People
Waldan K. Kwong
Group Leader
Microbial Genomics and Symbiosis Lab
PhD Yale University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BSc University of British Columbia, Biology & Physics
Interests: microbes, evolution, functional genomics, visual media & scicomm
Rodney Eyles
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD Australian National University, Plant Science
BSc Australian National University, Molecular Biology
Interests: host-microbe signalling, non-coding RNA, transcriptomics
Cláudia Campos
Lab Manager
PhD University of Geneva, Developmental Biology
MSc University of Aveiro, Advanced Biomolecular Methods
Interests: host-microbe interactions, methods development, sustainability in science
Fatih Polat
Erasmus+ student
(co-advised with Isabel Gordo)
BSc Abdullah Gül University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Samuel Acheampong
IBB PhD Student
MPhil University of Ghana, Molecular Biology
BSc Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Biochemistry
Interests: host-microbe interactions, bacterial secretion, digital art
saacheampong@igc.gulbenkian.pt
Visitors
Kang Wang
Visiting PhD student, 2022–2023
PhD student, Yangzhou University, Rearing of Special-type Economic Animals
BSc Yangzhou University, Animal Sciences
Interests: beekeeping (genus Apis), microbiome-gut-brain axis, evolution and mechanisms of microbial symbiosis
Asunción Lago-Lestón
Sabbatical Visitor, 2022–2023
Group Leader, Laboratory of Metagenomics, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada
Project: Deep sea sediment microbiomes
Lab Photo, Feb. 2023
