Earlier this month, the abstracts submitted by Elias and Morgan were selected for ORAL and poster presentations at Duquesne’s Graduate Research Symposium (GRS).

Elias will highlight his recent results highlighting compounds we found, in collaboration with Paul Lummis (Duquesne) that selectively kill Gram-positive bacteria, including the causative agent of MRSA infections. 

Morgan will provide an overview of her work linking a Listeria protein to its role in subverting a cell’s immune response to infection.

We got word today that Morgan will be presenting a poster at the American Society of Microbiology’s annual Microbe Conference in Washington DC! The poster will in June and will highlight her initial work on understanding the role of Listeria internalin proteins during an infections!

New year, new semester, new students. Today, the lab grew by adding three new students for the coming semester. Today we added CJ Booterbaugh (Jr, PSYC), Ella Jacoby (Fr, Biochem) and Nathan Philips (Soph, Biochem). We are excited to see what they can accomplish on existing and new projects in the lab!

While the compound may not have any antibacterial properties, at least Dr. Heisler still knows how to do the experiments himself!

The lab group ventured to Bridgeville for a dinner as a big group!