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Only one cupcake was harmed in the making of this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/7d149798-38d5-4ba8-a26b-5292fcd45308/IMG_7151.jpg Lab Events Congratulations to Maddie on winning the Infectious Diseases Research Day poster competition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/c759392f-10fe-4b71-afed-9356022a18e0/IMG_7078.jpg Lab Events Donut squirrel makes another appearance outside the lab! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/4fc7b78c-9df2-498d-845b-1ed02781e5c7/IMG_7195.jpg Lab Events Congratulations to Claire on winning the People's Choice award AND 2nd place in the poster competition at the 2026 Graduate Biosciences Society Research Symposium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/0c2ac9d4-91fe-45c1-a322-aeb8e44a84a2/PXL_20251031_210651545.jpg Lab Events Eosinophils are without a doubt the most spooky cell - Happy Halloween! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/a9d74763-c426-4ff2-97a5-8204c487f376/IMG_20250518_084308.jpg Lab Events Huge congratulations to Yadeliz on her successful PhD defense and graduation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/6421a431-3934-451c-aa26-ae32a86ffc44/Screenshot+2026-07-21+113220_edited.png Lab Events Check out our most recent paper in Cell Reports describing the role of the maternal gut microbiome in the lab's murine model of childhood undernutrition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/8d3d0632-0cc6-4777-b42d-ae79b736529b/PXL_20250401_135539279.jpg Lab Events Lab day at the 'tunda - thanks Claire for the awesome lab logo and T shirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1849878021ba4806394b90/38d4dd02-8559-4463-bae5-d92995abbc7f/Screenshot+2026-07-21+113332_edited.png Lab Events Check out our lab's first publication in Microbiome examining how the gut microbiota contribute to growth and immunity in a model of childhood undernutrition.