Month: May 2016

Kate Sawatzki is the 2016 Corwin Award Winner

Congratulations to Kaitlin Sawatzki, the 2016 Corwin Award recipient. The Corwin Award recognizes a student who exemplifies the characteristics of an outstanding departmental “citizen.” Values of collegiality, scientific integrity, commitment to scientific endeavor, and active participation in departmental activites are all components taken into account when the selection of the Corwin Award recipient is made. […]

Congratulations to the 2016 Microbiology Graduates!

A big congratulations to the 2016 Microbiology Graduates! Featured (from left to right) are Fadie Coleman, Suzanne, Geer, Gregory Wasserman, Emily Nelson, and Kristie Hilliard. In addition to the students above, we would also like to congratulate Krishna Moody, who was unable to attend graduation, and Munir Mosaheb, who just defended and will receive his […]

Munir Mosaheb Successfully Defends his Dissertation

Congratulations to Munir Mosaheb in the Wetzler Lab on the successful defense of his dissertation entitled, “Immunological Responses and Mechanisms of Action of the TLR2-ligand Neisserial PorB Vaccine Adjuvant.” Nice job, Munir!

Stephanie D’Souza Presents at NGS ’16

Stephanie D’Souza in the Kepler Lab gave a talk on her research entitled “A draft genome sequence for the Egyptian fruit bat, the reservoir host for Marburg virus” at the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) ’16 Conference dedicated to Genome Annotation, April 4-6, 2016, in Barcelona, Spain.