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10/28/2026

☕🎃 **Coffee, Costumes & a Little Microbiology!** 🦠

Get ready for a spooky afternoon at MMG!

The **Cabeen Lab** invites everyone to a special **Coffee Hour & Halloween Costume Contest** — an afternoon of coffee, food, creativity, and Halloween fun!

📅 **Friday, October 30**
🕒 **3:00–5:00 PM**
📍 **3rd Floor, by Administration**

🏆 Costume contest categories:
👻 Scariest Costume
🎨 Most Imaginative Costume
🏅 Best Group Costume

Group themes are encouraged, so gather your labmates and get creative!

☕ Food and drinks will be available.

Come for the coffee, stay for the costumes! 🎃🧬

10/26/2026

🦠🎉 **Congratulations to Dr. Paul Kirchberger!**

We're excited to celebrate MMG Assistant Professor **Dr. Paul Kirchberger**, who has received a **$1.25 million, five-year NIH R35 MIRA award!**

His research explores how tiny bacteria-killing viruses, known as bacteriophages, evolve and organize their genomes. Understanding these viruses could eventually help scientists design phages that specifically target harmful bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

A fantastic achievement for Dr. Kirchberger, his lab, and our MMG department!

🔬 Read the full OSU story:
https://news.okstate.edu/articles/arts-sciences/2026/osu-researcher-receives-national-institutes-of-health-award-to-study-bacteria-killing-viruses

📸 Photo: OSU News

10/23/2026

🧬🔬 MMG Seminar Series — Graduate Student Research Spotlight!

Join us this Monday for two exciting research presentations by our MMG Ph.D. students!

🎤 Reygan Braga | Dr. Patrauchan's Lab
“Insights into Calcium Signaling and its Role in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Host-Cell Interactions”
🎤 Mehraj Ansari | Dr. Kirchberger's Lab
“Role of a Hyperconserved Genomic Region in a Hypervariable Phage Group”

📅 Monday, October 26
🕒 3:30–4:30 PM
📍 Classroom Building (CLB), Room 203

Come support our graduate students and learn about the research happening right here at MMG!

10/21/2026

🥽✨ Glam Your Safety Goggles!

Who says lab safety can't have a little sparkle? 💎

The OSU Microbiology Club invites you to get creative and decorate your safety goggles!

📅 Thursday, October 22
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Physical Science, Room 103

🎨 Bring your own goggles (BYOG!) — decoration supplies will be provided!

🎉 FREE to attend, and ALL majors are welcome!

Don't have goggles? Reach out to club president Crissy through GroupMe in advance. The club has a limited number available to provide.

Come for the science, stay for the sparkle! 🧬✨

10/16/2026

🐝🔬 **Upcoming MMG Seminar: Dr. Erick Motta**

What can honey bees teach us about the microbiome?

Join us as we welcome **Dr. Erick Motta**, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, for a seminar exploring the fascinating world of honey bee microbiomes!

🎤 **“Investigating Microbiome Dynamics Through the Lens of the Honey Bee”**

📅 Monday, October 19, 2026
🕒 3:30–4:30 PM
📍 Classroom Building (CLB), Room 203

We look forward to seeing you there!

10/14/2026

🧬🌱 **Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Robert L. Burnap**

How do cyanobacteria capture CO₂ efficiently enough to power photosynthesis?

Recent work coauthored by Dr. Robert Burnap identifies a previously unrecognized small protein, SbtC, that helps regulate bicarbonate transport in cyanobacteria.

In a second publication, Dr. Burnap explores the molecular machinery connecting electron transfer, energy conservation, and CO₂ uptake.

📚 **Two recent publications:**
**Plant Physiology** — Original research
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag246

**BBA – Bioenergetics** — Sole-authored review
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2026.149609

10/12/2026

🧬🔬 **MMG Seminar Today!

Join us this afternoon as we welcome **Dr. Bao Vu**, Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center!

🎤 **Topic:** Azole drug resistance in *Nakaseomyces glabratus* (*Candida glabrata*)

📅 **Today, October 12**
🕒 **3:30–4:30 PM**
📍 **Classroom Building (CLB), Room 203**

We look forward to seeing you there!

10/07/2026

🎓🧬 Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Cabeen
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Cabeen on his promotion to Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics!
📚 2026 Publications
Weapons as building blocks: a dual-function microcin in Acinetobacter
Trends in Microbiology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2026.04.004
Bacterial nitrogen-related phosphotransferase systems: new insights into diverse roles in virulence, physiology, and central metabolism
Journal of Bacteriology
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00541-25
Dr. Cabeen’s recent reviews highlight bacterial competition and microbial interactions, along with the roles of bacterial signaling systems in virulence, physiology, and metabolism.
Congratulations, Dr. Cabeen! 🎉

10/02/2026

🔬 MMG Fall Seminar Series
Join us Monday for Dr. Christoph Grundner, Associate Professor at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, presenting:
“Rethinking Ser/Thr phosphosignaling in M. tuberculosis”
📅 Monday, October 5
🕞 3:30–4:30 PM
📍 CLB 203
We hope to see you there!

09/30/2026

🧬 Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Avi Mitra
Congratulations to Dr. Avi Mitra and his collaborators on two recent publications exploring heme iron acquisition and regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
📚 Recent Publications
🧬 mBio — PPE64 functions in heme iron uptake and biofilm formation.
PMID: 41378908
🧬 Journal of Biological Chemistry — Coproheme decarboxylase regulates heme uptake in M. tuberculosis.
PMID: 41581883
🔬 Recently Funded Research
• $553,278 R15 award — Molecular basis of heme iron acquisition by Mycobacterium tuberculosis — PI
• $72,384 pilot project — Structural characterization of bacterial channel transporter proteins in pathogenic mycobacteria — Pilot Project Leader
Together, these awards represent more than $625,000 in research funding.
Congratulations to Dr. Mitra and his collaborators! 👏

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