News From the Ma Lab

Congratulations to Nicole Huang, Thao Nguyen and Jack Wier for graduating from undergrad this year!

Congratulations to Lisel Shyam for receiving a UW Microbiology Department Undergraduate Research Award!

A screening platform using zebrafish reveals an antibiotic combination protects against hearing injury caused by medications.

We're excited to have Nicole join us as an undergraduate student research helper.

We're excited to have Alden join us as a TB Scholar for undergraduate research.

We're excited to have Jack join us for undergraduate research.

We're excited to have Mackenzie join us as an undergraduate student research helper.

Congratulations Braden Griebel and Erick Tieu for passing their prelims!

We're excited to be collaborating with John Aitchison's lab to be studying synthetic lethality in viral infections.

We're excited to have Braden join us as a PhD student.

We're excited to have Miranda join the lab as a research scientist.

Congratulations to Jinny for completing her master's degree! Wishing you all the best in your future.

Welcome Erick Tieu! We're excited to have Erick join us as a PhD student.

Welcome Braden Griebel! We're excited to have Braden join us as a PhD student.

Welcome Jinny Ryu! We're excited to have Jinny join us as a MS student.

Welcome Nolawit Mulugeta! We're excited to have Nola join us for her winter rotation.

Welcome Elizabeth Nilles! We're excited to have Elizabeth join us as an undergraduate student research helper.

Welcome Bjorn Sunde! We're excited to have Bjorn join the lab as a research scientist.

Welcome Dr. Opu Bhuiyan! We're excited to have Opu join the lab as a postdoc.

We're excited to have Guoyue join us for her fall rotation.

Host-Pathogen Networks Grant funded! We have been awarded an NIAID New Innovator Award to study host and pathogen regulators of tuberculosis infection fate .

We're excited to have Monica join us as a UW TB scholar.

We're excited to have Emma join the lab as a research scientist.

We're excited to have George join the lab as a research scientist.

We're excited to have Ethan join the lab as a research scientist.

We have officially started operations! Many thanks to Seattle Children's and to the friends and colleagues who made this possible.

We have been awarded a three-year R21 grant from the NIDCD to study drug-drug interactions that impact drug-induced hearing injury.

The Transcriptional Regulatory Induced Phenotype Screen paper is now published in Nature Microbiology. This work describes a powerful forward genetic screening approach to identify regulatory networks that impact M. tuberculosis fitness in response to drugs and other stresses.