Isabella is an undergraduate student in the Surette Lab. She started at McMaster as a Life Sciences student before entering the Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization (BDC) program. She is currently working on her fourth-year thesis in the lab. Her work investigates mobile genetic elements that carry antibiotic resistance genes in the Lachnospiraceae family of bacteria within the gut. Outside of the lab, she enjoys baking, working out, and spending time with family