Javier A. Ceja-Navarro
Javier obtained a degree in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya, and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology at the Cinvestav of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional. His interests include the study of host-microbe associations in non-model arthropods and the characterization of multitrophic interactions in soil. His hobbies include beekeeping, and scientific illustration using watercolor.
Alyssa Byers
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Alyssa is a Research Associate, she works in the isolation of soil microfauna, and the development of experiments aiming to recreate trophic complexity to study the contribution of different members of the food web to C and N cycling.
Past members
Abelardo Arellano
Abelardo was a Research Associate, his contributions to the team included the optimization of protocols for the isolation of micro-eukaryotes from soil samples, the preparation of sequencing libraries, qPCR, and microbiome data analyses.
Leila Ramanculova
Leila was a Research Associate. Leila is an animal lover, and as such, she took care of the team’s insect colonies and contributed to study the effect of the environment of arthropod microbiome composition. Leila was also trained in the curation of taxonomic databases and microbiome data analyses.
Daniela Cruz-Abreu
Daniela was an intern in the laboratory. Her work included tagging microbes with reporter genes and the manipulation of arthropod microbiome.
Matus Kvietok
Matus visited the laboratory as an intern from the SULI program. His work included microbial isolations from diverse insects including the passalid beetle. Matus received training in the analysis of DNA sequences and phylogenetic analysis.
Yen Nguyen
Yen was an intern in the laboratory. She was trained in the isolation of DNA and RNA from insects, the use of qPCR for quantification of genes, and microbial isolations.