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My PhD student Caleb Skow presented yesterday his research project in a poster at the “American Association of Avian Pathologists” in Portland Oregon.
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Congratulations to my PhD student Jared Meinen-Jochum for his successful thesis defense & graduation!!!!
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Talk at CRWAD 2025 conference in Chicago
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Our recent study published in AEM journal was highlighted by ASM press « In Lab Tests, Dietary Zinc Inhibits AMR Gene Transmission | ASM.org asm.org/press-releases/2024/…
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My students Jared Meinen-Jochum (top); Caleb Skow (bottom left), and Logan Ott (bottom right) presented their research at 2024 ASM microbes in Atlanta
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My UG student Luke Westrick presented his honors capstone poster on 12/6 at MU ISU. The work was done in my lab under my grad student supervision Logan Ott. Great work Luke!!!
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Congratulations to our IM student for this great achievement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PhD Candidate Marissa Roghair Stroud Recipient of USDA NIFA Presdoctoral Fellowship | Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program micrograd.iastate.edu/news/2…
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Our research highlighted at Fall 2023 - Iowa Stater iowastater.iastate.edu/issue…
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Melha Mellata retweeted
🚨 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 📰econdev.iastate.edu/news-eve…
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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 my student Logan Ott who receive the ISU research excellent award !!!!Parchment Exchange - Leader in eTranscript Exchange parchment.com/u/award/7fcd09…
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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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Check out our recently published paper on key gut bacteria in poultry. Congratulations Jared !!!!Frontiers | Segmented filamentous bacteria-based treatment to elicit protection against Enterobacteriaceae in Layer chickens frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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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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