Congratulations to the accomplishments of the two amazing undergrads! Good luck with their future endeavors.
Paul joins the lab
Paul Balduc, an undergraduate student, joins the lab. Welcome!
Congratulations Casey!
Casey defended her Master’s thesis and graduates. Congratulations!
Malavika’s mBio paper was featured in UMass Amherst News
One Step Closer to Better Drug Therapies for Tuberculosis
UMass Amherst microbiologists identify an enzyme involved in TB pathogen’s survival
Malavika’s work published in mBio
A paper entitled “Tuberculostearic Acid Controls Mycobacterial Membrane Compartmentalization” was published in mBio. Many congratulations to Malavika, Hiro, and Jake, the three equal contribution first authors!
Malavika giving a talk at PVMS
Malavika gave a talk entitled “Genetic and lipidomic identification of tuberculostearic acid as a controller of mycobacterial membrane compartmentalization” at the Pioneer Valley Microbiology Symposium.
Fellowships and Grants for Undergrads
Wyatt and Claire were awarded the Honors Research Grant. Congratulations!
A review published in Journal of Bacteriology
A review article by Ian Sparks entitled “Mycobacterium smegmatis: The Vanguard of Mycobacterial Research” was published in Journal of Bacteriology. Congratulations!
News on Grant Funding
Morita Receives National Institute of Health Grant reported in UMass Amherst News.
“A microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research aimed ultimately at developing new, more effective treatments for tuberculosis (TB).”
Collaborative study published
A collaborative work with Cara Boutte’s lab entitled “Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation in Mycobacterium smegmatis” was published in Molecular Microbiology. Congratulations!