FAQs

It really depends on what day of the experiment you are on. It could be a quick 10 minute in and out making overnight cultures or a 4 hour two time point experiment. Do not worry, usually for the longer days groups collaborate to split up the work! You will most likely be doing a lot of plating of E.coli and phage or setting up a plate reader experiment. What ever type of experiment you are doing, expect to do a lot of pipetting!

The Host-Pathogen Interactions Lab is a close knit group of committed students who love to work hard together on our super cool research, and have fun doing it! Each research group is supported by Dr. O'Hara and a peer mentor, and fellow students and PMs are always around to answer questions and offer help! We love to play music, chat, discuss our results (good and bad!) and learn new things every day that we are in the lab (or collaborating on zoom!)

There is a reason that all the visualizations of viruses use a picture of phage. Phage is the coolest looking virus. Like little aliens taking over its host. But beside how cool it looks, it is a revolutionized way to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria. If you have in interest in medicine, you might have an interest in the virus that could revolutionize the medical world.

If we have not convinced you with our pictures and background, look at our Protocol Database! You will get a good idea of what you will learn and accomplish in this lab. If you like pipetting and plating bacteria, this lab is great for you! If you are not sure if you do, or you don't even know what those are, do not let that deter you. You learn all about how to work with bacteria and bacteriophage and have fun at the same time! But if you are still not convinced, reach out to Dr. O'Hara with any questions or concerns.