Hsiao Lab @ UCLA 2022 (old snapshot of website, Visit Current Site)
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Angela ChenUndergraduate Researcher -
Elena ColeyPhD student -
Donya MazdeyasnanUndergraduate Researcher -
Greg LumPhD student -
Jorge Paramognotobiotics manager -
Kristie YuMD/PhD student -
Sabeen KazmiPhD student -
Jonathan LynchAssistant Project Scientist -
Erika GonzalezUndergraduate Researcher -
Anna ChakhoyanUndergraduate Researcher -
Kayli ChoyUndergraduate Researcher -
Anisha ChandraUndergraduate Researcher -
Lewis YuPhD student -
Ezgi ÖzcanPostdoctoral Scholar -
Gulistan AgirmanPostdoctoral Scholar -
Yvonne FuUndergraduate Researcher -
Mariana ArinoUndergraduate Researcher
Lab alumni:
- Julianne McGinn, gnotobiotics manager 2015-2017, now writer at Marvel Comics
- David Nusbaum, staff research associate 2016, MD student at USC, now resident at University of Chicago
- Cristopher Garduno, undergraduate researcher 2016-2017, now PhD student UCSB
- Jessica Yano, staff research associate 2013-2016, now PhD student UCLA
- Kristie Yu, undergraduate researcher 2014-2015, now MD/PhD student UCLA
- Gauri Shastri, undergraduate researcher 2014-2015, now MD student UCSD
- Dawn Liang, undergraduate researcher 2016-2018, now MD student UCI
- Emily Siegler, undergraduate researcher 2016-2018, now MD student California Northstate University
- Thomas Fung, postdoctoral fellow 2016-2019, now scientist at Federation Bio
- Austin Qiu, undergraduate researcher 2016-2019
- Maria Kazantsev, master's student 2016-2019
- Tomiko Rendon, gnotobiotics manager 2017-2019
- Aaron Llanes, master's student, 2018-2019
- Alonso Iniguez, master's student, 2017-2019, now at Pivot Bio
- Yongning Deng, visiting scholar, 2019, now clinician in neurodegenerative desease
- Sahil Telang, undergraduate researcher 2017-2021
- Angela Chen, undergraduate researcher 2018-2021
- Grace Yang, undergraduate researcher 2019-2021
- Emma Leshan, undergraduate researcher 2019-2021, now at Circulomics/PacBio
- Ryan Hoang, undergraduate researcher 2020-2021
Team Photos
News
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2022-06-17 —Congrats to Greg on being awarded a Whitcome fellowship! -
2022-06-09 —Dr. Geoffrey Pronovost successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis! -
2022-06-03 —Congrats to Kelly on being awarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship! -
2022-05-27 —Congrats to Kristie for being awarded a Whitcome fellowship! -
2022-05-20 — Big congrats to Jon for accepting his new assistant professorship position at Johns Hopkins University! -
2022-04-11 —Congrats to Ezgi on being selected to give an oral presentation at the American Society of Nutrition annual meeting and also as a finalist for the Nutrition Translation Award! -
2022-04-06 — Elaine is named an Early Career Innovator in Science by Takeda and New York Academy of Sciences! -
2022-04-06 —Congratulations to Ezgi for winning the Sue Bodine Postdoctoral Travel Award! -
2022-01-22 —Congrats to Kristie on being awarded a Keystone Symposium Scholarship! -
2022-01-22 — Check out Lewis and Guli's comprehensive review of the gut microbiome as a regulator of the neuroimmunity in Annual Review of Immunology! -
2022-01-01 —Huge congrats to Helen for starting her new assistant professorship position at University of Minnesota Medical School! We miss you! -
2021-12-20 — Ezgi's shares a highlight and perspective in Cell Reports Medicine on exciting work from the Gratten group -
2021-11-26 — Big congrats to Guli and Kristie for closing out a special issue of Science with their review on gut-brain signaling in inflammation! -
2021-11-10 —Way to go Lewis and Guli for leading UCLA’s Immunology in Neuroscience Affinity Group! -
2021-11-08 —Congrats to Kelly for winning a Keystone conference travel award and being selected for oral presentation on her exciting work! -
2021-09-10 —Congrats to Sabeen on being awarded a UCLA Hyde Fellowship! -
2021-08-26 —Congrats to Anisha for winning an undergraduate research scholarship! -
2021-08-12 —Congrats to Erika for being named an MSD scholar! -
2021-08-05 — Excited to share this work by Christine, Ping, Geoff and colleagues-- a fascinating example of how environmental factors interact synergistically to alter the gut microbiome and impair hippocampal function and cognitive behavior in mice. -
2021-07-21 — Check out Elena new article on roles for the gut microbiome in mediating effects of early life nutrition on neurodevelopment, especially in the context of the global prevalence of malnutrition. -
2021-06-30 —Way to go Helen on winning the Suzanne Eaton award! -
2021-06-08 —Congrats to Greg and Kristie on winning Whitcome fellowships! -
2021-05-28 — Congrats to Elena on leading research with Annie Gupta and Emeran Mayer on microbial predictors of early life stress! -
2021-05-27 —Congrats to Grace for winning the Dean's Prize for Undergraduate Research! -
2021-05-24 —Dr. Christine Olson successfully defends her doctoral thesis! -
2021-05-18 — Check out Kristie's deep dive on effects of the microbiome on circuits for feeding behavior -
2021-05-10 — Excited to share Helen's new paper on interactions between the microbiome and antidepressant exposure during pregnancy -
2021-04-29 — Guli knocked it outta the park (lab) with her snapshot of the gut-brain axis! -
2021-04-13 —Elaine receives the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Mentorship award, an amazing honor! -
2020-09-23 — Big congrats to Helen and lab members on their new paper on effects of the maternal microbiome on fetal neurodevelopment! -
2020-06-05 —Congrats to Kristie for winning a Whitcome fellowship! -
2020-06-03 —Congrats to Christine and Geoff for each winning a Dissertation Year Fellowship! -
2020-06-02 — Check out a Christine and Greg’s highlight of “ester-ordinary” work by the Turnbaugh lab -
2020-05-13 — Check out Ping’s highlight on awesome work by the Eggan lab -
2020-05-07 —Honored to now be supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, for our work on the microbiome and epilepsy! -
2020-04-09 — Check out Kelly, Christine and Sabeen’s new perspective piece on microbiome-neuronal signaling! -
2020-03-30 — Big congrats to Elena on being awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship! -
2020-03-30 — Big congrats to Sabeen for winning an honorable mention for the NSF Graduate Fellowship! -
2020-03-23 —Congrats to Jon on his postdoctoral fellowship from the Ford Foundation! -
2020-03-17 —Way to go, Ping, on her fellowship from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation! -
2020-03-06 —Congrats to Helen on her new K99 award from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development -
2020-02-01 — Check out Ping's new Spotlight of exciting work by Fan and colleagues! -
2019-08-08 —Congrats to Christine on her F31 fellowship from National Institute of Aging! -
2019-09-16 —Congrats to Geoff on his F31 fellowship from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development! -
2019-09-26 — Check out Jon's new article on Microbiomes as Sources of Emergent Host Phenotypes! -
2019-09-02 — Congrats to Thomas, the lab and collaborators on our new paper on how serotonin regulates bacterial colonization in the gut! -
2019-08-06 — Congrats to Kelly on her News & Views article for Nature Medicine on new findings from the Turnbaugh and Balskus groups on microbes that metabolize L-dopa -
2019-05-23 — Congrats to Geoff for winning best poster at UCLA’s Bioscience Innovation Day -
2019-04-29 — Excited to have our recent KD paper selected for UCLA’s Life Sciences Excellence Award for Outstanding Research -
2019-04-16 — Honored to be able to share our perspective in Immunity on the importance of neuroimmune research in the next quarter century! -
2019-07-11 — Glad to contribute a diverse voice in Neuron on important challenges for the next generation of neuroscience! -
2019-01-28 — Excited to see our work highlighted in the New York Times -
2019-01-18 — Check out this commentary from Helen Vuong on new work by Martina Sgritta, Costa-Mattioli and colleagues. -
2019-01-15 — Happy to share Geoff's new review on Perinatal Interactions between the Microbiome, Immunity, and Neurodevelopment -
2018-12-05 — Extremely honored to join the Chan Zuckerberg Neurodegeneration Network and for support from the Ben Barres Early Career Award! -
2018-10-23 — Congrats to Elaine on being named a NYSCF Robertson Investigator in Neuroscience! -
2018-09-10 — Congrats to Helen and David on their new paper on the gut microbiota and morphine dependence with Dr. Anna Taylor! -
2018-06-28 — Glad to see new highlights on our research from Science, Science Translational Medicine and Cell Host and Microbe -
2018-06-27 — Happy to see PNAS highlighting our paper on the microbiome and ketogenic diet. -
2018-06-05 — Catch Kelly's highlight on microbiome, serotonin and anxiety, featuring work by Ger Clarke and John Cryan -
2018-06-05 —Congrats to Kelly on being awarded the UCLA Hyde fellowship! -
2018-05-24 — Check out new research from the lab on how the microbiome mediates the protective effects of the ketogenic diet! -
2017-10-17 — Congrats to Geoff on his Immunity Preview describing work from the laboratory of Dr. Lora Hooper -
2017-10-16 — Honored for support from the Packard Foundation that will enable us to pursue exciting new research on microbiota-gut-brain interactions! -
2017-07-13 — Grateful for support from the Simons Foundation and Klingenstein Fund that will enable us to advance a new research project! -
2017-06-28 — Thanks to the Brain Research Foundation for supporting our research -
2017-06-21 —Congrats to Geoff and Christine on being awarded UCLA predoctoral fellowships! -
2017-04-14 — Honored to now be supported by DoD's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program -
2017-03-08 — Congrats to Helen, Jessica and Thomas on their new article on the microbiome and host behavior! -
2017-02-07 — Congrats to Thomas and Christine on their new review on microbiome and neuroimmunity in Nature Neuroscience! -
2017-02-07 — Congrats to Helen on her new review on microbiome contributions to autism spectrum disorder in Biological Psychiatry! -
2016-07-26 — Check out our microbial medalists for the equestrian event of the Microbial Olympics. -
2016-05-12 — Watch Microbiomes Explained, a fun collab with Ph.D. comics. -
2016-02-26 — Honored to now be sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. -
2015-10-14 — Shout out to our serotonin findings in Nature News -
2015-06-23 — The New York Times highlights our work in "Can the bacteria in your gut explain your mood?" -
2015-06-09 — National Geographic names Elaine a 2015 Emerging Explorer -
2015-05-04 — Tune in to our interview on the American Microbiome Institute podcast -
2015-04-10 — Congrats to the lab and our collaborators on our new paper in Cell -
2014-01-09 — Dr. Francis Collins features our work in his NIH Director's blog!