Photo Gallery
View images from the ARES laboratory below, and meet some of our lab team.

Natasia Jacko, MPH
Natasia Jacko working on samples in the lab for SPREAD and SEMAPHORE projects.

MRSA Growth
Samples from SPREAD Project

ICEMAN Swab
Bacteria growth in ESBL agar: photo taken by Sean Loughrey

Joel Whitehead, RHIT
Joel Whitehead, Research Coordinator on SPREAD Study.

ICEMAN Resurrection Swab
Sean Loughrey studying sample on blood plate

Kevin Bouiller, PhD
Kevin Bouiller at work testing samples for MRSA.

Environmental Swab
Beautiful color displayed by bacteria: photo taken by Sean Loughrey in the ARES Lab

ARES Retreat
Laura Cowden (Lab Supervisor), Leigh Cressman (Senior Data Analyst), Emily Reesey (former ARES staff), and Elyse Clark (guest) visiting the Mayan ruins of Mexico.

Samples from Lab
Samples are sent out to our collaborating universities to be analyzed: photo taken by Jessie Gunoskey

Sean Loughrey, Research Specialist
Sean seen analyzing notes for CDC projects

Filling Tubes for SEMAPHORE Study

Alexa Patel, Research Specialist
Alexa testing samples for MERLIN

Local Swab Test
Bacteria growth on plate: taken by Sean Loughrey

Liz Huang, Research Specialist
Liz primarily works on ALCHEMY seen here pulling samples from the freezer

Emilia Wilkins, MS
Emilia analyzing data for STOP-CDI

Bacteria Growth

Leigh Cressman, Senior Data Analyst
Leigh handles data analysis on all faculty projects

Nicolas Amongero, Research Coordinator
Nic works primarily on SCOUT and analyzes patient data

Growth Rates of Bacteria
Photo taken by Jessie Gunoskey

Ryan Tino, Research Coordinator
Ryan works as a research coordinator on MERLIN and SCOUT projects

Stacks of samples to be sent out for analyzation
We work with other research labs across the country to progress AMR research
