Shana is a microbiologist with a background in application of sequencing technology for infectious disease diagnostics, microbial evolution, and the gut microbiome.

Anjelica earned her B.S from UConn and started working at Yale in 2016 as a animal husbandry technician. In 2018 she started working in the Palm lab to manage the gnotobiotic colony and provide research support. She loves her pet rats, likes to paint, and plays a lot of Animal Crossing.

Deguang has been working on gut microbiota structure and metabolite changes in response to environment and diet as well as their effects on the host.

Tyler is a Southern transplant to New England studying the relationship between vertebrate hosts and their microbial pathobionts & symbionts. In his spare time he enjoys a long hike with his fluffer pupper, followed by craft beer and all the snacks.

Yiyun earned B.S. in Life Sciences from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She is interested in how microbiota-derived small molecules affect human diseases, esp. chronic pain diseases & cancer. She is a fan of Chinese traditional culture and Japanese animations.

Nicole is originally from Cambridge, MA. She has earned an A.B. in Biomathematics from Mount Holyoke College and a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Dartmouth College.

Yi earned B.S. Medicine from Peking University and started her PhD training in the Immunobiology program at Yale from 2017. She has broad interests in understanding the complex interactions of host and commensals in health and disease.

Varnica is a microbiologist with experience in microbial pathogenesis, bacterial genetics, and genetic engineering. She earned her PhD from National University of Singapore, and has recently moved to the northern hemisphere. She is interested in understanding bacterial genes involved in host-microbe interactions. When not in the lab, she loves travelling and exploring the world.