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Recent Posts
Congratulations to Dr. Heggen!
Mark has successfully defended his doctoral thesis! Congratulations to Dr. Heggen!
July 31, 2026Morgan named Deibel Fellow
Morgan has been named the 2026 recipient of the Robert H. and Carol L. Deibel Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Probiotic Research! This prestigious FRI fellowship offers a generous stipend and research funds. Congratulations to Morgan!
May 14, 2026JP named director of FRI!
We are excited to announce that JP is now the director of the Food Research Institute (FRI)! The FRI is a leader in identifying and resolving food safety issues to meet community, government and industry …
March 2, 2026VPL at the GRC
In Young, Jeehwan, Mark, and Morgan were all selected as speakers at the 2025 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar Lactic Acid Bacteria Biology, Symbioses and Applications. A massive thank you to the co-chairs- especially JP- …
July 19, 2025A probiotic with reduced colonization potential
Congratulations to Laura, Saima, Theresa, Jee-Hwan, Mark, In Young , and Morgan for their work published in AEM! This paper characterized our lab’s creation of the LR6475 Nonuple strain, a mutant with nine genes encoding …
November 3, 2024