Riku completed his research abroad today. He will go back to Japan and continues his medical school education at Wakayama Medical University. Best of luck, Riku!

Kate is now moving on to her second rotation. Good luck!

Kate Gregory, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, started her first rotation in our lab today. Welcome!

Andy Rodriguez-Sanchez, a microbiology Ph.D. student, joined the lab today. Welcome Andy!

Yasu attended the first international symposium on glycosylphosphatidylinositol and its deficiency, and presented a talk entitled “Functions of phosphatidylinositol‐anchored glycans in mycobacteria”.

Welcome back everyone!

Congratulations Paige for her Honors Research Assistant Fellowship and Tiffany and Amelia for their Honors Research Grants from the Commonwealth Honors College!

Riku Ishikawa started today. He is a medical student at Wakayama Medical University in Japan, and on a research abroad program. He will be conducting an independent study research in the lab until November. Welcome Riku!

Summer research for our wonderful two high school students ended this week. One of them, enrolled in the Summer Research Intensive program, presented their progress at the final poster session today. They both made a fantastic progress on their independent study projects. Well done!

Laney gave a poster at the Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. Job well done!

Two high school students joined the lab to experience laboratory research in microbiology. Welcome!