Angela O'Donnell

acodonnell@utexas.edu
Microbiology Ph.D student
University of Texas at Austin

Angela is broadly interested in discovering and engineering new antimicrobials. She is also interested in exploring how the study of antimicrobial evolution can inform and guide research. Angela is co-advised by Howard Ochman and Bryan Davies.

Academic History

Ph.D. student, Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 2020 - present
B.A., Biology, Smith College (Northampton, MA), 2018

Professional History

Research Assistant, Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2018 - 2020

Publications

Li Y., A. C. O'Donnell, and H. Ochman (2021) Discriminating arboviral species. J Gen Virol. 102(4). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001572

Bobay L. M., A. C. O'Donnell, and H. Ochman (2021) Recombination events are concentrated in the spike protein region of Betacoronaviruses. PLoS Genet. 16(12):e1009272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009272.

Motta E. V. S., M. Mak, T. K. De Jong, J. Elijah Powell, A. O'Donnell, Suhr K. J. , Riddington I. M., and N. A. Moran (2020) Oral or topical exposure to glyphosate in herbicide formulation impacts the gut microbiota and survivalrRates of honey bees. Appl Environ Microbiol. 86(18):e01150-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01150-20.