The Brodsky Lab

Stefan Peterson

Stefan is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology program within the Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group. He obtained his B.S. from Creighton University in 2016. In the Brodsky lab, he is excited to study the intestinal immune response to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

Maxime Zamba-Campero

Maxime is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology program within the Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group. She obtained her B.S. from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2019. In the Brodsky lab, she is excited to study the immune response to Salmonella infection.

Winslow Yost

Winslow is from Baltimore, Maryland. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Biology from the University of Delaware, and developed an interest in immunology after working for the Center for Immunization Research at John’s Hopkins University. In the Brodsky Lab she is interested in cell death signaling and it’s influence on the outcome of infection, all while ensuring the lab runs smoothly.

Reyna Garcia Sillas

Reyna is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology program within Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group. She’s received her bachelor in Microbiology from Arizona State University. She’s first generation Mexican-American and first in her family pursue a graduate degree. Reyna is from Phoenix, Arizona and misses her 120F summers. In the Brodsky lab, she is interested in understanding cell death signaling pathways and proinflammatory signaling in human cells during bacterial infection.

Nicolai Apenes

Nicolai is a graduate student in the Immunology program. He obtained his B.S. from the University of Portland in 2020. He is interested in the host-derived immune response to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

Daniel Sorobetea, Ph.D.

Daniel obtained his doctorate at Lund University in Sweden, under the mentorship of Marcus Svensson-Frej. His work centers on the interaction between Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and the intestinal immune system, with a particular emphasis on the role of cell death in response to infection, which is conducted under the auspice of the Swedish Society for Medical Research.

Beatrice Herrmann, MS

Beatrice is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology program within Cell and Molecular Biology. She obtained her Bachelor's in biochemistry at Rice University and then performed her Master’s studies on HIV resistance at ENS Paris-Saclay in France. In the Brodsky lab she is researching immune and nervous responses to Salmonella and other intestinal infections.

Ronit Schwartz

Ronit is a graduate student in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology program within Cell and Molecular Biology. She obtained her B.S. from Johns Hopkins University in 2018. In the Brodsky lab, she is interested in the intersection between cell biology and bacterial infection, specifically regarding the interconnectivity of cell death pathways.

Luying Liu, Ph.D.

Luying is a postdoctoral researcher. She received her doctorate with Dr. Craig Roy at Yale University. In the Brodsky lab, she is interested in studying the crosstalk between metabolic pathways, metabolites, and the innate immune system during bacterial infection.

Rosemary O’Neill

Rosemary is an undergraduate student at Penn pursuing her BA in Biology with a concentration in Mechanisms of Disease. In the Brodsky Lab, she is eager to study the innate immune response to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.

Matt obtained his doctorate at the University of Maryland-Baltimore, under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Ernst. His doctorate work focused on improving a Shigella vaccine. He hopes to further his research in the Brodsky lab studying intracellular pathogenesis.

Suhas Bobba, Ph.D.

Suhas obtained his doctorate at Washington University in St. Louis under the mentorship of Dr. Shabaana Khader. His doctorate work focused on understanding the impacts of drug resistance-conferring mutations on the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the lungs. He hopes to further his research in the Brodsky Lab and study mucosal immunity to other bacterial pathogens.