Katie has been awarded a Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Prize 2026 from Microbiology Society!
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MDTP student James Kosmopoulos explores the role of viruses in ecosystems
The viruses could also help determine if a wetland has been damaged or if restoration efforts are working.
Congrats to Anna Gregory, PhD!
Anna defended her dissertation “Adaptive strategies employed by Clostridioides difficile in response to environmental and nutritional cues”.
Congrats to MDTP student Dinesh Kumar Kuppa Baskaran!
Dinesh is the recipient of the B.R. DasGupta Graduate Scholarship for Fall 2025!
Congrats to Evrim Fer, PhD!
Evrim successfully defended her dissertation “Tracing the Origins and Evolutionary History of Translation GTPases”.
Congrats to Abena Kissi-Twum, PhD!
Abena successfully defended her dissertation “Why is the DNA virus Hepatitis B not a RNA virus? – Understanding virion morphogenesis in HBV”.
Congrats to MDTP trainer Erica Majumder!
Erica has just received the 2026 ASM Award for Early Career Environmental Research!
Congrats to Dante Calise, PhD!
Dante successfully defended his dissertation “Dissecting the Role of the Fungal Oxylipin Responsive Transcription Factor ZfpA in the Echinocandin Tolerance of Human Pathogenic Aspergilli”.
Congrats to MDTP alumnus Jason Saba, winner of the Sternberg Thesis Prize!
Jason is the 2025 recipient of the Nat L Sternberg Thesis Prize at this year’s Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages meeting!
Congrats to Eddy Cruz, PhD!
Eddy successfully defended his dissertation “Elucidating Regulatory Inputs Controlling Expression of the Salmonella dmsA Homologs”.