We are looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in bacterial molecular genetics, biochemistry or infectious diseases to help out with a project aimed at the molecular characterization of bacterial metabolites involved in microbe-microbe interactions and community dynamics. You will join the Claesen group at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Center for Microbiome …
The Genome Writers guild (GWG) and Rosalind Franklin Society have recognized Dr. Betül Kaçar of the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the 2022 Runner-Up for the Rosalind Franklin Medal for her groundbreaking use of experimental systems to study the coevolution of cellular life and the environment of Earth in both extinct and extant lifeforms. Kaçar’s research …
MDTP student Carolina Mendoza Cavazos successfully defended her dissertation “Diarrheal Diseases Caused by Eukaryotic Microbes: From Murine Models to their Transcriptomes”.
Circle of Service Foundation (“COSF” or the “Foundation”) makes grants in the areas of Community Services, Education, Jewish Community, Medical Research, Violence Reduction, Climate, and Voting Rights. COSF seeks a Senior Program Officer possessing the strategic vision to drive the Foundation’s Medical Research Program in Chicago, the US, and internationally. Key attributes include the commitment …
The American Society for Microbiology has announced the ASM Distinguished Lecturer (ASMDL) Roster for 2022-2023. MDTP Trainer Federico Rey has been named as a Distinguished Lecturer. Congrats!
Tu-Anh Huynh spends much of her time tracking tricksters that alter their shape and function to sur- vive in extreme conditions. In other words, she studies bacteria. Unique among such change artists, the pathogen called Listeria monocytogenes (listeria) has long fascinated Huynh with its ability to grow in cold refrigerators and garden soil. It thrives under preservation and …
MDTP student Edna Chiang successfully defended her dissertation “Gut microbiome response to nutritional changes in a high fat diet mouse model and a ground squirrel hibernator”.
The Microbiome Center, a UChicago, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory has a job opening for an administrator. TMC is a network of researchers collaborating to explore the role of microbes across environments. The Microbiome Center is an intellectual home for researchers across the University of Chicago, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Argonne National …
MDTP student Phil Huss successfully defended his dissertation “Using Deep Mutational Scanning to Understand and Engineer Host Specificity in Bacteriophages”
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Biology Department seeks applications for a full-time visiting professor position. This will be a 100%, 9-month appointment, offering competitive salary and excellent benefits. This position reports to the Biology Department Chair and begins August 2022. Teach undergraduate, biology courses. Teaching responsibilities will include teaching lecture and laboratory sections of Microbiology. Time …