Sharanya Sarkar is a graduate student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program from Calcutta, India. Prior to Dartmouth, she served as the Operations Director of an NGO for 3 years and led several health camps for poverty-stricken people. A strong advocate of diversity and inclusion, Sharanya strives to build a community for international students … Read more
Frontiers in Microbiology is a leading journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of microbiology.
Neff wrote “At the recent North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC), a key theme of the plenary sessions was the “path to a cure” for the 10% of CF patients who don’t benefit from CF modulators. For those patients who do benefit from modulators, many presenters also considered how better therapies can be developed. Among … Read more
A recent publication, “Let-7b-5p in vesicles secreted by human airway cells reduces biofilm formation and increases antibiotic sensitivity of P. aeruginosa,” has attracted attention from BioCentury, an outlet that covers translational research for the biopharma industry. The publication outlines that a naturally occurring human microRNA (let-7b) has the potential to treat chronic lung infection, including those caused by antibiotic … Read more
We are enthusiastic to announce MICR 150, a two week intensive hands-on training course for credit that will be of interest to biomedical researchers at all levels. This course may be attended in person, on the beautiful campus of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory near Bar Harbor Maine, (MDIBL) or attended remotely, via Zoom. The course … Read more
Dear colleagues, The 2021 Molecular Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Disease virtual conference is scheduled for July 13-15. As many of you know, the mission of this long-standing (usually in-person) FASEB conference is to bring together experts from all disciplines of microbiology and infectious diseases, including bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, host response, and drug discovery. Given the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, I’m sure you … Read more
Congratulations to Paige Salerno (Ross lab) and Kaesi Morelli (Cramer lab) for their appointments to the NIH/T32-funded Dartmouth CF Training Program. As part of the Training Program these PhD students will have the opportunity to host a seminar speaker, run a journal club, receive leadership training, and have access to off-campus courses and on-campus training … Read more
North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC): September 30 – October 2, 2021, in San Antonio, TX Submit your abstract and/or case study today! Submission deadline: April 15
Congratulations to Zhongyou Li and R Club co-authors Katja Koeppen, Victoria Holden, Samuel Neff, Liviu Cengher, Elora Demers, Dallas Mould, Bruce Stanton, and Thomas Hampton, who have developed a new algorithm (GAUGE) that uses machine learning and natural language processing to infer experimental design from sample names. This work, which brings together lab members from … Read more