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MMG in the News

Lactobacilli Inhibit Gonococcal Infection

Cindy Arvidson and Rachel Spurbeck highlighed in ASM Microbe

NOTHING BUT NETS -- Fighting malaria / saving lives.

NOTHING BUT NETS: --Send a net, save a life!

Ned Walker is an epidemiologist who has dedicated his life to understanding and eradicating malaria. He’s using a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how insecticide-treated bed nets can thwart the mosquitoes that cause malaria.   MORE INFORMATION.

Evolution of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Tom Whittam elucidates the evolution of Escherichia coli O157:H7, a toxin-producing food and waterborne bacterial pathogen, has been linked to large outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness for more than two decades.

Microbiology no small matter in ‘go-to’ reference

A new, state-of-the-art reference manual for microbiologists has been released thanks in part to MSU microbiologists C.A. Reddy, Tom Schmidt and John Breznak.

Garrity named AAAS Fellow

George Garrity, Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, has been awarded the distinction as this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow.  AAAS members are recognized for their efforts to advance their area of science.  Dr. Garrity is receiving this honor for outstanding contributions to bacterial systematics, including editorship of Bergey's Manual.

Garrity wins MSU-AT&T instructional technology award

MMG 445 Basic Biotechnology is organized around class creation of content for an elegant online "journal" presenting MMG 445 student-authored, student-peer-reviewed summary articles. George Garrity, Terry Marsh and Scott Harrison developed this course.

Lenski elected to National Academy of Sciences

Richard Lenski, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of microbial ecology, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

Parasitic worms used to fight bowel disease

Linda Mansfield is part of a national team of scientists investigating the role that parasites can play in treating inflammatory bowel disease

New Faculty Recruitment

The department has faculty positions open.

Joan Rose named co-director of CAMRA

MSU will take the lead in the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) - a consortium of scientists from seven universities with expertise in quantitative microbial risk assessment methods, biosecurity and infectious disease transmission...

MSU grad returns home to accept endowed professorship

Considered one of the nation's top genetics experts, especially related to pediatric diseases, Amalfitano returns to the university where he received all of his degrees.

Two MMG faculty are among highly cited researchers

MMG faculty members Dr. Tiedje and Dr. Zeikus are among 23 MSU scientists recognized as being “highly cited researchers” over the past two decades…

Dr. Jerry Dodgson helps sequence chicken genome

Dr. Jerry Dodgson is a contributor to the sequencing of the chicken genome recently published in Nature…

Digital evolution lends support to Darwinian theory

Dr. Rich Lenski helps to prove evolution works using specialized software…
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