July 2024
We took the liberty of celebrating another member of the lab this month. ♪ (｡´＿●`)ﾉ┌iiii┐ヾ(´○＿`*) ♪(*･ω･)ﾉ”┌iii┐♡♪o~(...
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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 - 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...
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...
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...
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...
July 2022
Join us in congratulating William Santus on his new position as assistant professor at Saint Xavier University!
May 2022
Join us in welcoming Roberto Flores (Graduate student) who is the newest member of the lab!
May 2021-August 2021
A warm welcome to the newest members of the lab: Kelly Perfecto (Research Specialist), Kanchan Jaswal (Postdoc) and Olivia Todd (Postdoc)!
January-February 2020
Welcome Jorge Mendez, our new undergraduate researcher, and Amisha Rana, our new visiting research specialist!
April 2019
New lab picture: Jason Devlin William Santus Nour Shreim Judith Behnsen Carol Jacob
December 2018
Eating our work? (ok ok, it's just a cookie)
October 2018
Newest lab member: Malassezia furfur
September 2018
Italian Tiramisu expertly prepared by an Italian --> Happy lab!
August 2018
Almost 1.5 years of active research demanded a lab cleaning. Results: a sparkly clean lab and pizza as a reward!
July 2018
Gut microbiome board game! You can have all of your favorite diseases at the same time...
June-July 2018
We were happy to have SROP student Emmanuel Santiago (on the left) in the lab for 6 weeks.
May 2018
The lab is growing! Welcome William Santus (left) and Jason Devlin (second from right)
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