As an instructor and laboratory coordinator for Microbiology 4000, Maggie creates course materials for both the lecture and the laboratory components of Microbiology 4000. Maggie additionally coordinates the laboratory portion of the course and leads the teaching associates for the course.  She works closely with staff and teaching associates to ensure Microbiology 4000 runs smoothly.

Selected Publications

Wetzel ME, Asenstorfer RE, Tate ME, Farrand SK. 2019. Quorum-dependent transfer of the opine-catabolic plasmid pAoF64/95 is regulated by a novel mechanism involving inhibition of the TraR antiactivator TraM. MicrobiologyOpen. 8(1):e00625.

Wetzel ME, Olsen GJ, Chakravartty V, Farrand SK. 2015. The repABC plasmids with quorum-regulated transfer systems in members of the Rhizobiales divide into two structurally and separately evolving groups. Genome Biol Evol. 7(12):3337-3357. 

Wetzel ME, Kim KS, Miller M, Olsen GJ, Farrand SK. 2013. Quorum-dependent mannopine-inducible conjugative transfer of an Agrobacterium opine-catabolic plasmid. J Bacteriol.196(5):1031-44.