Fredrik Inglis (me) – Principal Investigator
I am an assistant professor at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, where I mostly study the evolution of microbial interactions (along with plasmids, phage, antibiotics, and anything else that affects bacterial evolution) . These types of interactions range from cooperatively acquiring iron from the environment to producing antimicrobial toxins and have important consequences for human health and maintaining diverse and properly functions environmental ecosystems. I also teach Microbiology (Biol2482) and Biostatistics (Biol4122).
Holly Huelskamp – Lab Manager
Holly is finishing her undergraduate degree in Biotechnology/Biochemistry this spring and is planning on attending graduate school in Biology in the fall. She is currently the lab manager and is working on several projects, including how E. coli evolve resistance to multiple bacteriophage.
jeff smith – Research Scientist
I’m interested in the evolution of cooperation and conflict in
microbial systems, especially bacteria and their mobile genetic
elements. What evolutionary processes maintain cooperative
interactions among microbes and limit the spread of of “cheater”
genotypes? When do symbioses evolve to be mutualistic and when do they
evolve to be parasitic? Why do plasmids and phage so often carry genes
for pathogen virulence and resistance to antibiotics? My work
addresses these questions using a combination of laboratory
experiments and mathematical models.
Webster Heffern – PhD Student
Webster is a PhD student… more to follow soon
Keri Hoffman – Undergraduate Researcher
Keri Hoffman is an undergrad researcher… more to follow soon.
Nicole Miller – Post-Baccalaureate Researcher
Nicole is a post-baccalaureate student working toward a second bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Her first degree is in Science of Natural and Environmental Systems from Cornell University. She plans to graduate in the spring of 2022 and pursue further studies at the graduate level. She currently works with Holly Huelskamp investigating co-evolutionary relationships between E. coli and several bacteriophages.