

Congratulations to Arlon Wizzard who was awarded one of 7 graduating seniors for the Fall of 2023 to win this award. Picture with Arlon, his mom and me!

Kirk Jensen

Editor's Pick mBio - paper on the GPI of T. gondii

News: September 20, 2024

Our paper is published on the GPI sidechain of T. gondii. This is the first description of the entire GPI sidechain synthetic pathway for any eukaryotic microbe generated by two enzymes we named PIGJ and PIGE. This is Julia Alvarez' PH.D. dissertation in collaboration with Chris West at University...

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In the Jensen laboratory, we study the immunology and pathogenesis of the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of human toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasma has been dubbed the “ubiquitous” parasite because it infects all species of mammals, a variety of birds and a third of...

Welcome new Jensen lab members - Jake, Aades and Marissa!

News: June 02, 2025

Welcome to 3 new trainees in the Jensen lab - 1st year graduate student Jake Velen, and undergraduate researchers Aades Dhillon and Marissa Lopez. Your passion for science is inspiring and we are excited to see your career's unfold!

Marissa Lopez

Person: Undergraduate researcher [Sophmore]

Marissa joined the Jensen lab through UC Merced's UROC SURI program in 2025. She is busy working on vaccines for T. gondii.

Angel Kongsomboonvech

Person: Ph.D. '15-'20 Postdoc Stanford University

Angel obtianed her Ph.D. in my lab stydying how T. gondii virulence factors manipulate CD8 T cell responses.She graduated from UCLA with a B.S. and received her Master’s degree from Quinnipiac University. Angel is interested in all things parasites, and is currently doing her Postdoc at Stanford...

Biology of Parasitism (BoP) course - immunology module

News: July 25, 2025

So amazing to participate in the Biology of Parasitism (BoP) 2025 course held at Woods hole, MA. Where 16 selected students were given lectures in the morning and laboratory approaches to study parasites in the afternoon/evening over 7 weeks. Special thanks to Jude Uzonna and Pedro Gazzinelli who...

Juan Sanchez-Arcila

Person: Postdoctoral Scholar / Project Scientist

Graduated with his doctoral degree from FIOCRUZ, Rio De Janeiro. Juan has a wealth of experience in the immunology of human infectious diseases, and is interested in finding a vaccine for parasites using the Collaborative Cross. Picture of me and Juan at the Paramo, outside Bogata.

Marie True

Person: ’14-’15, Laboratory Director, FESA Labs