Emily successfully defended her dissertation “Gene regulation and signal transduction in γ-proteobacteria”.
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Congrats to James Finn, PhD!
James successfully defended his dissertation “Regulation of a Type VII secretion operon in Bacillus subtilis: The yfj operon”.
Congrats to MDTP student Natalia Rosario-Melendez!
Natalia received a prestigious NIFA-USDA fellowship! Congrats!
Congrats to Kim Gutierrez, PhD!
Kim successfully defended her dissertation “Listeria monocytogenes adaptations to cell wall stress in the macrophage cytosol”.
Congrats to Jason Saba, PhD!
Jason successfully defended his dissertation “Promoter inversion and anti-termination control mechanisms regulating capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the human gut symbiote Bacteroides fragilis”.
Amy Enright wins GLBRC early career award
Amy Enright spends most of her work day thinking about an invisible world. She first discovered this world of microbes in a high school biology class where she learned about DNA and genetic engineering. “I …
Congrats to Emily Eix, PhD!
Emily successfully defended her dissertation “Uncovering the distinct growth characteristics of Candida auris in the skin microenvironment”.
MDTP trainer Chris Hittinger answers questions about yeast evolution
Why are some species generalists and others specialists? To answer that, a team led by UW genetics professor Chris Todd Hittinger and a colleague at Vanderbilt University mapped genetic blueprints, appetites, and environments of more …
Congrats to Jean-Michel Ané for Vilas Award!
MDTP trainer Jean-Michel Ané has been honored with a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship!
Congrats to Kevin Walters, PhD!
Kevin successfully defended his dissertation “Developing microbiomes as biotechnological tools for dairy coproduct valorization by fermentation: a metagenomic approach”.