trueCollege of Natural Science,Microbiology10/17/2023NatSci researchers receive prestigious American Society for Microbiology awards

Two Michigan State University College of Natural Science (NatSci) microbiologists, Shannon Manning and Gemma Reguera, are 2024 recipients of prestigious awards from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Manning, an MSU Research Foundation Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG), was awarded the Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women. Reguera, MMG professor and NatSci associate dean of faculty development and affairs, received the D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research. The awards are given annually to nominees who have contributed significantly to advancing their careers, institutions and the study of microbiology.

Mollie NewmanTwo images side by side – (left side) Graphic illustration of electric’ microbes that produce protein nanowires to mineralize uranium and other toxic metals and to grow communities on electrodes that harvest current from organic wastes (Reguera research). Credit: Karl Gude; (right side) The circle plate with pink and white colonies represents a population of Gram-negative bacterial cells growing on MacConkey agar, which is used to detect E. coli (Manning research).Two Michigan State University College of Natural Science (NatSci) microbiologists, Shannon Manning and Gemma Reguera, are 2024 recipients of prestigious awards from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Manning, an MSU Research Foundation Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) was awarded the Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women. Reguera, MMG professor and NatSci associate dean of faculty development and affairs, received the D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research. The awards are given annually to nominees who have contributed significantly to advancing their careers, institutions and the study of microbiology.American Society for MicrobiologyFaculty Awardsmicrobiology and molecular genetics