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					Posted on October 27, 2020 
					Barak Lab Friday@4, October 30 – Dr. Kim Cowles
WHAT: Riding on Coattails: A human pathogen’s guide to survival in the phyllosphere WHEN: October 30, 2020 WHERE: Join Zoom Meeting https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93061705310?pwd=d1MxRkptekhmRTFpKzErRDBGRmJrUT09
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					Posted on September 16, 2020 
					Megan wins 2020 Gouker Poster Award
We’re celebrating Megan Dixon’s win of the Gouker poster award held at the 2020 Raper Symposium with her poster titled “Friends in Low Places: Impact […]
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					Posted on July 6, 2020 
					Jeri 2020 recipient of the Greg Smith Award
Jeri Barak honored as the 2020 Recipient of the Greg Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to the FIGs Program! Jeri has been with the FIG […]
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					Isabel receives Honorable Mention
Isabel Marciniak’s 2020 Sophomore Research Fellowship application was highly rated and selected for an Honorable Mention. We’re proud of Isabel’s hard work and continued dedication […]
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					Posted on April 1, 2020 
					Megan awarded NSF-GRF
Megan Dixon was awarded a 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The Barak lab is very proud of Megan’s accomplishment and look forward to […]
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					Vicky awarded UW fellowship
Vicky (Lason) Harrod was awarded the 2020 Robert H. and Carol L. Deibel Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Food Safety Research. The Barak Lab is very […]
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					Posted on December 4, 2019 
					Vicky wins 2nd place at ESA!
Vicky Lason’s oral presentation, Intracellular penetration by Macrosteles quadrilineatus enhances Salmonella enterica persistence in the phyllosphere, was awarded 2nd place at the Entomology Society of America’s annual […]
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					Posted on November 6, 2019 
					Undergraduate research 101, how, what, and where?
Dr. Barak met with first-year students interested in undergraduate research. How do you find a lab? How do you approach a faculty member about doing […]
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					Posted on July 10, 2019 
					Tomatoes in Sickness and in Health Featured in Grow
The Case for Healthier Tomatoes Could boosting resistance to plant pathogens in our crops help prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses to people? Grow, a […]
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					Posted on May 3, 2019 
					Vicky’s “Lepidopterist” accepted at Swarm to Table
Victoria Lason submitted her original art piece, “Lepidopterist,” and it was accepted to an art exhibition hosted by Swarm to Table, an event series created by […]