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Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program Fall 2021 Newsletter

As the semester comes to a close we’d like to highlight and celebrate some of the amazing work and achievements of the graduate students and faculty in the Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program!

Welcoming the incoming cohort of students

MGSO would like to welcome the Interdepartmental Microbiology Cohort of Fall 2021.

Recent Publications and Presentations by IM Students and Faculty - July 2021

"'Candidatus Chlorobium masyteum', a novel photoferrotrophic green sulfur bacterium enriched from a ferruginous meromictic lake.", and "Congruence testing to validate narrow-band concept inventories in genetics".

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty - May 2021

"Construction of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniaeP97 Null Mutants" and "Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: Creation of a Digital Internship to Develop Scientific Thinking Skills and Create Science Literacy Exercises for Use in Remote Classrooms".

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty - April 2021

"Vaginal microbiome and serum metabolite differences in late gestation commercial sows at risk for pelvic organ prolapse", and "Xylanase Supplementation Modulates the Microbiota of the Large Intestine of Pigs Fed Corn-Based Fiber by Means of a Stimbiotic Mechanism of Action".

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty - March 2021

"Comparison of ZMAC and MARC-145 Cell Lines for Improving Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Isolation from Clinical Samples.", "Rumen Epithelial Communities Share a Core Bacterial Microbiota: A Meta-Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene Illumina MiSeq Sequencing Datasets.", and more.

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty - February 2021

"Susceptibility of Domestic Swine to Experimental Infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.", “The biogeochemistry of ferruginous lakes and past ferruginous oceans.”, and more.

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty - January 2021

"Transcriptomic Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli during Initial Contact with Cattle Colonic Explants.", "Oral Treatment with Ileal Spores Triggers Immunometabolic Shifts in Chicken Gut.", and more.

Congratulations on your PhD degree!

Congratulations to the following IM students on completing their PhD in 2020! 

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty

"The Cobalamin-Dependent Gene Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes: Implications for Virulence, Stress Response, and Food Safety." and  "Ozonolysis of Alkynes—A Flexible Route to Alpha-Diketones: Synthesis of AI-2.".

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty

"Mouse genetic background affects antibiotic resistant plasmid transfer in the gastrointestinal tract."

Graham Redweik selected for ASM Young Ambassador to Iowa

Congratulations to Graham Redweik, a 4^th year PhD student in Dr. Melha Mellata's lab, on being selected to one of 38 ASM Young Ambassadors around the world!

Recent Publications by IM Students and Faculty

"Protection against avian pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella Kentucky exhibited in chickens given both probiotics and live Salmonella vaccine." and "Oral Treatments With Probiotics and Live Salmonella Vaccine Induce Unique Changes in Gut Neurochemicals and Microbiome in Chickens.".

National Fellowship to prepare graduate student for future in research

Graham Redweik was one of 75 individuals nationwide awarded a USDA National Institute of Food Agriculture Predoctoral Fellowship.

Justin Anast awarded IAFP scholarship

Justin Anast, 3rd year PhD student in Dr. Schmitz-Esser's lab, received an International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) student travel scholarship to attend the annual meeting which will be held in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dennis Psaroudakis presents at PAG

Dennis Psaroudakis, a Fulbright Grantee from Germany who has been studying in the IM program for the last two semesters, presented the research he and his co-workers at Carolyn Lawrence-Dill's lab have been doing at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference 2019 in San Diego. ]

Microbiology Graduate Teaching Assistantships for 2019-2020

The Undergraduate Microbiology Program is seeking Graduate Teaching Assistants for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020.  We are seeking applicants who have a background in microbiology and an interest in teaching and providing mentorship to undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.