Timothy Putman, PhD candidate in Dr. Dan Rockey’s lab, was recently selected for the MacVicar Scholar Award for his work on genome sequencing of the bacterial pathogen, Chlamydia abortus, that causes Ovine Enzootic Abortion. The pathogen is present in sheep flocks world-wide, and Putman’s work will aid in the development of preventative therapies. The MacVicar Award is given for quality research that impacts animal health.
Putman will give a presentation on his research On Thursday, May 21 at 3:30 pm in Magruder room 102.
Rockey and Putman have also developed a new process for extracting and ‘growing’ difficult bacteria like chlamydia so it can be genome sequenced. Read more.
