Dr. Behnsen, Kanchan Jaswal, and Olivia Todd thoroughly enjoyed their time at the Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting @ UIUC. A...

Ever wonder what kind of diverse microbial communities could be inhabiting your gut microbiome right now? If the answer is yes... then...

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...

Picnic @ Tom (Ping) Memorial Park. Yummy snacks and fun card games galore!

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...

Soak up some sun rays while reading up on bacterial chitinases! Check it out: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00549-22

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

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

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

The Behnsen lab had a fantastic time attending the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference @ UW Madison. Congratulations to Olivia Todd...

Join us in welcoming TJ Akande (PREP scholar) who is the newest addition to the lab!

Check out this new profile written about the lab's very own Dr. Behnsen! Read it on microLife: https://academic.oup.com/microlife/article...

Have you been able to read our paper on mycobiota, salmonella, diet, and siderophores yet? Check it out on Research Square:...

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!

Salmonella chitinases help Salmonella invade the small intestine and cause infection - check out our new findings in bioRxiv:...

Have you checked out our new paper "Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut" in...

Secret Santa gift exchange accompanied by some delicious snacks.

Scavenger hunt around downtown Chicago.