How is the gut microbiota affected by physical factors? In a recent manuscript, the Tropini lab shares how their research explores the feedback between the gut’s physical environment, the microbiota, & disease.

Summer Co-op students Thomas Deckers (Engineering Physics) and Eric Liu (Physics and Astronomy), received 2nd place for their 3MT oral presentation at the Canadian Society for Virology virtual symposium.

Evelyn Sun from the Hancock lab recently accepted an offer as a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and shares how she hopes to continue improving the student learning experience.

What does the vaccine do? How does it protect us against SARS-CoV-2? Why is it important to get it?

Dr. Pauline Johnson from the UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology shares some of her research and resources about the vaccine.

César de la Fuente, a Ph.D. graduate and Postdoctoral Fellow from the Hancock lab, shares that his time at UBC was instrumental both personally and scientifically.