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Welcome to the Sakaguchi Lab at Iowa State University. 

The Sakaguchi Lab at Iowa State University is dedicated to promoting a diverse, inclusive and welcoming community for all persons without regard to ethnicity, race, creed, cultural background, gender identity, national or native origin, physical ability, religious affiliation, or sexual orientation, and recognizes that all these vast diversities exist among, and benefit our community.

Principal Investigator

Graduate Students

    • MCDB Graduate Student
    • Honors: Brown Fellowship Awardee '21; David Gladson Scholarship Awardee '21, '22

Undergraduate Students

    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Genetics, Minor: Microbiology
    • Hometown: Lake Quivira, KS
    • Hobbies: Weight-lifting, Rowing, Running, Listening to music, and playing piano.
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Genetics (CALS)
    • Honors: Buck Genetics Scholarship, '21; Borlaug-Ruan Internship, '22
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology (LAS)
    • Hometown: West Des Moines, IA
    • Hobbies: kickboxing, reading, and watching football
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Microbiology
    • Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
    • Hobbies: hiking, baking, knitting
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology
    • Honors: LAS Dean’s High Impact Scholarship
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Genetics (LAS)
    • Honors: LAS Dean’s High Impact Scholarship
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology
    • Hometown: Ankeny, IA
    • Hobbies: Biking, fishing, and playing with my dog
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Chemical Engineering
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology (LAS); Minor: Spanish
    • Hometown: Rosemount, MN
    • Hobbies: Lifting weights, cooking, writing, spending time with friends, family, and my dogs, and fishing
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Mechanical Engr./Minor: Biomedical Engr.
    • Hometown: La Salle, Illinois
    • Honors: Cardinal Key Honors Society
    • Hobbies: Running, bouldering, hiking
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology (AGLS)
    • Hometown: Ames, IA
    • Hobbies: swimming, hiking, and golfing
    • UG Research Assistant
    • Major: Biology (CALS)
    • Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota
    • Honors: CALS Office of Academic Innovation Award for Undergraduate Research
    • Hobbies: cooking, playing piano, reading
    • VSEER Intern, LSAMP IINSPIRE Program