Congrats to Mark Horton, PhD!

Mark successfully defended his dissertation “Biofilm Formation and Cell Wall Pathways Involved in Candida auris Skin Colonization and Invasive Infection”.

Congrats to My Tran!

MDTP student My Tran placed second in the Morgridge Center’s Bioethics cartoon contest.  Congrats, My!

Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental Biotechnology and Cryomicrobiology at Michigan Tech

Postdoctoral position is open in Environmental Biotechnology and Cryomicrobiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University in the Labs of Drs. Stephen Techtmann and Trista Vick-Majors. We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral scientist to lead efforts in the identification and characterization of ice-modulating proteins.

Congrats to Sofia Romero, PhD!

Sofia successfully defended her dissertation “Getting to the core: single cell analysis of the nucleocytoplasmic trafficking dynamics of hepatitis B virus”.

Congrats to MDTP trainer Vatsan Raman for his NSF Career Award!

MDTP trainer Vatsan Raman, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry, was selected to receive an National Science Foundation CAREER award this year. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program offers NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and …

Post doc opportunity with Sanofi

We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral scientist to join Sanofi checkpoint immunology cluster. The scientist will work on a program to dissect the complex cross-talk between immune inhibitory checkpoint receptors and activating receptors and their implication in immune modulation. The successful candidate will be a recent PhD graduate with strong expertise in Immunology, hands …

Congrats to Lauren Lucas, PhD!

Lauren successfully defended her dissertation “Bile Acid Deconjugations, Transformations, and (Re)conjugations by Human Gut Bacteria”.

Job opportunities with USDA

USAJOBS – Job Announcement <https://arscareers.usajobs.gov/job/717752600?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> <https://arscareers.usajobs.gov/job/717752600?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> Research Food Technologist/Research Chemist/Research Molecular Biologist <https://arscareers.usajobs.gov/job/717752600?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> This position is located with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Food Processing and Sensory Quality Research Unit (FPSQ), New Orleans, LA. In this position, you will conduct research to provide knowledge that enables the reduction of …

MDTP to welcome 16 new students in Fall 2023!

MDTP is happy to announce that 16 new students will be joining in fall 2023 – Rodrigo Cuellar, Cynthia Feng, Peter Finnegan, Caroline Haynie, Gillian Hughes, Aditya Kumar Pal, Caiti Lahue, Nischala Nadig, Sarah Nelson, Nicolas Pereira, Travis Worley, Tony Yao, Grace Enzien (DA-Donohue), Ebru Guver (DA-Sperandio), Dinesh Kumar (DA-Anantharaman), and Bobby Liu (DA-Wang).

Congrats to MDTP student Jennifer Tran for Graduate Student Service Scholarship!

Jennifer Tran (Peters lab) has received a Graduate Student Service Scholarship from the Grad School’s ODIF for outstanding service.  Congrats, Jennifer!