Ronnie Fulton Receives Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award

Ronnie Fulton and Dr. Juergen Wiegel

Ronnie Fulton of the Downs Lab is the recipient of the 2022 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award.  The award was announced on October 13, 2022 at the Dr. Juergen Wiegel seminar given by Dr. Bradley Tolar. The Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology was established by Dr. Wiegel, his family, and his former students and colleagues.  This award recognizes graduate students for excellent work in non-medical microbial biodiversity and microbial physiology.  Congratulations Ronnie!

Harnessing Biofilm Physiology for Treatment of Chronic Wounds

Dr. Chelsey VanDrisse
404D, Biological Sciences. Special Alumni Seminar in honor of Dr. Jack Payne and sponsored by MGSA.
Special Information:
Special Alumni Seminar in honor of Dr. Jack Payne and sponsored by MGSA.
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Chelsey VanDrisse
Department of Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Special Alumni Seminar in honor of Dr. Jack Payne. The William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology will be awarded during the seminar. This seminar is sponsored by MGSA and is part of the Department of Microbiology Fall Seminar Series. 

Dr. William Jackson (Jack) Payne served on the faculty at the University of Georgia from 1955 to 1995 as Professor and Head of Microbiology, and also as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1977-1988.  Jack made many significant contributions to the areas of bacterial diversity and physiology, especially with respect to the process of denitrification.

Dr. VanDrisse will be holding a special career discussion with Microbiology Graduate Students, watch your email for signup information.

Advances in riboregulation: unraveling new mechanisms promoting small RNA stability and function in bacteria

Dr. Dhriti Sinha
404D, Biological Sciences
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Dhriti Sinha
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Dr. Sinha website

Part of the Department of Microbiology Fall Seminar Series

Seasonal Changes in the Diversity of Nonextremophilic Archaea and their Influence on Aquatic Systems

Dr. Tolar
404D, Biological Sciences. This special Alumni Seminar is given in honor of Dr. Juergen Wiegel and co-sponsored by MGSA.
Special Information:
Special Alumni Seminar in honor of Dr. Juergen Wiegel and co-sponsored by MGSA.
Type of Event:
Department Seminars
Dr. Bradley Tolar
Department of Biology & Marine Biology
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Tolar Bio

Part of the Deparment of Microbiology Fall Seminar Series and co-sponsored by MGSA. This special Alumni Seminar is given in honor of Dr. Juergen Wiegel. The winner of the 2022 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology will be announced at the seminar. Dr. Tolar will be holding a career discussion with Microbiology Graduate Students, watch your email for sign up information.

Dr. Juergen Wiegel joined the UGA Biochemistry Department as a postdoc in 1977, and he joined the faculty of the UGA Department of Microbiology in 1982.  He became an established international authority on thermophilic anaerobes and earned the 2007 Bergey’s award.  Dr. Wiegel’s research resulted over 230 publications and three US Patents, but his scientific legacy also lives on through the countless graduate students he trained in his lab, in his graduate teaching in presentation skills and microbial diversity & physiology.

 

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