Hailing from the Netherlands, physician scientist Alexander de Porto joined the Pamer lab in July, 2022 as a visiting postdoctoral fellow.  Alexander graduated cum laude from medical school at the University of Amsterdam and went on to  received a scholarship from the Amsterdam UMC where he earned his PhD. While in the Pamer Lab, Alexander’s research will focus on the relation between the...

After 4 years with the Pamer Lab as a postdoc, Matt Sorbara is joining the University of Guelph as an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology effective September 1st.  Matt’s primary research focus in the Pamer lab was the mechanisms of colonization resistance against Klebsiella, with an emphasis on identifying symbiotic bacterial strains isolated from healthy human donors that...

Physician-Scientist Angelica Moran is the newest addition to the Pamer Lab.  Having received her MD/PhD from Northwestern University, Angelica is currently a clinical resident in the University of Chicago Pathology Department.  Angelica is interested in both basic science and translational research that advances precision medicine. Her goals are to use genomic and metabolomic approaches to...

Rita Oliveira joined the Pamer Lab in June, 2021 as a postdoctoral Scholar.  Rita received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the  Faculty of Science at Lisbon University in Portugal.  She went on to receive her PhD from the Gulbenkian Institute of Science where she studied quorum sensing manipulation of the gut microbiota.  In the Pamer Lab, Rita plans to study the host and...

Gastroenterology fellow Matt Odewald, M.D., Ph.D., joined the Pamer Lab in April, 2021. While in the lab, Matt plans to study the impact of the intestinal microbiome on the development of liver disease and its complications.  Matt received his MD/PhD from UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine, where he studied epithelial cell biology in the laboratory of Dr. Jerrold Turner. During his residency...

Postdoctoral Scholar Nhu Nguyen joined the Pamer Lab at the beginning of 2021 and plans to focus her work on the ability of different Clostridioides difficile strains to penetrate the dense mucus layer. Nhu received her PhD in Microbiology from Michigan State University in 2020 where she studied under Dr. Yann Dufour.  Prior to her time at MSU, Nhu spent 7 years as a research assistant in a...