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Professor of Biological Chemistry

Hometown: North Kingstown, RI

BA, Hood College, 1998

PhD, UC-Berkeley, 2006

Postdoc, Stanford University

Research interests: Bacterial growth, organization, adaptation, signaling, and diversity

Bacterial patronus: Rhodomicrobium vannielii

Fave Bmore venues: KoCo, the water taxis, True Chesapeake

Bluesky: @goleylab.bsky.social

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Erin's Living Histories contribution

BCMB Graduate Student

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

BS, University of Michigan, 2020

Research interests: Protein biochemistry, cell division, antibiotic resistance, peptidoglycan synthesis during cell division

Bacterial patronus: Wolbachia

Fave Bmore venues: Fells Point, Ministry of Brewing, KoCo Food Truck

Twitter: @isaacppayne

BCMB Graduate Student

Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

BS, New Mexico State University, 2019

Research interests: bacterial growth, cell division cycle and adaptation inside host cells; tolerance and persistence; stress response; protein biochemistry

Bacterial patronus: Propionibacterium acnes

Fave Bmore venues: Pho Bac, Inner Harbor

BCMB Graduate Student

Hometown: Orlando, FL

BS, University of Montevallo, 2019

Research interests: Bacterial genetics, actin-based motility, antibiotic resistance, protein biochemistry, intracellular polarity, cell division mechanisms

Bacterial patronus: Yersinia pestis

Fave Bmore venues: The Manor, Fells Point (in general), Sacré Sucré

Twitter: @DezmondCole

Ingenuity Program Scholar

Hometown: Bronx, NY

The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, class of 2026

Research interests: FtsK

Bacterial patronus: Deinococcus radiodurans

Fave Bmore venues: Fells Point, Inner Harbor

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hometown: Lexington, KY

BS, U Kentucky, 2015

PhD, U Kentucky College of Medicine, 2024

Research interests: Transcriptional regulation, pathogenesis, cell cycle regulation

Bacterial patronus: Borrelia burgdorferi

Fave Bmore venues: Inner Harbor

Twitter: @ackrusen

Research Technician

Hometown: Libourne, France

MS, University of Bordeaux, 2021

Research interests: protein biochemistry, bacterial growth and genetics

Bacterial patronus: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Fave Bmore venues: Overbird Bakery, Hampden Yards, Inner Harbor

BCMB Rotation Student

Hometown: Stoneham, MA

BS, UMass-Amherst, 2022

Research interests: bacterial genetics, protein biochemistry, cell cycle regulation, antibiotic resistance

Bacterial patronus: Photorhabdus luminescens

Fave Bmore venues: Bmore Licks, Verde, Fells Point

Undergrad Researcher