October 2024 - Happy Halloween!
Things got spooky during lab meeting today! (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ) Ed, Roberto, and Olivia definitely looked boo-tiful in their costumes. (˼●̙̂ ̟...
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New Preprint
The Behnsen lab has produced some exciting research involving cross-kingdom interactions between Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium...
September 2024 - MMPC
The Behnsen lab spent an exciting weekend attending the 2024 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) in a neighboring state. The...
July 2024 - Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC
Dr. Behnsen, Kanchan Jaswal, and Roberto Flores had an amazing time attending the Microbial Toxins and Pathogenicity GRC at the...
July 2024
We took the liberty of celebrating another member of the lab this month. ♪ (｡´＿●`)ﾉ┌iiii┐ヾ(´○＿`*) ♪(*･ω･)ﾉ”┌iii┐♡♪o~(...
June 2024 - Congrats!
Join us in congratulating our very own Dr. Judith Behnsen on her promotion to Associate Professor. Here's to more years of success! ヾ(...
April-May 2024
We love celebrating lab birthdays with a slice of cake! Help us wish 3 of our members a happy birthday. ♪ (｡´＿●`)ﾉ┌iiii┐ヾ(´○＿`*)...
May 2024 - Labwarming Party
We presented our two new graduate students with some pizza and laughs. This fresh and warm welcome is sure to motivate them on their PhD...
May 2024 - Welcome New Members!
Ciera and Ed are the newest additions to the Behnsen team. Woohoo! We have started a new tradition to inaugurate new members. We greeted...
October 2023 - MMPC
The Behnsen lab was excited to attend the 2023 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) close to home. The 29th annual conference...
New Preview
Let our preview steal the spotlight while Salmonella steals some iron. Check out this new research describing a new iron acquisition...
October 2023 - 7th Annual GEMS Research Symposium
The Behnsen lab attended the 7th Annual GEMS Research Symposium on Friday the 13th. Roberto was awarded a boo-tiful certificate of...
August 2023
Cheers to this mug-nificent lab tradition! Every time a lab member releases a a piece of published work under their name they receive a...
August 2023 - MNID
Dr. Behnsen, Kanchan Jaswal, and Olivia Todd thoroughly enjoyed their time at the Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting @ UIUC. A...
New Paper
Ever wonder what kind of diverse microbial communities could be inhabiting your gut microbiome right now? If the answer is yes... then...
June 2023 - Dara's Defense
Dara Kiani successfully defended his thesis titled "Proteus mirabilis utilizes a contact dependent growth inhibition system to kill...
October 2022 - Jason's Defense
Jason Devlin successfully defended his thesis titled "The Role of Chitinases and Fungal Siderephores in Salmonella enterica serovar...
June 2023
Picnic @ Tom (Ping) Memorial Park. Yummy snacks and fun card games galore!
May 2023 - Spring Commencement
The Behnsen lab is proud and honored to celebrate Jason Devlin and Dara Kiani's completion of the GEMS PhD program @ UIC. We wish our two...
New Paper
Soak up some sun rays while reading up on bacterial chitinases! Check it out: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00549-22
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