Zackry Stevenson received supplemental funding from the NSF in support of an internship at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to distinguish between mercury mobilized during recent wildfires and historical mining activities to determine th
Congratulations to Zackry Stevenson and Michelle Chamberlain of the Swanner lab for both receiving grants from the Itasca Biological Research Station’s Director’s Fellowship and John Tester Graduate Research Fund for their research in Deming
First year Microbiology Ph.D. student Binayak Raj Pandey attended the finals of the 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition organized by the Graduate College on November 9, 2023.
Hannah Watkins was awarded 1st Place Graduate Oral Presentation at the 83rd annual meeting of the American Society of Microbiology North Central Branch held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (November 2-3).
Marissa Roghair Stroud recently received a United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Predoctoral Fellowship! Marissa is studying the genetics of maize microbiome formation in the lab of Dr.
Dr. Melha Mellata and her lab's research on chicken probiotic development was recently featured in an article in the Fall 2023 edition of the Iowa Stater magazine.
Dr. Zengyi Shao in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has received the Bailey Research Career Development Award for her project "Establishing a Novel Instrumental Model for Elucidating Mitochondrial DNA-Associated Dysfunction and Pathogenicity".
Dr. Cathy Miller in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine has received the following grant: Defining mammalian orthoreovirus genome packaging signals to build a better vaccine and cancer therapy vector.
Elizabeth Swanner, Assistant Professor in the Geologic and Atmospheric Sciences Department, has been awarded the 2020 Early Achievement in Research Award from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Iowa State University. This award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in research and/or creative activity unusually early in his or her professional career.
This award honors an individual or a research team that has significantly contributed to the scholarship of learning communities.
Scholarship may include publications that are technical papers, conference proceedings, journal articles, capstones, theses, or dissertations that have been published, accepted for publication, or submitted and in review during the past two years.
Gregory Phillips, Elizabeth Whitley, and Michael Wannemuehler in the College of Veterinary Medicine, have received the Margaret B. Barry Cancer Research Award. This award will further the understanding of gastrointestinal tract microbiota and their influence on health and on the prevention or promotion of colorectal cancer.
