Katie McBride
Lab Technician since 2020
Research areas
- Colorectal cancer
- Clostridium difficile
Education
- BS: University of Tennessee Knoxville
- MS: University of Tennessee Knoxville
Background
Within the Schloss lab, I am primarily responsible for supporting day-to-day operations. I help the graduate students and post-docs carry out experiments and generate data, keep the lab space and equipment maintained, and assist with organizing and management of the large amounts of data the lab produces. Previously, I worked on exploring the microbial communities Superfund sites; and now I am learning a lot about the human gut microbiome and how it contributes to various diseases!
Papers from time in Schloss lab
- Hagan AK, Lesniak NA, Balunas MJ, Bishop L, Close WL, Doherty MD, Elmore AG, Flynn KJ, Hannigan GK, Koumpouras CC, Jenior ML, Kozik AJ, McBride K, Rifkin SB, Stough JMA, Sovacool KL, Sze MA, Tomkovich S, Topçuoğlu BD, Schloss PD. 2020. Ten simple rules to increase computational skills among biologists with Code Clubs. PLOS Computational Biology. 16: e1008119. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008119.
- Tomkovich S, Taylor A, King J, Colovas J, Bishop L, McBride K, Royzenblat S, Lesniak NA, Bergin IL, Schloss PD. 2021. An osmotic laxative renders mice susceptible to prolonged Clostridioides difficile colonization and hinders clearance. mSphere. 6: e00629-21. DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00629-21.
- Lesniak NA, Tomkovich S, Henry A, Taylor A, Colovas J, Bishop L, McBride K, Schloss PD. 2022. Simplified fecal community transplant restores Clostridioides difficile colonization resistance to antibiotic perturbed murine communities. mBio. In press: e0136422. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01364-22.