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Tara Oceans Consortium Article
Please view the Tara Oceans Consortium paper on the ocean microbiome and its biosynthetic potential that Professor Matthew Sullivan contributed on. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04862-3…
Postdoctoral life in a pandemic
By: Ann C. Gregory Being a postdoctoral researcher opens many doors, but it can also bring feelings of loneliness and uncertainty, which are exacerbated during a pandemic. Making career…
Ocean water samples yield treasure trove of RNA virus data
Study of organisms in the sea identifies 5,500 new species By: Emily Caldwell (caldwell.151@osu.edu) Ohio State news Ocean water samples collected around the world have yielded a treasure trove of…
Vaccine protects against ‘tough cookie’ parasite found in the Americas
Findings in mice validate CRISPR technology for leishmaniasis vaccine by: Emily Caldwell, OSU News The parasites that cause a disfiguring skin disease affecting about 12 million people…
The rare discovery of a protein function universal to bacteria and humans
Scientists have discovered that a human receptor protein has the ability to detect individual amino acids in exactly the same way that bacteria do. The finding could lead to enhancements of drugs…
Daniel Wozniak, PhD, receives 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award
Daniel J. Wozniak, PhD, professor and vice chair of Microbial Infection and Immunity at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and professor of Microbiology in the College of Arts &…
Dr. Kurt Fredrick Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology
Congratulations to Dr. Kurt Fredrick as he has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, is an honorific…
Dr. Ruth Moore
We, the Department of Microbiology within the College of Arts and Sciences, honor the legacy of our alumnus Dr. Ruth Moore, the first African American in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in…
Microbiology Undergraduate Scholarship Window is now open!
The Microbiology Scholarship Application window is now open! Applications will be accepted until March 7, 2022 at 10:00pm for this cycle. In order to be eligible to apply, the…