People Type: Graduate Student

Biography Wenxuan is currently a PhD student in the biophysics program, studying the interactions between the gut microbiome and immune systems, specifically in conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and autoimmune diseases. He is from China and graduated from China Agricultural University in animal sciences. His previous research focused on swine nutrition and the fecal …

Biography Gillian did her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, before moving on to the Salk Institute to study the foraging strategies and stress response of a prey nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) when in the presence of a predatory nematode (Pristionchus pacificus) that competes for the same food source. She’s currently a PhD …