Azan Yousaf

Undergraduate Research Assistant

BSc Biology Student

Professional Preparation

DUC-NSM Research Methodology Series

A Bit About Me

I am a current sophomore on the pre-med track. This will be my first year partaking in OHG Lab. I am excited to do microbial research, and I would like to focus my research on the host and parasitical interaction. I believe that research on that topic can support us in better understanding bacterial characteristics and affix that research into medicine.

Research Projects

Disease Ecology of Terrestrial Salamanders

Azan is working on studying the prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on salamander populations experiencing wildfires in the Bay Area.

Skills

Field Skills

Salamander Collection

Salamander Marking

Microbiome/Disease Sampling

Laboratory Skills

DNA Extractions

PCR and qPCR

Electrophoresis