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”.
Dante successfully defended his dissertation “Dissecting the Role of the Fungal Oxylipin Responsive Transcription Factor ZfpA in the Echinocandin Tolerance of Human Pathogenic Aspergilli”.
Jason is the 2025 recipient of the Nat L Sternberg Thesis Prize at this year’s Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages meeting!
Eddy successfully defended his dissertation “Elucidating Regulatory Inputs Controlling Expression of the Salmonella dmsA Homologs”.
Jonathan successfully defended his dissertation “Genome-scale insights into interspecies natural transformation and mosaic recombination in Bacillus subtilis”.
Jacob successfully defended his dissertation “Systems level analysis of Vibrio fischeri biofilm signaling”.
Vanessa Sperandio and Maggie Alexander were featured in PBS Wisconsin’s University Place series discussing the gut microbiome’s connection to human health, including addiction and the body’s response to stress and immunity.
Dama successfully defended her dissertation “Succession and Selection of Microbial Communities in Landfills and Their Growth on Plastics”.
Jason Saba, PhD, was just awarded the Sternberg Prize for best US PhD thesis.
Madeline successfully defended her dissertation “Evolutionary genomics of Gardnerella spp.”.
Xueer successfully defended her dissertation “Mapping molecular determinants of yellow fever virus virulence and attenuation”.