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Tatiana Rodriguez

Undergraduate Research Assistant

BSc Biology Student

Professional Preparation

Teaching Intern 

DUC-NSM Research Methodology Series

Microbiology

Epidemiology

Conservation Biology

A Bit About Me

I am a 4th year student at DUC, majoring in Biology with a minor in chemistry. I have assisted Dr. OHG in research on infectious diseases present in the amphibian community. This has developed my interest in becoming a lab technician and working in research in the future. 

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Research Projects

Evolution of fungal pathogen resistance to therapeutics

Tatiana has been working on evaluating the evolution of resistance to antifungal therapies by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Skills

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Field Skills

Salamander Collection

Salamander Marking

Microbiome/Disease Sampling

Laboratory Skills

DNA isolation 

PCR and qPCR

Electrophoresis

Culture isolation 

Bacterial isolation 

Aseptic technique 

 

Professional Presentations

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Poster Presentations

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis can develop resistance to probiotic metabolites in serial passage experiments. Bay Area Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 2023 

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis can develop resistance to probiotic metabolites in serial passage experiments. Dominican University of California Scholarly and Creative Works Conference 2023 

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