Luis Barreiro

Principal Investigator

I am interested in better understanding how natural selection has contributed to the evolution of our species and the extent to which past selection events impact present-day susceptibility to disease. Specifically, my lab studies the evolution of immune responses both at the inter-species level as well as among different individuals and human populations.

João Barroso Batista

Postdoc – University of Chicago

In my previous research I studied how commensal bacteria (Escherichia coli) adapt to a natural environment (the mammalian gut) and the hosts factors modulating this process.

I am interested in using experimental evolution approaches to study host-pathogen interactions, for example in the context of infectious diseases. While pathogen pressure is considered a major selective force shaping the evolution of higher-order organisms, the mechanisms underlying host adaptation to pathogen infection remain unknown. My project aims to identify genetic and gene expression changes in populations of innate immune cells adapted to the pressure imposed by bacterial pathogens.

Raúl Aguirre-Gamboa

Postdoc - University of Chicago

Tauras Vilgalys

Postdoc - University of Chicago

I am Bridget Chak

PhD Candidate - GGSB

I am Veronica Locher

PhD Candidate - Committee on Immunology

I am Ellen Ketter

PhD Candidate - Committee on Microbiology

I am Cecily Choy

PhD Candidate - Human Genetics

I am Ilia Vasilopoulos

PhD Candidate - Committee on Immunology

I am Hannah Taylor

MD/PhD Candidate - Immunology

I am Daniel Araujo

PhD Candidate - Human Genetics

I am Maria Patiño

Lab Manager

I am Camille Johnson

Research Technician