Lab Members
The Hunter lab is dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and we promote and recognize principles of fairness and equity in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, disability, faith, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, social class, economic class, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, and all other identities represented among our diverse communities.
Research interests: Using single cell RNA-seq to explore how bacterial challenge affects healthy and CF airway tissues.
Research interests : Temporal protein expression by the translationally active subset of CF lung microbiota.
Research interests : Computational analysis of longitudinal data derived from diseased airways.
Research interests : Mucin characterization and the use of cold plasma as an anti-microbial.
Research interests: Microbial community interactions in diseased airways.
Research interests : P. aeruginosa growth and virulence in CF airways.
Research interests : Microbial community influences on CF pathogen virulence.
Research interests : Mucin integrity and degredation in response to microbial communities.
Lab Alumni
Patrick Moore: Postdoctoral Researcher —> Non-Clinical Consultant at DataRevive
Leslie Kent: Undergraduate Researcher —> Researcher —>Graduate Student in Tamayo Lab at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Sabrina Arif: Researcher —> MICaB Graduate Student in Blekhman Lab at University of Minnesota -Twin Cities
Joe Jung: Undergraduate Researcher
Sarah Lucas: MICaB Graduate Student —> Postdoctoral Researcher in Schloss Lab at University of Michigan
Ben Bonis: Postdoctoral Researcher —> Sr. Scientist, General Probiotics
Lydia Cameron: Researcher —> Medical Student at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tina Loesekann: Research Assistant Professor —> Teaching Instructor, University of Minnesota
Clayton Summit: Undergraduate —> Data Science Academy
Kelsey Binder: MICaB Graduate Student —> Research Scientist, MDBiosciences
Jeff Flynn: Postdoctoral Researcher —> Research Scientist, 3M
Jenn McCurtain: MICaB Graduate Student —> Senior Scientist, MERCK
Sophie Kowaliczko: Undergraduate —> Kennedy Lab, University of Minnesota
Clayton Evert: Researcher —> Researcher in Khoruts Lab at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Heather Johnson: Undergraduate, Researcher —> Plant Pathology Graduate Program, University of California Davis
Katie Kelly: Undergraduate, Researcher —> Mougous Lab, University of Washington
Chi Phan: Researcher —> Skinner Lab, University of Minnesota
Alysha Lee: Undergraduate —> Welander Lab, Stanford University
Tim Howard: Undergraduate —> Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Andrew Truong: Undergraduate —> Medical School, University of Wisconsin