If you are interested in our research, please feel free to use the contact information below or the form on the contact page to get in touch. We're looking for enthusiastic undergraduate and graduate students to come work with us!
Principal Investigator
Matt Ballinger {ballinger at biology dot msstate dot edu}
BA Biology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
MSc Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo
PhD Biology, Taylor Lab, State University of New York at Buffalo
Postdoc, Perlman Lab, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Matt Ballinger {ballinger at biology dot msstate dot edu}
BA Biology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
MSc Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo
PhD Biology, Taylor Lab, State University of New York at Buffalo
Postdoc, Perlman Lab, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
PhD candidate
Logan Moore
BS Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis, ribosome-inactivating proteins, symbiont genomics
Logan Moore
BS Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis, ribosome-inactivating proteins, symbiont genomics
MSc student
Rebecca Christian
BS Biochemistry, Mississippi State University
EVE-virus interactions, dipteran RNA interference, bioinformatics
Rebecca Christian
BS Biochemistry, Mississippi State University
EVE-virus interactions, dipteran RNA interference, bioinformatics
PhD student
Tolu Chris Amuwa
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis, reproductive manipulation
Tolu Chris Amuwa
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis, reproductive manipulation
MSc student
Liz Robertson
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis
Liz Robertson
Spiroplasma, defensive symbiosis
Undergraduate student
Parth Sharma
Spiroplasma toxin gene regulation
Parth Sharma
Spiroplasma toxin gene regulation
Undergraduate student
Caleb Perniciaro
symbiont-virus interactions
Caleb Perniciaro
symbiont-virus interactions
Past lab members
Casey Raborn, graduate student, 2018
Madison Greer, undergraduate student, 2018-2019
Sara Dew, undergraduate student, 2019
Sara Durkin, undergraduate student, 2019
Abbie Metcalfe, undergraduate student, 2019
Cassidy Doss, undergraduate student, 2019
Afsoon Sabet, graduate student, 2019-2020
Kevin Kosewick, undergraduate student, 2022
Casey Raborn, graduate student, 2018
Madison Greer, undergraduate student, 2018-2019
Sara Dew, undergraduate student, 2019
Sara Durkin, undergraduate student, 2019
Abbie Metcalfe, undergraduate student, 2019
Cassidy Doss, undergraduate student, 2019
Afsoon Sabet, graduate student, 2019-2020
Kevin Kosewick, undergraduate student, 2022