Marcus Wong is a PhD Candidate in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity at UC Berkeley. Marcus obtained a B.S in Biological Sciences and B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine. During his undergraduate studies, Marcus gained a lifelong interest in immunology and host-microbe interactions in Dr. Manuela Raffatellu’s lab, where he worked on understanding the role of neutrophils in the gut during Salmonella infections. He then became a staff research associate in the lab of Dr. Donald Forthal, working on uncovering the role of anti-HIV antibody effector functions. Currently, Marcus is a member of Dr. Eva Harris’ lab, where he is primarily interested in understanding the immune response to dengue virus non-structural protein 1, a viral toxin essential to dengue pathogenesis. Outside of the bench, Marcus enjoys the outdoors, camping and climbing rocks wherever he can.