Howdy, I’m Bryan, an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. I work with research groups lead by Heather Jaspan and Rhea Coler in the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research @ Seattle Children’s Research Institute, where I study interactions between bacteria, viruses, and our immune response in various parts of the human body.  I’m interested in understanding how ecological and evolutionary factors shape our relationships with microbial partners and how those partners affect our immune response. I typically interrogate these interactions using next-generation sequencing and other ‘omics approaches, in-vitro and in-vivo experiments, and by building and applying statistical tools to integrate it all into one cohesive package.

Previously, I was a graduate student in Jennifer Wernegreen’s group @ Duke University. Split between the Center for Genomic and Computational Biology and the Nicholas School of the Environment, I studied how the ecology of the GI tract shapes genomic evolution of bacterial associates.

If I’m not at the bench or desk, there’s a good shot that I’m pulling myself up a cliff or mountain, playing in the snow, or thinking too much about brewing that perfect cup of joe. I also really enjoy mountains, and trying to fool myself into thinking that I actually know how to shoot halfway decent photos of them.