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July 19, 2005
Dr. Karen Guillemin, Assistant Professor of Biology and member of the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, June 29, 2005
Dr. Guillemin recently received the highest honor given to researchers early in their careers by the world's oldest life sciences organization, the American Society of Microbiology. In June, she was presented with the 2005 Merck Irving S. Sigal Award. Dr. Guillemin pursues two lines of quite different but complementary inquiry on harmful and beneficial bacteria. Dr. Guillemin's research on H. pylori, the bacteria responsible for the majority of stomach ulcers and gastric cancer, has defined how stomach cells perceive and respond to this bacterium. She uses approaches that survey the whole genome of the host and bacterium. In addition to her focus on H. pylori, Dr. Guillemin's newest line of research explores the dialogue between animals and their resident community of microbes, using the model organism zebrafish.
Posted by David Lemberg at July 19, 2005 08:29 PM
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