MGSO had a fun get together this past weekend, that was put on by our events coordinator Faith Seggerman. We did a little hiking, pumpkin/gourd painting, and just hanging out around a bonfire. It was fun!
"'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 PhD candidate, Chloe, for passing her preliminary exams on May 19th! Congratulations to Dr. Joel Maki for passing his PhD defense on April 15th!
"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".
"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 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".
"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 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!
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.
"Xylanase modulates the microbiota of ileal mucosa and digesta of pigs fed corn-based arabinoxylans likely through both a stimbiotic and prebiotic mechanism."
"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.
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.
"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.
"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.".
