Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Raabis for being awarded an Early Workforce Development postdoctoral fellowship from the USDA. We are looking forward to a super cool project on pulmonary immunity, of all things! You can read …
Year: 2021
Moving forward, full speed ahead!
We are so pleased to have successfully navigated the past year through the racial unrest that is tarnishing our nation and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Within the last year, we welcomed two new post-doctoral associates, …
New regulator of flagella-mediated motility
Work by Dr. Trina Westerman identified a new layer contributing to the complex regulation of flagella production in Salmonella. Flagella mediate swimming motility and are essential for Salmonella to cause gastrointestinal disease. Her manuscript is …
Human neutrophil response to Salmonella
Dr. Trina Westerman’s genetic screen of Salmonella mutants identifies a sulfate import mutant that reduces human neutrophil respiratory burst. Heterogeneity in Salmonella gene expression impacts the magnitude of the neutrophil antimicrobial response ex vivo, suggesting …