Faith travels to Australia to give the keynote address at the Australian Mammal Society’s Annual Conference.
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Holly is a research assistant working with Helicobacter pylori in the Dr. Paul Keim and Dr. Erik Settles’ lab group.
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Holly is a research assistant working with Helicobacter pylori in the Dr. Paul Keim and Dr. Erik Settles’ lab group.
Holly is a research assistant working with Helicobacter pylori in the Dr. Paul Keim and Dr. Erik Settles’ lab group.
Outstanding undergraduates recognized for their research accomplishments. Kylie Drake and Joel Clegg receive graduation awards.
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The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute has grown tremendously in the past decade and a half. PMI now occupies two floors in the Applied Research and Development Building. We have doubled the number of Undergraduate Students and currently have approximately 47 Undergraduate Students, bringing the total number of PMI employees to a whopping 142 total.
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Thank you for offering me the opportunity to write about my recognition as the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences Distinguished Senior of the Year. Receiving this award is an honor that reflects the hard work, dedication, and passion for academic and extracurricular pursuits within the College of Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences.
The PMI Admin Team supports all research teams at PMI in placing orders, assisting with travel, receiving packages, & onboarding and offboarding employees.
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Dr. Walker is presenting at a conference in Phoenix at the ARBC-Flinn Research Conference on her rabies research.
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Dr. Dave Wagner discusses Burkholderia thailandensis on the CDC’s podcast in the EIM Series.
Dr. Walker is presenting at a conference in Canada regarding her bat bridge research.
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Holly is a research assistant working with Helicobacter pylori in the Dr. Paul Keim and Dr. Erik Settles’ lab group.
Nate Stone shares his research on Leptospira bacteria and a new novel method for conducting the research.
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Meagan is working towards earning a Wildlife Ecology and Management Certificate. Passionate about wildlife conservation, her position within the Walker Lab includes work on Species from Feces program with the Bat Ecology and Genetics Lab.
Emma is an undergraduate research assistant majoring in Biomedical Science and minoring in Psychology. Her research has focused on using genetics to monitor a threatened snake species and applying a new non-invasive method to identify rabies virus.
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While I’m away on my sabbatical, I hope everyone at PMI is enjoying the beginning of the semester. There are many fun and exciting research projects, events, and conferences in store for this Spring 2023 semester.
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Looking back at 2022, we count the top 10 research highlights with the Walker Lab Team.
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While I’m away on my sabbatical, I hope everyone at PMI is enjoying the beginning of the semester. There are many fun and exciting research projects, events, and conferences in store for this Spring 2023 semester.
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Paul Keim shares a greeting to the new semester and details some of the fun and exciting things planned.
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Paul Keim’s career as a pathogen expert is featured in an interview by the Flinn Foundation. The founder of PMI details his illustrious early career as a geneticist, to his recent participation in The Anthrax Attacks documentary on Netflix.
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Outstanding undergraduates recognized for their research accomplishments. Kylie Drake and Joel Clegg receive graduation awards.
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Recently, Drs. Bridget Barker, Erik Settles, and Paul Keim were awarded a large NIH grant to develop a vaccine to prevent the disease. This is a 5-year project with many problems to solve before the vaccine is ready.
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During her PhD at PMI, Morgan will combine her experiences in bat research, genetic research and tropical dry-forest conservation. She will be investigating the seasonal dynamics and landscape ecology of bat communities in the highly fragmented Tumbesian and Marañon dry-forests of Peru.
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Dustin is an NAU graduate who worked at PMI with Dr. Naomi Lee on developing a novel HPV vaccine which seeks to broaden coverage and improve immunogenicity compared to the current vaccine in order to better protect the Native American community.
Under Dr. Ricky Camplain at the Center for Health Equity Research and Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Bethany has conducted research on the physical activity levels of incarcerated females and modeled the spread of COVID-19.
Great undergraduates that were recognized in this year’s awards. Laney Roberts and Anna Raygoza both receive awards.
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The French Lab is recruiting for Undergraduate Researcher. It’s a paid position, working on the investigation of environmental correlations of the presence/absence and virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
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José’s research focuses on improving our understanding of anthropogenic effects on wildlife at the landscape and species level. He uses landscape analysis and DNA metabarcoding to shed light on the ecology and habitat requirements of understudied bat species.
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Meagan is working towards earning a Wildlife Ecology and Management Certificate. Passionate about wildlife conservation, her position within the Walker Lab includes work on Species from Feces program with the Bat Ecology and Genetics Lab.
Magda joined the Species from Feces team to save the world one poo pile at a time. It’s hard to believe how much information is in scat.
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Emma is a Research Technician working on rabies detection along with identifying species, diet and pathogens through feces of bats and other wildlife.
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Anthony is an undergraduate student that worked on multiple projects while in the French Lab. He explored different treatments to the SARS-CoV-2 virus using cell culture, and analyzed the treatments across multiple different strains.
Emma is an undergraduate research assistant majoring in Biomedical Science and minoring in Psychology. Her research has focused on using genetics to monitor a threatened snake species and applying a new non-invasive method to identify rabies virus.
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center is the only federal science center dedicated to wildlife disease detection, control, and prevention in the United States.
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Awarded an NSF graduate research fellowship, Dan is skilled in next-generation sequencing, microbiome bioinformatics, phylogenetics, ecological niche modeling, and bacterial and fungal microbiology.
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Jessica is an undergraduate research assistant studying Biomedical Science with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. Her research focuses on Multiple-Locus VNTR Analysis of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that is the causative agent of plague.
Matthew is an Undergraduate Researcher studying Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry. His work focuses on maintaining the hACE2 mouse colony for the HCMMC. The hACE2 murine model advances the understanding of disease progression of COVID-19.
Noor is an Undergraduate research assistant studying Biomedical Science with a minor in Chemistry. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
We’re recruiting for a Research Assistant for basic and applied research focused on vertebrate and pathogen genetics.
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With Omicron Variant infections on the rise, the best way to protect yourself and your community is to mask up and get the shot.
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Known for the infamous Black Death, plague continues to affect hundreds of people globally each year in underdeveloped countries. An antimicrobial resistant (AMR) strain of Yersinia pestis was discovered from a 2013 Madagascar pneumonic plague outbreak. Newly published research from Dave Wagner and colleagues, reveals for the first time that AMR Y. pestis can be […]
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Wagner is a disease ecologist whose primary research interests are the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. He uses genetic and genomic variation within pathogen, vector and host species.
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Alan Dale retires after 27 years at NAU, 20 years at PMI, building the institute’s security and infrastructure from the ground up.
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We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2020 Keim Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (Keim Award) is NAU undergraduate, Kyle S. Ghaby!
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Pathogen & Microbiome Institute congratulates our undergraduate researchers as well as this year’s Keim Award recipients.
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he Pathogen & Microbiome Institute is seeking Undergraduate Assistants for research in life sciences and bioinformatics analysis.
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Help Dr. Keim release his challenge by giving to great programs that support student research.
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The COVID-19 Testing Service Center (CTSC) was establish to perform in vitro testing of Coronavirus. Test results show that Stenoparib, an ovarian cancer drug already approved by the FDA, is effective in combating coronavirus. When used in combination with Remdesivir, the drugs work in tandem to successfully inhibit viral multiplication. The results are published […]
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With the focus on developing the next generation workforce, Dawn designs and organizes hands-on science training programs for PMI undergraduates. These programs foster foundational skills essential for career success.
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