Isaac has transitioned from the Wolfgang Lab into Graduate School. He has joined UNC’s BBSP program. We wish him good luck in his pursuit for his PhD!
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HBCU-SROP Summer Student
The Wolfgang Lab is excited to host Joshua McLaurin, a rising senior Fayetteville State University, this summer as part of UNC’s HBCU bridge Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP). Josh will gain experience in Pseudomonas genetics as he works on using transposon mutagenesis to identify novel genes involved in antibiotic tolerance.
Winter Rotation Student
We are excited to have Yunan Hu join us for a Winter rotation. Yunan is a first year BBSP student and will be investigating the relationship between quorum sensing and antimicrobial tolerance.
MAMPM 2023
The Wolfgang Lab had a blast at the 2023 Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting in Wintergreen, VA! There were many outstanding talks and posters throughout the whole Meeting! We had excellent poster presentations from Taylor Franklin, Isaac Hughes, Matt Greenwald, and Matt Higgs. Cristian Roca also gave a great talk about understanding transcriptional heterogeneity of Pseudomonas in response to mucus. Additionally, Matt Greenwald was selected as this year’s recipient of the Mark Shirtliff Excellence in Biofilm Research Award!
Happy New Year!
The Wolfgang Lab wishes everyone a Happy New Year. To start out the new year, we tried our hand at some agar art. Not too bad for a first attempt, but thankfully we have all year to improve for next time! We are looking forward to a fun and productive science-filled 2023!
Welcome the latest PhD Candidate, Crisitan Roca
Cristian has passed his preliminary exams and is now a PhD candidate! Cristian’s thesis project involves investigating how the mucus environment impacts population heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and how this heterogeneity impacts phenotypes and antibiotic treatment efficacy. Congrats, Cristian!
Presenting the new PhD Candidate in the Lab, Matt Higgs!
Congratulations to Matt Higgs on passing on his oral preliminary exam and getting approval for his thesis project! Matt’s thesis project focuses on how neutrophil effectors influence Pseudomonas behavior and antibiotic tolerance in diseased mucus.
High school student completes summer program in Wolfgang Lab
This summer we hosted a high school student, Sreethan. He gained foundational experience in microbiology and hopes to translate this experience into research on plastic degradation using Pseudomonas. His advice to prospective high school students interested in research, “ask questions and be curious.”