The Vaishnava Lab
our team
Dr. Shipra Vaishnava (Principal Investigator)
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
BMC 591
171 Meeting Street
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
Phone: 401-863-6403
Shipra_Vaishnava@brown.edu
Geon Goo Han
Postdoctorate Fellow, MMI
My project focuses on the role of low-abundant bacteria on the host immune system in the gut. I am from Seoul, South Korea. I like playing basketball and traveling.
Masha Glik
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry
I study the role of gut microbiome and diet in Vitamin A assimilation and host immune response. I am from Moscow, Russia. I love cooking, fermenting foods, and start each day with Ashtanga yoga!
Meera Singh
Undergraduate Student, Immunology Track
I'm working on a project about how diet affects vitamin A assimilation and the host immune response. I'm from Massachusetts and I love painting, dancing, and anything hands-on and creative!
Sarah Gordon
Graduate Student, MCB
I work on understanding how zinc influences host-microbe interactions in the gut. I’m from New Jersey and I grew up near farmland! I like spending time at the shore and going on road trips with friends.
Rebecca Yunker
Graduate Student, Pathobiology
My rotation is focused on studying the impact of a pet store microbiome in germ free or specific pathogen free mice. I'm from Albany, NY and I love to paint and read in my spare time.
Maryam Bonakdar
Graduate Student, Pathobiology
My project involves studying the role of gut microbiome in Vitamin A metabolism in the liver and its impact on liver physiology. I'm from Iran. I like watercolor painting, cooking and traveling.
Sarah Luong
Research Technician
At work, I take care of the mice, feeding them. At home I take care of my cat, Bep, feeding her. Those are complicated relationships, but both Bep and the mice haven't complained yet so I guess it works... By the way, I am from Vietnam.
current members
past members
Irina Smolenski (Jan 2015- May 2018).
Joshua Hackney (May 2015- May 2016), Microbiology Graduate Student at University of Chicago.
Dr. Namrata Iyer (Post-doctoral Fellow, MMI), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin.
Kellyanne Duncan (Graduate Student, Pathobiology), Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Xavier Lab, Harvard University.
Myles Bartholomew (Rotation, Graduate Student, MCB).
Mayara Grizotte-Lake (Graduate Student and Post-doctoral Fellow, MMI).
Gracie Whelan (Undergraduate Student, Biology).