In the News 

Dr. Janine Trempy and her graduate students, Janine Hutchison and Stephanie Dukovcic, have discovered a major breakthrough that promises to help limit food-borne illnesses.  This discovery has been featured on the Discovery Channel. 

Terra Magazine article and link to Discovery Channel video.

*Check out the latest edition of the Oregon Stater - Sarah Sowell, Microbiology Graduate student - now a Post Doc in Steve Giovannoni's lab, (Back Section) is on the back page and Kara Miles-Rockenfield, Undergraduate student,  (Giving Back) is on page 36.

*Department of Microbiology Professor Dennis Hruby is the Chief Scientific Officer for Siga Technologies, which was recently awarded a $55 million grant for treatment for smallpox. http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/community/4aaa02_siga.txt