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Gwyn Beattie has recently discovered that bacteria use light cues to anticipate, prepare for coming stress. Congratulations! Click to the link to learn more about it.
cals.iastate.edu/news/2023/r…
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🚨 There are still about 2 weeks to apply for our faculty position in host-microbe interactions at Iowa State! Open to any microbe, with an emphasis on insect or plant systems. Please share. #academicjobs
go.iastate.edu/OU4OMR
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Iowa State ranks among the top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022
"These innovations are a great sign of the broad research portfolio at Iowa State University.”
Patrick Klepcyk, ISU Research Foundation
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ALT Melha Mellata, right, and Ph.D. student Jared Meinin-Jochum candle an egg to check embryo development. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University.
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Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Michelle Chamberlain @Astrobiomeech for winning #FINESST award from @NASA. She will work with her advisor, Dr. Swanner @betsyswanner to investigate the impacts of molybdenum and iron availability on nitrogen cycling in an ancient ocean analog
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Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Logan Ott for receiving a Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University! 🏆👏
parchment.com/u/award/7fcd09…
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IM Chair Dr. Melha Mellata was awarded a USDA grant for her work with segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB).
Her lab found that chicks inoculated with SFB survive salmonella infections better than uninoculated chicks. 🐣
@Mellata_Lab
Read more here: researchnewsletter.cals.iast…
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Melha Mellata, associate professor of molecular microbiology, is on a mission to reduce cases of salmonella and other bacterial infections in poultry and humans.
cals.iastate.edu/features/20…
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Two IM students recently received recognition for their excellence in the program. 🏆
Research Excellence Award:
Brandon Ruddell, PhD
Debarpan Dhar, PhD
Teaching Excellence Award:
Debarpan Dhar, PhD @debarpan93
Congratulations to all!
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IM in the News!!!📰
Dr. Melha Mellatta (@Mellata_Lab) and Dr. Byron Brehm-Stecher's work was highlighted in a recent Innovate @ Iowa State article.
Read how their research is developing sustainable solutions for a safer food industry: news.iastate.edu/news/2023/0…
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It's time for #MicrobeoftheMonth! Who am I?
1) I'm a fun guy.
2) I'm often resistant to drugs used to combat me.
3) I'm becoming more common across the world.
Think you know? Comment below!
ALT A petri dish with white swaths of microbial growth.
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One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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You heard the man, apply by March 10th
Hear what Michael Johnson, Ph.D. (@blacksciblog) has to say about being part of ASM’s Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship! Don’t wait to apply—the application deadline is March 10. asm.social/12H
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The 2023 Interdepartmental Microbiology Spring Retreat is happening a week from today!✨
Here is a link to the page where you can find the official program for the event: micrograd.iastate.edu/news/2…
See you there!!!✨
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Congratulations to the 2023 Graduate Research Award in Microbiology (GRAM) recipients!👏
Marissa Roghair Stroud @MarissaRoghair
Akhil Anilkumar Vinithakumari
Zachary Burton @MicrobialZach
Dylan Schultz
Future posts to come highlighting their amazing work at ISU!!! ✍️
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Cyclones Abroad! ✈️
IM Chair Dr. Melha Mellata and @ott_logan recently traveled to Amsterdam for the 9th Beneficial Microbes Conference.
Dr. Mellata was invited to give a talk and Logan presented a poster as well as giving a short talk.
@Mellata_Lab 🦠
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Associate Professor Dr. Melha Mellata was recently featured in a @WATTAgNet article highlighting her research on poultry gut microbiomes and how they can help facilitate the transfer of Salmonella. Click the link to learn more! wattpoultryusa-digital.com/w…
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Check out a news article on our last research “Iowa State University researchers discover new approach to fight Salmonella in poultry | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences” cals.iastate.edu/news/releas…
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#VaccinesWork
They help prevent millions of deaths every year and are continuously monitored to ensure they are safe & effective.
More facts from @WHO: bit.ly/3j6zIsQ
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Last week here at ISU was the WISE Go Further Girls STEM Conference. Here some of the members of MGSO and Interdepartmental Micro program gave presentations on soil microbial ecology and led activities on bacterial relative abundance for the students! wise.iastate.edu/outreach/go…
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Very delighted to see our recent research published in Nature. « Reserpine improves Enterobacteriaceae resistance in chicken intestine via neuro-immunometabolic signaling and MEK1/2 activation | Communications Biology nature.com/articles/s42003-0…