Penn State researchers developing genomic resources to identify novel pathogens

October 14, 2021

Study to enhance CDC’s capacity to rapidly detect emerging infectious disease agents

Postdoc position in microbial genomics

June 1, 2021

Are you interested in a postdoc in microbial genomics? We are looking to fill the position by August 1st.

Congratulations and good luck to 2021 graduates!

May 2, 2021

Congratulations to graduate student Priscilla Sinclair and undergraduate student Jared Pavlock, Cassidy Prince, Madison Ruston for graduation! Good luck to Priscilla in her new job at PepsiCo and to Cassidy Prince in the Microbiology Ph.D. program at Cornell University. Good luck also to our alumni Xiaoqing (Ellie) Tan in the Microbiology Ph.D. program at Cornell University and to Xiaoxuan (Meg) Shi in the Food Science PhD program at Cornell University!

Congrats to Cassidy for the NSF GRFP honorable mention and Fulbright semifinals

March 24, 2021

Congratulations to our undergraduate student Cassidy Prince for the NSF GRFP honorable mention and for becoming a Fulbright semifinalist!

Congratulations to Runan for publishing collaborative research with Dandelion Chocolate

March 8, 2021

Runan Yan and Gabriella Pinto worked with the Dandelion Chocolate team (https://store.dandelionchocolate.com) to evaluate the efficacy of the different time-temperature combinations in the inactivation of Salmonella on cocoa beans.

3rd place in The Science Coalition undergraduate video competition

December 10, 2020

Accepting a new Masters student to join the lab in Fall 2021

November 5, 2020

Apply to join us as a Masters student in Fall 2021: https://foodscience.psu.edu/graduate/apply

Congratulations to Naomi Niyah!

October 19, 2020

Naomi Niyah was awarded the 1st place for the presentation of her research poster in a category Graduate Poster Presentations at the America Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference. Congratulations, Naomi!

Inexpensive and rapid testing of drugs for resistant infections possible

October 19, 2020

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A rapid and simple method for testing the efficacy of antibacterial drugs on infectious microbes has been developed and validated by a team of Penn State researchers.

Hiring a research assistant

August 26, 2020

We are hiring a part-time (20h/week) research assistant to start on October 1st, 2020.