The 84^th annual meeting of the North Central branch of the American Society for Microbiology was hosted on October 4th at Minnesota State University in Mankato, MN. The SSE-Lab group represented the IM program at this year’s proceedings. We are pleased to report that two IM members took first place at the conference for their presentations: 

First place oral presentation: Dylan Schultz 

Title: “Unraveling cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by the intracellular symbiont Cardinium hertigii” 

First place poster presentation: Faith Rahic-Seggerman 

Title: “Towards a Better Understanding of the Microbial Community Dynamics in Response to Digestate Recirculation in “Grass2Gas” Systems”