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Congrats to Evan Hutchison, PhD!

Evan successfully defended his dissertation “Investigating the role of gut microbiome interpersonal variation and short-chain fatty acids in cardiometabolic disease.”

Congrats to Jason Zuke, PhD!

Jason successfully defended his dissertation “Production, dynamics, and DNA binding capabilities of Bacillus subtilis natural competence associated pili”.

Congrats to Katie Bultman, PhD!

Katie successfully defended her dissertation “Distinct biofilm regulatory strategies confer host colonization specificity in Vibrio fischeri.”

Congrats to Donny Hoang, PhD!

Donny successfully defended his dissertation “Ecology of Lignocellulose-Enriched Bacterial Communities.”

How waste becomes a resource, with MDTP trainer Victor Ujor

With one look through a microscope as a high school student, Victor Ujor fell in love with the study of microorganisms, and he began to ask questions about their technological potential. Now an assistant professor in the Department of Food Science, Ujor studies how microbiological tools, such as molecular engineering and natural fermentation biology, can …

Congrats to Ryan Moriarty, PhD!

Ryan successfully defended her dissertation “Using molecularly barcoded pathogens and whole-genome sequence data to understand host responses to SIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection”.

Congrats to Alex Cheong, PhD!

Alex successfully defended his dissertation “Multiscale characterization of the diabetic foot ulcer microbiome”.

Congrats to Fukang She, PhD!

Fukang successfully defended his dissertation “Connecting central carbon metabolism, nucleotide metabolism and drug resistance – A story of pyruvate kinase”.

Congrats to Ruth Isenberg, PhD!

Ruth successfully defended her dissertation “Cyclic diguanylate inhibits beneficial hostcolonization by Vibrio fischeri”.

Congrats to Travis Wentz, PhD!

Travis successfully defended his dissertation “Functional and Evolutionary Insights into Botulinum Neurotoxins and Homologous Toxins”.