UGA Microbiology Graduate Student Selected for International Research Fellowship

UGA Microbiology graduate student Hannah Bullock was selected as one of five recipients for the inaugural  Franklin College-University of Liverpool Doctoral Student Short Term International Research Fellowship. These international reserach fellowhips are designed to facilitate collaborative interactions between scholars at UGA and the University of Liverpool.  Hannah is a doctoral student working in the laboratory of Dr.

Microbiology Department Hosts Genomics Workshop

The Microbiology Department was pleased to host a two-day workshop on comparative genomics taught by Prof. Valerie de Crecy-Lagard and assisted by Dr. Jennifer Thiaville, from the University of Florida (Department of Microbiology and Cell Science). UGA faculty members and graduate students were trained to use SEED, a comparative genomics database and workbench. Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation (grant MCB-1153413) and the department.