Archive for Departmental News
Summer 2011 Newsletter
See what has been happening in the Department.
Research Spotlight: In vivo development of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter infection
Citation: J. C. Lindow, F. Poly, D. R. Tribble, P. Guerry, M. P. Carmolli, S. Baqar, C. K. Porter, K. K. Pierce, M. J. Darsley, K. S. Sadigh, E. A. Dill, the Campylobacter Study Team, and B. D. Kirkpatrick. 2010. Caught in the Act: In Vivo Development of Macrolide Resistance to Campylobacter jejuni Infection. J [...]
Recognition of damaged DNA by a replicative DNA polymerase
Citation: Aller P, Ye Y, Wallace SS, Burrows CJ, Doublié S. 2010. Crystal structure of a replicative DNA polymerase bound to the oxidized guanine lesion guanidinohydantoin. Biochemistry 49, 2502-2509. Direct link to the publication at the Biochemistry website Authors’ Association with MMG: Pierre Aller – is a postdoctoral associate in the MMG Department Sylvie Doublié [...]
MMG Class of 2010
The MMG Department said goodbye to the undergraduate Class of 2010 on Sunday May 23rd. This year we graduated 4 double majors (MICRO & MGEN), 7 MGEN and 2 MICRO majors. Seven of our graduates also had minors in microbiology, molecular genetics, business administration, statistics or art history. Congratulations on a job well done and [...]
Research Spotlight: Dissecting the pathway of EmaA glycosylation in an oral pathogen
Citation: Tang, G. and Mintz, K.P. 2010. Glycosylation of the collagen adhesin EmaA of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is dependent upon the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic pathway. Journal of Bacteriology 192(5):1395-1405. Direct link to the article Authors’ Association with MMG: Gaoyan Tang – is a postdoctoral associate in the MMG Department Keith P. Mintz – is an Associate Professor [...]
Research Spotlight: NEIL1 and DNA Repair
Citation: Odell ID, Newick K, Heintz NH, Wallace SS, Pederson DS. 2010. Non-specific DNA binding interferes with the efficient excision of oxidative lesions from chromatin by the human DNA glycosylase, NEIL1. DNA Repair (Amst) 9(2):134-43. Authors’ Association with MMG: Ian D. Odell – 5th year MD-PhD student in MMG Kheng Newick – 2nd year PhD [...]
Graduate Recruitment Season Over
This year’s MMG graduate recruitment season is over, at least the part with coordinated interview weekends. The MMG Graduate Admissions Committee would like to thank everyone who was involved in planning and volunteering for activities during the two recruitment weekends. Between the two we interviewed 13 MMG candidates, and look forward to hearing from those [...]
Launch of MMG Research Spotlight
We will shortly be launching a new feature, called “Research Spotlight”. This blog post will highlight very recently published (or epub) articles by folks in MMG, with emphasis on articles containing MMG graduate and undergraduate student authors. Content will be a short summary of the work, brief description of impact and significance, and a link [...]
MMG Holiday Party: Food & Fun Facts
Dec 16th. MMG Holiday Party. The full MMG cast arrived for an approximately 40 dish potluck celebration of the holidays. From casserole to cakes, quiche to couscous, meatballs to mint cookies, everyone enjoyed a diverse and delicious assortment of foods. Concurrent with eating and relaxing, the annual multiple choice MMG trivia quiz was conducted with [...]
MMG Chooses Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
We are having a departmental charity drive this season as we usually do, and the recipient will be the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. We chose it again this year because so many people in Vermont are unemployed or marginally employed, having trouble buying enough food for their families. Requests for assistance have increased 35 to [...]
