Two of our students participated in the Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology Research Day!
IDM PhD student Elon Holmes presented a poster titled “Tropism of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) strains for placenta cell lineages.”
IDM MS student Andrew Wheeler presented a poster entitled “Understanding host and virus factors that dictate vertical transmission of emerging bunyaviruses.” Andrew works within the McMillen group of the lab!
Both Elon and Andrew won awards at this event! Elon was presented with a Qiagen Award, which recognizes outstanding work. Andrew received 1st place for his presentation in the MS category! CONGRATS!
