The Williams Lab

Scroll down to see photos from various groups or events!

Marina and Nils traveled to Vellore, India for a DeWorm3 meeting and to train scientists there on the use of our STH qPCR assays. September 2017.

DeWorm3 meeting

Jacqueline’s field trip to Bangladesh to train our collaborators on our soil transmitted helminth assays

Marina’s field trip to Argentina to collect soil transmitted helminths

Marina with Yulisha. The school, El Santiago de el Cedral, was visited for sampling. Cedral is endemic for intestinal parasites.
Trichuris trichiura egg.
Ruben (Professor at University of Salta) and Paola (PhD student at University of Salta) heading out to collect samples from the field.
Ruben distributing collection containers.
Rojelio (MD/researcher from Baylor College) fishing out eggs.
Nico (technician at the Tropical Medicine Clinic) and Paola in Orán.
Nico and Maria (student at the Tropical Medicine Clinic) in Orán.
Marisa (nurse at the Tropical Medicine Clinic) distributing containers for stool samples to 2nd grade children.
Marina fishing out eggs.
School kitchen in Cedral, Orán.
Hookworm larva.
Hookworm transparent eggs.
Hymenolepis nana, an enigmatic intestinal parasite.
We didn't look only at helminths....Protoza were present as well
The Harada Mori culturing technique for recovering nematode larvae.
Children in Cedral, Orán.
Containers for collecting stool samples at the elementary school.
Gauchito Gil - Argentina's cowboy saint.
Typical yard in Cedral, Orán.
Typical housing in Cedral.
Flying over Tucumán. Breathtaking landscape!
Enjoying the field trips.
In the jungle the mighty jungle (Orán.)
Buenos Aires.
STEAKS! The fun part of Argentina.
El monumental. Alejandro (director of Tropical Medicine Clinic), Ruben, Rojelio, Marina and Paola. Steak and wine in Salta, Argentina.
Cutlural burst in Salta, Argentina.
Obelisco. Blue hour in Buenos Aires.

The Marine Mammal group!

Caroline, Eirini, Kalani, and Kristen in Mystic CT (after picking up worms)
Woods Hole, MA
Caroline in Woods Hole
Caroline holding the "outstanding student paper award" at the American Society for Parasitologists conference in Omaha, NE in June 2015. Congratulations, Caroline!!
Tube showing mitochondrial isolation via differential ultra centrifugation (the little white specs are mitochondria!)
Rubaiyea, Kristen, Caroline, Kalani presenting at Collaborations
Parasites from harp seal from the Mystic Aquarium
Kalani loading gels
Kalani loading gels
Parasite from Risso Dolphin (from The New England Aquarium)