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AMSL expands SARS-COV-2 testing
Read an article about the Applied Microbiology Services Laboratory (AMSL) - a joint, interdisciplinary lab operated by the Department of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Institute. Check…
Natacha Ruiz is elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Natacha Ruiz is among newly elected Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group within the ASM, are elected…
Matt Anderson wins an NSF CAREER award
Matt Anderson, assistant professor of microbiology and microbial infection & immunity, has been awarded an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award! The CAREER award is a 5-year grant…
In memoriam: F. Robert (‘Bob’) Tabita
Fred Robert Tabita, Ohio Eminent Scholar, professor of microbiology at The Ohio State University, a key figure in the Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism community, and a 54-year member of the…
RNA polymerases hibernate together during tough times
Bacteria can grow fast when nutrients are plentiful or lie dormant for years when food is scarce. A recent study led by Markus Wahl and Irina Artsimovitch published in Nature Communications…
How Bacteria Avoid Making Unwanted RNA
An important gene expression process in bacteria seems to proceed differently than described in textbooks. This is the result of a study published in the journal Science
Dr. Daniel Wozniak Named As AAAS Fellow
Of the 11 Ohio State scientists elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year, 10 are from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Election as a…
Nature News & Views piece by Patrick Bradley
What determines the chemical make-up of human blood? Read this super cool News & Views article in Nature by Patrick Bradley and Katherine Pollard (Gladstone Institutes at UCSF), where they discuss…
In house collaboration on evolution of a transcription factor
Collaboration between Irina Artsimovitch and Igor Jouline labs resulted in the newest paper published by the American Society of Microbiology flagship journal mBio. The…