Elias West
Research: Iron acquisition and homeostasis in C. difficile during infection
Elias was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned his B.S. in Biology from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Elias joined the Skaar Lab in 2021 through the IGP program, and his project focuses on iron acquisition systems utilized by C. difficile during infection when in competition with the immune system and gut microbes.
Mentor: Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D., M.P.H.