UdayÌýTak

  • (he/him)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow
  • DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
  • B.S. Biochemistry,ÌýStony Brook University
  • Ph.D. Microbiology, Advisor: Dr. Michael Niederweis, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2014–2020

Uday is a postdoctoral fellow who studies bacterial ion channels in phage defense and biological conflict. He hails from Queens, NY and a received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Stony Brook University. He received a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Alabama Birmingham where he studied toxin secretion byÌýMycobacterium tuberculosis.ÌýWhen not in the lab, he enjoys shredding fresh powder on a snowboard, hiking, movies, and hanging out with his dogs.

UdayÌýis the recipient of:

  • 2021–present Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2023 1st Place Postdoc Oral Presentation at theÌýASM Rocky Mountain Branch Meeting