Uday 2021
(he/him) • Postdoctoral Scholar • Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biochemistry
uday.tak@colorado.edu
  • B.S. Biochemistry, Stony Brook University
  • Ph.D. Microbiology, Advisor: Dr. Michael Niederweis, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2014–2020

Uday is a postdoctoral fellow who studies bacterial ion channels in phage defense and biological conflict. He hails from Queens, NY and a received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Stony Brook University. He received a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Alabama Birmingham where he studied toxin secretion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When not in the lab, he enjoys shredding fresh powder on a snowboard, hiking, movies, and hanging out with his dogs.

Uday is the recipient of:

  • 2021–present Cancer Research Institute Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2023 1st Place Postdoc Oral Presentation at the ASM Rocky Mountain Branch Meeting