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Jorge E. Galan

Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbiology
Chair
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale University School of Medicine
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine
295 Congress Av.
New Haven, CT 06536-0812
Phone:  (203) 737-2404
Fax: (203) 737-2630
e-mail: jorge.galan@yale.edu


Maria Lara-Tejero

Research Associate

HOMETOWN
Valladolid, Spain

EDUCATION
DVM - School of Veterinary Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid
PhD Microbiology - Yale University

RESEARCH INTEREST
All type III secretion

CONTACT
maria.lara-tejero@yale.edu


Sam Fels

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
St. Louis, MO

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Truman State University - 2009
PhD Microbiology - University of Missouri - 2015

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni and its interaction with the host microbiota.

CONTACT
samuel.fels@yale.edu


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Emily Guo

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Shandong, China

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Shandong University - 2006
PhD Developmental Biology- Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - 2012

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the structure and function of Salmonella type III secretion system and typhoid toxin neutralization.

CONTACT
emily.guo@yale.edu


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Jose Eduardo Soto

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOME COUNTRY
Mexico

EDUCATION
BS Genomics - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2010
MS Biochemistry - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2012
PhD Biochemistry - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - 2017

RESEARCH INTEREST
I am interested in understanding how the type III secretion system functions at the molecular level.

CONTACT
jose.soto@yale.edu


Meixin Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Guangdong, China

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Shantou University - 2013
PhD Life Sciences - Sun Yat-sen University - 2018 

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the mechanisms by which a cell intrinsic host-defense mechanism orchestrated by the mitochondria controls the replication of intracellular pathogens.

CONTACT
meixin.chen@yale.edu


Huan Lian

Postdoctoral Fellow 

HOMETOWN
Changchun, China

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Harbin Institute - 2013
PhD Cell Biology - Wuhan University - 2018 

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the characterization of the effector protein of the type III secretion system of Salmonella Typhimurium that mediates the inflammatory response after infection.

CONTACT
huan.lian@yale.edu


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Heng Zhao

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Nanjing, China

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Nanjing Agricultural University - 2009
MS Microbiology - Nanjing Agricultural University - 2012
PhD Microbiology - Cornell University - 2018

RESEARCH INTEREST
I'm interested in the mechanism of pathogenesis of Salmonella Typhi, the interplay between the host and pathogen, and the role of typhoid toxin in this process.

CONTACT
heng.zhao@yale.edu


Yichao Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

EDUCATION
D. V. M. Veterinary Medicine – Northeast Agricultural University, China - 2010
PhD Poultry Science - University of Arkansas, USA - 2017

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni and its interaction with the host microbiota.

CONTACT
yichao.yang@yale.edu


Tingting Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Jiang Xi, China

EDUCATION
BS Biology - Qinghai Normal University - 2014
MS Microbiology - Nankai University - 2017
PhD Biomedical Sciences - City University of Hong Kong - 2020

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the mechanisms of Type III protein secretion, and in particular the mechanisms by which the secretion machine engages its substrates.

CONTACT
tingting.wang@yale.edu


Leopoldo Machado

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

EDUCATION
BS Pharmacy - Federal University of Minas Gerais - 2012
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences - Federal University of Minas Gerais - 2014
PhD Biotechnology - The University of Manchester - 2019

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study cell biology of the interaction of Salmonella Typhi with its host and the bacterial adaptations that allows this pathogen to replicate within the host.

CONTACT
leopoldo.machado@yale.edu


Iva Atanaskovic

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Belgrade, Serbia

EDUCATION
BS Biology - University of Belgrade, Serbia - 2016
MS Microbiology - University of Belgrade, Serbia - 2017
PhD Infection Immunology and Translational Medicine - University of Oxford, UK - 2021

RESEARCH INTEREST
I study the type X secretion system of Salmonella enterica.

CONTACT
iva.atanaskovic@yale.edu


Florian Schüder

Postdoctoral Fellow

HOMETOWN
Munich, Germany

EDUCATION
BS Physics - University of Munich, Germany - 2013
MS Physics - University of Munich, Germany - 2015
PhD Phyics - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany - 2020

RESEARCH INTEREST
Super-resolution studies of the molecular composition of the type III secretion system in Salmonella Typhimurium.

CONTACT
florian.shuder@yale.edu