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People:
Graduate student, Laura Okagaki, received two very prestigious awards for her poster at the 25th Fungal Genetics Conference last week:
Genetics Society of America Poster Award. Only five of these awards are typically given each meeting (for the almost 700 posters presented) and include a cash award.
Outstanding Young Investigator Award.
This award is presented by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and ten awards were presented. The award includes a certificate and a one-year subscription to Eukaryotic Cell.
Laura's advisor, Dr. Kirsten Nielsen commented: "Both of these awards are highly competitive (open to both graduate students and post-docs) so to receive both of them is outstanding!"
Dr. Leslie Schiff was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology and will be recognized for this honor at the 2009 ASM General Meeting. The Academy recognizes excellence, originality, and creativity in the microbiology sciences. Other departmental faculty in the Academy include Judith Berman, Patrick Cleary, Gary Dunny, Martin Dworkin, Russell Johnson, Mike Sadowsky and Patrick Schlievert.
The department is saddened by the passing of former department head and Regents' Professor Dennis W. Watson on Sunday, November 30, at the age of 94. Dr. Watson, who received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin, joined the University of Minnesota in 1949 and served as department head from 1964 to 1984. He was a noted microbiologist, immunologist and educator who served as president of the ASM in 1968-1969.
Dr. Judith Berman has been awarded a Distinguished McKnight Professorship for 2008. Her research focuses on a Jekyll-and-Hyde group of microorganisms "crafty yeast".
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Bond for his selection as a 2007-2009 McKnight Land Grant Professor. Dr. Bond, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and the Biotechnology Institute, is one of 10 2007-2009 recipients of this award, designed to advance the careers of our most promising junior faculty. More information can be found at http://www.grad.umn.edu/faculty-staff/mcknight/land_grant.html
Professor Daniel Bond is among the people whose work is featured in the University's Driven to Discover campaign.
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NSF Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Research:
Dr. Ashley Haase and Professor Patrick Schlievert identify a compound that could prevent HIV transmission. Details
Microbiology professors Daniel Bond and Jeff Gralnick discover the key for converting waste to electricity.
University News Service
Check out the publication:
Shewanella secretes flavins that mediate extracellular electron transfer
Departmental:
The 2009 Microbiology Retreat will be held August 31 - September 1, 2009.
See Photos from August 2008 Microbiology Retreat
See Photos from August 2007 Microbiology Retreat
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