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WKU Biology Professor and Gatton Academy student present research results at international conference
- Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Dr. Rodney King, a member of the WKU Biology Department and University Distinguished Professor and Sofia Sileo, a Gatton Academy senior, each gave presentations at the 25th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting in Olympia, Washington (Aug 6-11, 2023). Sofia presented her work on the discovery, characterization, and genomic analysis of bacteriophage TribbleTrouble.
Dr. King presented research on the identification of toxic gene products encoded by bacteriophage MooMoo; work completed by his former graduate student Whitney Heard.
In addition to a week of fascinating and informative talks on phage biology and the therapeutic application of phages, meeting attendees visited Mt. Rainier for some after conference hiking.
For more information contact Dr. Rodney King (270) 745-6910, rodney.king@wku.edu