Julia Lane

Julia Lane is a graduate student in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology. She was born and raised in Dallas Texas and obtained a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Edinburgh in 2022 with honors in immunology. After graduating, she investigated colonic innervation and the role of TLR4 signaling in colonic nociception in the Burton lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. Julia joined Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) in 2023 and joined the Byndloss lad in 2024. Her current project focuses on interactions between the gut microbiota and intestinal epithelium and the role these interactions play in disease.

Mentor: Mariana Byndloss, D.V.M., Ph.D.