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Department of Microbiology

Congratulations to Graduate Student Travel Award winners!

Congratulations to the following students for winning travel awards during the 2017 Spring Semester!

Jordan Angle, Graduate Student with Dr. Wrighton's lab, has been awarded $500 from ASM to…
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Fecal transplants may help kids with autism

By JoAnne Viviano
The Columbus Dispatch

Researchers say they are cautiously optimistic about a small study that showed that fecal transplants improved both gastrointestinal and…

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Congratulations to new T32 Training Grant Fellows!

Congratulations to Graduate Student, Ann Gregory, and Post-Doctoral researcher, Cristina Howard, (both from Dr. Sullivan's Lab) for being appointed as Fellows to the NIH/NIAID T32 Training Grant!…

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Microbiologist Leads Climate Change Study

Virginia Rich, assistant professor of microbiology, along with Scott Saleska, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, are co-…

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New genus of Bacteria found living inside hydraulic fracturing wells

By: Pam Frost Gorder

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Researchers analyzing the genomes of microorganisms living in shale oil and gas wells have found evidence of sustainable ecosystems taking hold there—…

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New Graduate Students Autumn 2016

New Microbiology PhD Students Autumn 2016

Siavash Azari                                      …

Kwiek

Novel compound shows promise against breast cancer

Potential drug doubles survival time in mice by interrupting tumor growth, promoting cancer cell death

By: Misti Crane

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A promising new compound appears to impede a…

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Global Climate Impacts

Dr. Matthew Sullivan recently worked with the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center to participate in an Expert Q&A about the Oceans Ecosystems and the importance of microbes in…

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The Eng1 β-Glucanase Enhances Histoplasma Virulence by Reducing β-Glucan Exposure

Andrew Garfoot, graduate student in Dr. Chad Rappleye's lab, recently had a high profile first author publication in MBio. Below is the abstract of the publication:

The fungal pathogen…