diff --git a/_labbies/colovas.md b/_labbies/colovas.md index e9a1097..d6bd448 100644 --- a/_labbies/colovas.md +++ b/_labbies/colovas.md @@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ --- layout: labbies -status: alumni +status: current title: Joanna Colovas picture: /assets/img/colovas.jpg previous_training: - BS : Michigan State University (2022) -joined_lab: 2019 -position: Undergraduate Researcher + BS : Michigan State University (2021) + MS : Michigan State University (2022) +joined_lab: 2023 +position: Bioinformaticist - Computational Biologist Intermediate theme_areas: - - Intestinal Microbiome - - _Clostridium difficile_ + - Data Accessibility + - mums2 development github: joannacolovas email: jocolova@med.umich.edu --- -I am in the process of completing my studies as a Microbiology major with a minor in Global Public Health and Epidemiology at Michigan State University. Currently, I work with Sarah Tomkovich to explore how stresses on the gut microbiome affect colonization of *Clostridium difficile*. During the school year, I am part of the ShadeLab at MSU where I study the heritability of microbial communities using seeds. +Joanna returned to the Schloss lab in 2023 as a Bioinformaticist, having previously been an undergraduate researcher in 2019, working with Sarah Tomkovich on *Clostridium difficile*. +During her MS, Joanna worked on characterizing the plant microbiome of plant compartments in the common bean with Dr. Ashley Shade, as well as designing a protocol for creating your own "Mock Microbial Community" for seqeuencing and extraction applications. +After her MS, Joanna completed a CDC Infectious Disease fellowship at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, where she aided the lab in building sequencing capacity.