Jessica Aycock, a second-year Ph.D. student, won Best Graduate Student Poster for her presentation on how Pseudomonas aeruginosa activates a novel defense cascade in response to fungal toxins. First-year Ph.D. student Muhammad Shafiul Alam Mondal earned Best Graduate Student Talk for his research on species-dependent physiological changes in Aspergillus fumigatus during polymicrobial biofilms. Freshman Cameron Kennedy received Best Undergraduate Student Poster for her work on parallel evolution in P. aeruginosa during fungal interactions and chronic lung infections.
Congratulations to all!