Our department retreat in midway was amazing! Student Michaela Murphy won a first place poster prize and Josiah won a flash talk prize! Inspiring talks from postdoc Claire Doherty and Assistant Professors Amiko Uchida and Alli Weis. Fun group and of people I get to work with!
Our paper on early life microbes and pancreatic development was just accepted to Science! Congrats Jennifer hill on the beautiful work and collaborators Zac Stephens and Charlie Murtaugh
Microbiology & Immunology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah are working together to hire a faculty position in the area of Microbiota and cancer. utah.peopleadmin.com/posting…
Recently had the pleasure of discussing our work on the podcast Mind & Matter, hosted by Nick Jikomes. I invite you to give it a listen. mindandmatter.substack.com/p…
We are looking for a lab technician to help build and maintain a biorepository as well as perform basic laboratory experiments. If you're interested to learn more and to apply, please use the link below!
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Looking for a lab technician to help with research investigating the role of prophage in gut colonization and pathogenesis within the mammalian microbiota!
For more information and to apply go to: employment.utah.edu/salt-lak…
Our latest research on the fungal microbiota #mycobiota in collaboration with Dearing lab is published in Symbiosis! The diverse woodrat (Neotoma) mycobiota is more transient than the bacterial component and largely disappears in the lab rdcu.be/cSBCz
Congrats to two of our graduate students!
Morgan Harwood was awarded the MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS TRAINING GRANT and Kendra Klag received the JOHN H. WEIS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD.
Amazing! Keep up the good work!
Day 1 of my dream job! The Ost lab is open for business at @CUAMCImmu_micro and @CUAnschutz . We’re bringing the fungi to this amazing dept and university, and will study the interplay between adaptive immunity and commensal fungi in the gut.
In her research submission, June Round, PhD, takes a look at the influence that fungi — a microorganism that lives within the human body — has on health and disease: healthcare.utah.edu/publicaf….