Max Häggblom, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, is the winner of the 2014 SIMB Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award, funded by the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology. Häggblom, who was nominated for this prestigious award by his former undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, received the award at the Society […]
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Douglas Eveleigh Recognized with Microbial Diversity Lectureship in His Name
Douglas Eveleigh, distinguished professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was honored by the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology with a lectureship in his name. “The Douglas Eveleigh Lecture on Microbial Diversity,” is endowed by the foundation in recognition of Eveleigh’s efforts to sustain the legacy […]
SEBS Staff Rewind Time as Book Club Discusses Schatz-Waksman Controversy
It was 1943 when Albert Schatz, a doctoral student in Selman Waksman’s Lab at Rutgers College of Agriculture, discovered the soil micro-organism that produced the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. As the notoriety around this new “wonder drug” streptomycin grew, Schatz’s initial recognition as co-discoverer disappeared into the background, as all eyes and much of […]
Listening and Mentoring: Robert Gravani’s (’67) Most Important Lesson
When the call went out in the December 2012 Discovery Initiative newsletter for stories from alumni, Robert Gravani answered. A Professor of Food Science and Director of the National Good Agricultural Practices program at Cornell University, Bob received his bachelor of science degree in Food Science in 1967 from Rutgers’ College of Agriculture and Environmental […]
Students Mashruwala and Kung Awarded Scholarship for Excellence in Graduate Studies
Ameya Mashruwala, graduate student in the Microbial Biology Program, and Tiffany Kung, graduate student in the Toxicology program, were named recipients of the 2012 Robert S. and Eileen A. Robison Scholarship Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies. This award was established in 2003 and is supported by the Robison family. In 2012, additional support for […]
