Frontiers | A defined microbiota mouse model for Salmonella Paratyphi A oral infection frontiersin.org/journals/mic…
My PhD student Caleb Skow presented yesterday his research project in a poster at the “American Association of Avian Pathologists” in Portland Oregon.
Congratulations to my PhD student Jared Meinen-Jochum for his successful thesis defense & graduation!!!!
Iowa State study shows zinc’s potential to fight antimicrobial resistance | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences cals.iastate.edu/news/2024/i…
Our recent study published in AEM journal was highlighted by ASM press « In Lab Tests, Dietary Zinc Inhibits AMR Gene Transmission | ASM.org asm.org/press-releases/2024/…
My students Jared Meinen-Jochum (top); Caleb Skow (bottom left), and Logan Ott (bottom right) presented their research at 2024 ASM microbes in Atlanta
Read our article on Short-chain fatty acids to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in the gut. Congrats to my student Logan Ott first author!!!! frontiersin.org/journals/mic…
Melha Mellata retweeted
Gwyn Beattie has recently discovered that bacteria use light cues to anticipate, prepare for coming stress. Congratulations! Click to the link to learn more about it.
cals.iastate.edu/news/2023/r…
My UG student Luke Westrick presented his honors capstone poster on 12/6 at MU ISU. The work was done in my lab under my grad student supervision Logan Ott. Great work Luke!!!
Congratulations to our IM student for this great achievement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PhD Candidate Marissa Roghair Stroud Recipient of USDA NIFA Presdoctoral Fellowship | Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program micrograd.iastate.edu/news/2…
Our research highlighted at Fall 2023 - Iowa Stater iowastater.iastate.edu/issue…
Melha Mellata retweeted
🚨 There are still about 2 weeks to apply for our faculty position in host-microbe interactions at Iowa State! Open to any microbe, with an emphasis on insect or plant systems. Please share. #academicjobs
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Melha Mellata retweeted
Iowa State ranks among the top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022
"These innovations are a great sign of the broad research portfolio at Iowa State University.”
Patrick Klepcyk, ISU Research Foundation
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Melha Mellata retweeted
Congratulations to our Ph.D. student Michelle Chamberlain @Astrobiomeech for winning #FINESST award from @NASA. She will work with her advisor, Dr. Swanner @betsyswanner to investigate the impacts of molybdenum and iron availability on nitrogen cycling in an ancient ocean analog
Congratulations to my student Logan Ott who receive the ISU research excellent award !!!!Parchment Exchange - Leader in eTranscript Exchange parchment.com/u/award/7fcd09…
Melha Mellata retweeted
Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Logan Ott for receiving a Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University! 🏆👏
parchment.com/u/award/7fcd09…
Check out our recently published paper on key gut bacteria in poultry. Congratulations Jared !!!!Frontiers | Segmented filamentous bacteria-based treatment to elicit protection against Enterobacteriaceae in Layer chickens frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Melha Mellata retweeted
IM Chair Dr. Melha Mellata was awarded a USDA grant for her work with segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB).
Her lab found that chicks inoculated with SFB survive salmonella infections better than uninoculated chicks. 🐣
@Mellata_Lab
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