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".

Congratulations to IM Students, Chloe Wasendorf and Joel Maki, for their achievements!

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Chloe, for passing her preliminary exams on May 19th! Congratulations to Dr. Joel Maki for passing his PhD defense on April 15th!

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".

Dr. Zengyi Shao receives Iowa State University’s 2021 Bailey Research Career Development Award

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".

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.

Congratulations to IM Students, Debarpan Dhar and Jeannett Clampitt, for their achievements!

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Debarpan Dhar for passing his preliminary exams! Congratulations to Jeannett Clampitt, for graduating with her Masters in Microbiology in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine!