Jen returns to Dartmouth with her research team, studying viral-bacterial and polymicrobial interactions in the respiratory tract. Outside of the lab, Jen is a passionate gardener, cook and is happy to be back in the mountains for hiking.
[more]LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has named plant molecular geneticist Mary Lou Guerinot a Nonresident Fellow, a group of eminent scientific advisors that guide the Institute's leadership. Guerinot holds the Ronald and Deborah Harris Professorship in the Sciences and is a professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth College, where she was the first woman to chair a science department.
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As part of the diversity intiatives in the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, the School welcomes Hector Sanchez as the Diversity Fellow for Guarini. Hector received his Ph.D. from the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth College in the O'Toole/Berwin labs where he studied host-microbe interactions. We asked him a few questions about his path to graduate school and his current position.
[more]Congratulations to Em Morris, who received a 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) in the field of Proteomics. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to exceptional graduate students with the potential to become high-achieving scientists in STEM or STEM education. Fellowship recipients receive three years of financial support, professional development opportunities, and a degree of prestige that will follow them throughout their careers.
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