MSU MGI

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The official Bluesky account of the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology of Michigan State University.

Bryce Waller stands and smiles at the camera. He is standing in front of an extremely colorful painting.
A collage of our SROP students with text that reads "5 fantastic students joined us for the 2026 Summer Research Opportunity Program."
Ira Zibbu stands on a stage and gives a talk to a full and attentive crowd. She is wearing a mic, and the scene looks like a TED talk with a dark curtain behind lit up with blue lights. There is a large bouquet of flowers off to the right side, and there is a table with water bottles as well.
MGI grad student Kendall Mara stands next to the sign with the name of the IOM 2026 Krakow conference and the supporters. She is pointing up the sign and smiling.
A beautiful cherry orchard in northern Michigan. Rows of trees, green grass, and a bright blue sky with clouds stretched across it.
Liberto stands behind a lectern delivering her talk.
Sophia Liberto samples cherries from a tree in northern Michigan.
Bobby Zuniga smiles at the camera. He is in a lab and wearing a lab coat that reads "Immunology Program."
Chris Adami stands in a dark gray room leaning against the wall and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a dark gray jacket which almost matches the walls, and his head is in spotlight.
MGI Assistant Professor Yu Zhang sits for a formal photo. She is smiling at the camera.
A screenshot from a video interview that Dr. Ned Walker did with News 10. The title reads "Mosquito populations remain low in Mid-Michigan, but precautions still encouraged." Below that is a video still of Dr. Walker in his office, and there is a banner across the screen reading "Health Alert, Edward Walker, Michigan State University Entomology."
A picture of Dr. Ned Walker with a quote from the article reading "As I enter my final year at Michigan State University and prepare for retirement after 30 years, I look back with deep appreciation for the colleagues, students, and staff who made this work possible. Dr. Ned Walker, University Distinguished Professor." There is also a QR with a label that says "Read More" with an arrow pointing to the QR code.
A copy of a linkedin post by Teresa Woodruff saying, " I am delighted to share the launch of Repro101.com, a new home for accessible, science-based conversations about reproductive health, featuring learning tools from my lab. I am also excited to announce something I never expected to do - I've started a podcast! The podcast covers much of the work that has been done in my lab, and we’re starting with a season of episodes covering puberty. This first season, Parenting Through the Change, is for anyone looking to learn more about the biology of puberty and better communicate with kids between ages 5 and 15 on the topic. The podcast is hosted on all major streaming platforms and at Repro101.com. I hope you will give a listen and share it with anyone who might find it useful. If you find it valuable, please leave a comment, like/reaction, subscribe and share it with your networks. You can also find me and the podcast on Instagram and Substack (both @teresakwoodruff) and on Facebook at Teresa K Woodruff and Repro101."
A picture of Dohun Pyeon smiling with text over top reading "Dohun Pyeon named MSU Research Foundation Professor."
Danielle Gregory stands next to her scientific poster holding her award certificate. She is smiling.
A green square image with a subtle gold design in the background has pictures of Kevin Santiago-Morales and Jessica Lysne. Below them are the words "Dissertation Fellowship" and the MGI logo is below that.
Soledad Soverina smiles at the camera. She is standing in a garden.
Dr. Dohun Pyeon stands in front of a backdrop reading "AAAS Fellows."
A flyer with Dr. Adami's picture advertising his talk at the Ellison Insights Forum.
A green and white square with quote marks and the following text: This fellowship is incredibly meaningful to me as it is allowing me to pursue a project this summer that I would not have been able to do otherwise. As AI usage is becoming more and more common especially in the sciences, being able to be trained in how to responsibly use AI is so important. I’m really excited to be able to apply all the knowledge I am going to learn to my project and hopefully gain some really valuable insights!
Emma Bush smiles at the camera. She is standing outdoors.
This is a dark green poster with pictures of the three NSF GRFP awardees in frames that look like polaroid images.
Semaan works with the Orbitrap.
This picture shows the Orbitrap. It's a machine with screens and wires going to various flasks.
Grace Semaan works smiles at the camera. She is in a lab and is holding samples and wearing a lab coat.
Mahima Thapa stands with members of the MSU COM faculty as she receives her award for her oral presentation.
An illustrated image showing the corals with the symbiotic algae in three different temperatures.
Dr. Scott Mulrooney emcees the event. Behind him on the screen is the seminar flyer. Dr. Hausinger is sitting in the front row, and the back of his head is visible.
Jared Godfrey smiles at the camera. He's in a lab and is wearing his lab coat.
Dr. Delekta presents his research during last week's MSU Spring TALKS event.
Christine VanDeuren stands next to Sparty at the MSU celebration recognizing her 30 years of employment at MSU.
Danielle Gregory stands on stage receiving her third place poster award at the APHL annual meeting.
A graduate's cap reads "There is a past version of you that is so proud of how far you have come."
An MGI graduate shakes the department chair's hand.
Black and white image with an extreme close-up of a Brucella bacterium.
Brucella plated on agar - the larger circle indicates that these bacteria are good swimmers.
Jeannette Farnham holds a test tube with red liquid in it.
Bryce Waller smiles at the camera. He is standing in front of a very colorful painting, and he has a red and yellow diamond-patterned bandana on his head. He has long hair and is wearing a band t-shirt.
Mammalian cells as seen under a microscope.
Adam Kibiloski stands in his lab and smiles at the camera.
MGI graduate student Emily Perez works in a lab. She is wearing full protective gear including a yellow head covering with integrated face shield, white full-body covering, and gloves.
The cover of the ASM Journal of Bacteriology - featuring an image from MGI alum Dr. Sergio Hernandez-Ortiz's PhD research.
Screening potential synthetic community members for metal tolerance and resistance on 200ppm copper chloride agar plates from my culture collection isolates (from aspen roots growing in mining waste).
Confocal microscopy of DAPI stained tree roots embedded in resin
MGI graduate student Mashal Copperman holds a flask of blue liquid in her lab.
E. coli with plasmids for green and red fluorescent proteins drawn on agar and photographed on a blue light box through an orange filter.
This image shows two different pictures of MGI undergraduate students concentrating deeply while discussing their research with professors and graduate students.
This drawing, done by undergrad Tiffany Rennells, who works with Satya, shows how quasiorganelles kill histiocytic sarcoma cells.
This image shows green dog histiocytic sarcoma cancer cells containing red quasiorganelles. The nucleus of the cancer cells is marked in blue.
Satya Kulkarni sits for a formal picture. There is a gray background behind him and he's wearing a blue and white striped shirt and blue blazer.
Professor Sean Crosson stands at a lectern behind bouquets of flowers to deliver a talk at this year's Classes without quizzes event. On the screen behind him is the quote "Between animal and human medicine there are no dividing lines - nor should there be." attributed to Rudolf Virchow (ca. 1858).
This image shows a grid of vertical plate assays with Arabidopsis grown on them in the presence of various types of bacteria.
Alex Demetros sits on a bench and smiles at the camera.
A representative from the Berner-Garde Foundation spoke about the impact of Vilma's work on the health of Bernese Mountain Dogs.
Dean Kim Dodd welcomes attendees.
An image with a picture of Ira Zibbu and the text "Graduate Student Excellence Award" from the SMBD. There is a block of text saying "I am broadly interested in understanding the evolutionary forces that shape the structure and function of bacterial genomes and how certain genomic configurations can preclude or promote specific future evolutionary paths."
MGI students and professors gather for a picture at the MI-ASM meeting this past weekend.
Dr. Dohun Pyeon sits at his desk. Behind him you can see the notes he writes on his window.