Yesterday, the Barak Lab undergraduate researchers presented their most recent findings at the 26th annual UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium. The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases undergraduate creativity, achievement, and research.

 

 

Mariah Fernandez presented Better with friends: Salmonella enterica grows in limiting media with Xanthomonas gardneri. She found that S. enterica grew to higher populations in X. gardneri-spent media when the phytobacterial pathogen was present compared to cell-free spent media. Her project fits into our investigation of how S. enterica benefits from immigration to a X. gardneri-infected apoplast.

 

 

Ruben Lopez presented Living off the spoils of war: Salmonella enterica grows in cell-free Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato spent media. He found that S. enterica grew to higher populations in P. syringae pv. tomato (Pto)-spent media only when when the phytobacterial pathogen was removed. His project fits into our investigation of how Pto limits S. enterica immigration to an infected apoplast.

 

 

 

 

Anna Swenson presented Horizontal gene transfer: fungicides and antibiotic resistance. Anna was mentored by toxicology pre-doctoral student Natalie Wieber. Anna demonstrated that she could track horizontal gene transfer in the phyllosphere of turfgrass. Her project fits into Natalie’s investigation of the role of fungicides in antibiotic resistance gene abundance in the phyllosphere bacterial community.

 

 

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