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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
New Paper
Want to learn more about the mycobiota's role in Salmonella infection? Read all about it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022...


October 2022 - Lakeside PTE
Dr. Behnsen and Dara Kiani enjoyed attending the Lakeside Conference on Protein Toxins and Effectors in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Join us...


September 2022 - GEMSSA
A big congratulations to Jason Devlin and Dara Kiani for giving great oral presentations at the GEMS Student Association Symposium.


September 2022 - MMPC
The Behnsen lab had a fantastic time attending the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @ UW Madison. Congratulations to Olivia Todd...
August 2022
Join us in welcoming TJ Akande (PREP scholar) who is the newest addition to the lab!
New Paper
Check out this new profile written about the lab's very own Dr. Behnsen! Read it on microLife: https://academic.oup.com/microlife/article...
New Paper
Have you been able to read our paper on mycobiota, salmonella, diet, and siderophores yet? Check it out on Research Square:...


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!
New Paper
Salmonella chitinases help Salmonella invade the small intestine and cause infection - check out our new findings in bioRxiv:...
New Paper
Have you checked out our new paper "Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut" in...


December 2021
Secret Santa gift exchange accompanied by some delicious snacks.


August 2021
Scavenger hunt around downtown Chicago.
New Paper
Proteus mirabilis kills E. coli - check out our new findings in mSphere: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00321-21
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)!
New Review
Check out our new review "Crossing kingdoms - : How the Mycobiota and Fungal-Bacterial Interactions Impact Host Health and Disease" to be...
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