Congratulations are in order for Dr. Ansel Hsiao, who is the corresponding author on a paper just published in Cell! "Interpersonal gut microbiome variation drives susceptibility and resistance to cholera infection". Other authors of the paper include Hsiao lab members: Salma Alavi, Jonathan D. Mitchell, Jennifer Y. Cho, Rui Liu, and John C. Macbeth. The...

The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology joins in solidarity with our Black community of students, staff, and colleagues to strongly condemn racism. As a department, we pledge to continue our work implementing policies aimed at advancing diversity, equality, inclusion, and justice in our community by: 1) Immediately forming a Committee for Diversity and Inclusion...