The Behnsen lab embraced the jolly spirit of the season by having a Christmas potluck and holding a lab-wide Secret Santa gift exchange....

We took the liberty of celebrating another member of the lab this month. ♪ (｡´＿●`)ﾉ┌iiii┐ヾ(´○＿`*) ♪(*･ω･)ﾉ”┌iii┐♡♪o~(...

Join us in congratulating our very own Dr. Judith Behnsen on her promotion to Associate Professor. Here's to more years of success! ヾ(...

We love celebrating lab birthdays with a slice of cake! Help us wish 3 of our members a happy birthday. ♪ (｡´＿●`)ﾉ┌iiii┐ヾ(´○＿`*)...

Ciera and Ed are the newest additions to the Behnsen team. Woohoo! We have started a new tradition to inaugurate new members. We greeted...

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...

Dara Kiani successfully defended his thesis titled "Proteus mirabilis utilizes a contact dependent growth inhibition system to kill...

Jason Devlin successfully defended his thesis titled "The Role of Chitinases and Fungal Siderephores in Salmonella enterica serovar...

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...

Join us in congratulating William Santus on his new position as assistant professor at Saint Xavier University!

Join us in welcoming Roberto Flores (Graduate student) who is the newest member of the lab!

A warm welcome to the newest members of the lab: Kelly Perfecto (Research Specialist), Kanchan Jaswal (Postdoc) and Olivia Todd (Postdoc)!

Welcome Jorge Mendez, our new undergraduate researcher, and Amisha Rana, our new visiting research specialist!

New lab picture: Jason Devlin William Santus Nour Shreim Judith Behnsen Carol Jacob

Eating our work? (ok ok, it's just a cookie)

Newest lab member: Malassezia furfur

Italian Tiramisu expertly prepared by an Italian --> Happy lab!

Almost 1.5 years of active research demanded a lab cleaning. Results: a sparkly clean lab and pizza as a reward!

Gut microbiome board game! You can have all of your favorite diseases at the same time...

We were happy to have SROP student Emmanuel Santiago (on the left) in the lab for 6 weeks.