Lab Members
Our members are at the core of what makes the Palm Lab such a unique and dynamic place. Together, we tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of immunology, microbiology and data science. Our innovative experimental approaches exploit millions of years of host-microbiota co-evolution to uncover fundamental biological processes that impact nearly all aspects of human health and disease. Find out more about our research team below.
Noah W. Palm is an Associate Professor of Immunobiology and a member of the Section of Human and Translational Immunology at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Palm performed his doctoral work in Immunobiology with Ruslan Medzhitov and his postdoctoral work with Richard Flavell, both at Yale University.
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.
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.
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.
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Where Are We From?
Our researchers come from different places across the world. We value our unique experiences that have shaped us into the scientists, colleagues, friends, and family we are today. You can view some our homes on the map below.