Kovac Lab
Our research at Penn State is focused on precision food safety.
We are integrating (meta)genomic and phenotypic methods to better understand how microbial genetic background and environmental factors influence epidemiology, pathogenic potential and antimicrobial resistance of foodborne pathogens.
News
November 9, 2023
Congratulations to Tyler for passing his comprehensive exam and being awarded the Student Leadership Award
Congratulations to Tyler Chandross-Cohen for passing his comprehensive exam and being awarded the 2023 Student Leadership Award sponsored by the Penn State Food Science Industry Group!
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November 9, 2023
Congratulations to Ashley and Tyler for winning poster awards
Congratulations to Ashley Ohstrom and Tyler Chandross-Cohen for winning first and second-place poster awards at the Allegany branch of the American Society of Microbiology (ABASM) Annual Meeting!
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October 6, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Taejung Chung
Congratulations to Dr. Taejung Chung for successfully defending his dissertation titled: "Comparative Genomic and Phenotypic Analyses of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis and non-Thuringiensis.".
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September 8, 2023
Congratulations to Taejung Chung for the One Health Microbiome Center Leadership Award
Taejung Chung was awarded the Carolee Bull Leadership Award for his leadership of the One Health Microbiome Center Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG). DAWG develops microbiome data analyses workshops for the Microbiome Center community to build the capacity of the community for microbiome data analyses. Congratulations, Taejung!
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