Cell Biology of Bacterial Infection
Listeria monocytogenes (green) interacting with macrophages (red/blue).
Credit: Michelle Reniere
Drs. Jason Smith & Josh Woodward have been promoted to Professor; Dr. Kendall Gray has been promoted to Teaching Professor; and Dr. Rebecca Achterman has been promoted to Associate Teaching Professor. Congratulations all!
U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Washington #7 among Global Universities in Microbiology. See rankings here.
Kaitlin Hulce (Smith lab) has received two years of support from the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F32 fellowship program. Congratulations Kaitlin!
Professor Joseph Mougous and colleagues (including first author Qinqin Zhao) describe the structure and activity of a newly identified class of umbrella-shaped Streptomyces toxins in the April 17th issue of Nature. See the UW Newsroom highlight for more info.