Tessa’s poster: Insights into SIV from Sooty Mangabey Saliva and Gut Microbes

Zach’s poster: Urobiome 101: Optimizing DNA extraction and host cell depletion to enable shotgun metagenomic studies on the urine microbiome

Great job with posters (and many thanks for also volunteering at the symposium!)

Congratulations also to Zach for winning a 2024 Center of Microbiome Science Trainee Travel Award!

Zach is awarded a highly competitive Fulbright to study at Royal Veterinary College in 2024-2025! He will be studying genomes of zoonotic bacteria.

Way to go Zach! We are thrilled for you!

Vanessa is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure (pictured here with promoted faculty from all College of Vet Med departments)! Congrats to all!

On April 10, 2024, Dr. Tessa Wilde brilliantly defended her PhD and received the 2023-2024 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Department of Anthropology!

Dissertation: Monkeys and Microbes: Examining the gut and oral microbiome in SIV-infected sooty mangabeys

Dr. Wilde with her co-advisors, Dr. Scott McGraw (Anthropology) and Dr. Vanessa Hale (Veterinary Preventive Medicine).

Tessa with partner, Amy and son, Mateo

We are so proud of you Tessa!

Jordan’s poster: Fecal and urine microbiota of pet dogs vary with breed and sex

Zach poster: Urobiome 101: Optimizing DNA extraction and host cell depletion to enable shotgun metagenomic studies on the urine microbiome

Great job presenting Zach and Jordan!

Congrats Tessa! So proud of all of your amazing accomplishments – including founding and serving as Executive Director of the non-profit, For the Love of Primates, working as a veterinary technician, teaching, being super-mom to super-Mateo, and all while getting a PhD!