Resources

Incoming & First Year Information

Living in Columbus for Graduate Students Flyer (contributed by Sabrina Lamont): Living in Columbus

Candidacy & Graduation Information

Candidacy Documents

Successful documents from post candidacy students will be shared with the Micro 3rd students going through candidacy privately. Contact Kayla Cross (cross.582) or Kim Ndlovu (ndlovu.3) for access.

Pre-candidacy presentation

Navigating GradForms

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Application for Candidacy Exam.

Application for Masters after Candidacy.

Committee and Exam Petitions.

Application to Graduate

Professional Development Series

Dr. Darryl Wesener: Oct 20, 2023

Dr. Wesener is a professor of Microbiology at OSU. He gave a talk to students about applying for a postdoc. Darryl obtained a B.S. in chemistry from Saint Norbert College (training camp home of the 13-time World Champion Green Bay Packers). As an NSF-REU undergraduate researcher, Darryl worked with Prof. Silvia Cavagnero at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying water exclusion during protein folding. He matriculated to the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his Ph.D. where he studied bacterial polysaccharide biosynthesis and lectin recognition with Prof. Laura L. Kiessling. There, Darryl became fascinated with the role of carbohydrates in biology. As a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Jeffrey I. Gordon at Washington University in Saint Louis, Darryl investigated mechanisms of glycan utilization in the human gut microbiota. Outside of research Darryl enjoy gardening, keeping his pet chickens alive, and archery.

LinkedIn | See his presentation here

Dr. Matt Dunn: Sept 22, 2023

Matt Dunn completed his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he studied in the labs of Drs. Luis Actis and Joseph Carlin. For his PhD work, Matt came to The Ohio State University and rotated through the labs of Drs. Birgit Alber, Matt Sullivan, and Matt Anderson before joining the Anderson Lab in 2017. Matt was active throughout the Microbiology department during this time, serving as the Graduate Studies recruitment student representative as well as the Vice President of SAM. After completing his PhD, Matt stayed close to the labs he had worked with before as he transitioned to his current role as Sales Representative with Avantor. Representing over seven million products and working with hundreds of manufacturers, Matt now consults new labs and supports developing methods across The Ohio State University, Ohio University, and Nationwide Children’s campuses.

LinkedIn | Watch the recording here

Forge Biologics: March 10, 2023

Forge is a gene therapy development company, focused on encouraging hope and bringing life changing gene therapies from idea to reality. Students heard from Lauren Kume, a recruiter at Forge and Dr. Abbijit Basu on what the company does and how to prepare for a career at Forge.

LinkedIn | ForgeBiologics | Watch the recording here

Dr. Tammy Bullwinkle: October 31, 2022

Tammy is an Assistant Professor and Program Specialist at The Ohio State University. Tammy develops teaching materials for both majors and non-major courses, including lecture and lab-based instruction.  She works closely with Graduate Teaching Assistants and Microbiology staff to develop and execute inquiry-based experiments for the setting of our Molecular Microbiology Lab course. In addition to direct instruction and student mentoring, Tammy also serves on the Department’s Curriculum Committee.

Profile | Watch

Dr. Kim Denis-Mize: Sept 30, 2022

Kimberly Denis-Mize has more than 20 years of experience in research, development, and commercialization of biologics, small molecules, combination products, and vaccines.  Dr. Denis-Mize earned her doctorate under advisor Darrell Galloway with a focus on pathogenic microbiology, immunology, and vaccine development.  Her dissertation, “Studies on the Presentation of Pseudomonas Exotoxin to the Host Immune System:  Implications for Vaccine Development”, investigated role of bacterial toxins in immune stimulation, antigen delivery, processing and presentation.  Dr. Denis-Mize was a Biologist (GS-9) at the USGS, working under an interagency agreement between USGS and USEPA to validate a novel method for detection of enteric viruses in water resources.  Dr. Denis-Mize also spent 7 years at Chiron Corporation/Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in multiple capacities including discovery research, preclinical proof-of-concept, and translational medicine efforts supporting development of novel immunotherapies for oncology and infectious disease applications.  Dr. Denis-Mize led Clinical Sciences and Affairs at Dey Pharma, where she served as the cross-functional Project Team Leader for the late-stage clinical development of a combination product for the treatment of COPD.   In recent years, Dr. Denis-Mize has consulted with several pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and entrepreneurs to provide clinical, regulatory and therapeutic area expertise in the development of products for infectious and respiratory diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and rare diseases.  Dr. Denis-Mize has authored or co-authored 20 publications and is an inventor of 7 issued or pending patents related to immune-modulation.

LinkedIn | Watch