Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh for winning Best BCMB Graduate Student Paper Jan-Dec 2023! Link to paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1254342/full

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Link to article: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-02-13/cdc-syphilis-rate-among-pregnant-women-has-more-than-tripled

Link to article: https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4397785-call-the-mother-child-syphilis-crisis-what-it-is-a-public-health-emergency/ Image obtained from https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-congenital-syphilis.htm#:~:text=Congenital%20syphilis%20(CS)%20is%20a,Learn%20more%20about%20syphilis.

Congratulations to our post-doctoral fellow Mara for receiving the STI CRC Developmental Research Project Award. https://depts.washington.edu/cfas/research/sexually-transmitted-infections-cooperative-research-center/developmental-research-projects/

Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh for receiving an invitation to talk at the 2024 Biology of Spirochetes GRC and receiving three scholarships: the Ray Hadfield Scholarship, Dr. Julius F. Schleicher Graduate Scholarship, and David F. Strong Research Scholarship.

Link to CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/health/dire-increase-in-syphilis-infections-in-babies/index.html

Welcome back and congratulations to our graduate student Angela Mitchell!