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Hayley Vogt awarded (Certificate of Distinction) Hayley Vogt provided event planning for the Center for Immunology and Immune-Based Disease's annual retreat. Center Director and Microbiology Professor Gail Bishop nominated her for the student employee award. Vogt is a fourth-year undergraduate...
Anthony Martini successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, "Contribution of the S. sanguinis Type IV Pili to Infective Endocarditis Pathogenesis" on Monday, April 20, 2020. His mentor is Professor Bradley Jones. About Tony Tony grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and is the eldest child of Anthony and...
Kyle Kinney successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, "Unweaving the Role of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C in the Pathogenesis of Infective Endocarditis" on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Background Kyle was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to David and Cynthia Kinney. Most of his childhood was spent embarrassing...
Undergraduate microbiology students Shelby Andersen and Lindsey Grady have been awarded the Stinski Undergraduate Research Fellowship for 2020-2021. The fellowship's purpose is to support undergraduates in pursuit of research in the field of microbiology. Along with a monthly stipend, it covers...
Congratulations to Gail Bishop, Ph.D . for her new funding award from NIH entitled, “Loss of TRAF3 in aging B lymphocytes." Project Narrative The proposed research project is relevant to public health, because it investigates how a key protein that regulates function of a particular type of immune...
Solon High School students took a tour of Microbiology and Immunology labs last and met with faculty and staff scientists. Students were split into smaller groups when they visited the labs. Students pictured went to Professor Al Klingelhutz 's lab.