Our Team
Michael Bachmann
principal investigator
Michael Bachmann is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Prior to being recruited by MSU, Dr. Bachmann worked in the laboratory of Dr. Christopher Contag at Stanford University where he advanced bioluminescence imaging methodology and applied it to a number of animal models of human disease, including cancer and infection.
Dr. Bachmann studied medicine in Frankfurt and Mainz, Germany, as well as the Hammersmith Hospital in London, U.K. His graduate studies were in the laboratory of Dr. James I. Mullins in the Department of Cancer Biology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
cristiane hicks
Laboratory Manager
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Jessica Starnes
Undergraduate Student
Major: Microbiology and molecular genetics
Project: Testing essential oils against the bacterium Vibro Cholera. This project contributes to our understanding of antimicrobial resistance.
Racheal
Undergraduate Student
Major: Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
Minor: Global Public health and Epidemiology
Project: Studying the expression of HIV accessory gene products, individually and in combination, on immune response. We study this response in human, monkey, and mouse macrophages through luciferase labeling techniques.
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Undergraduate Student
Major: Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics
Minor: Bioethics
Project: Testing essential oils against the bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus. This project contributes to our understanding of antimicrobial resistance.