Elizabeth Hernandez is a second year Biology student at the University of California, Los Angeles. As an undergraduate student at UCLA, she is currently conducting research in the Sears Lab. The research the Sears Lab aims to understand is how bats live longer than humans but remain healthy and barely show any signs of aging for most of their life. She is currently assisting her mentor Kobie, in their project that investigates the connection between viral load, immunity, and reproduction in bats. In the lab they are focusing on how the bats evolutionary diversification and robust immune systems may be linked to their metabolic requirements, as their metabolic needs during flight, may be linked to their high levels of immunity. The method used here will be Phage ImmunoPrecipitation sequencing (PhIP-Seq) which allows analysis of multiple antibodies simultaneously. They will keep observing blood samples to compare pathogens in captive versus wild bats to see how this in turn affects their aging and reproduction. Elizabeth would like to thank Dr.Sears and Kobie Boslough for their mentorship and support in her research experience.