October 1, 2014 As of July 1, 2014, the Center for Scientific Teaching (CST) joined with other teaching support units on campus to form a consolidated Yale Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). CST’s Jennifer Frederick was appointed the Executive Director of the new Yale CTL. Congratulations, Jenny! More info and updates about CTL can

Past Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Jon Holt is now a Microbiology Instructor for Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. Congratulations, Jon!

August 16, 2014 Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Jenny Kao-Kniffin welcomes a baby girl. Weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz, Mary Susquehanna was born on August 16. Congratulations, Jenny! August 2014 Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Jesse Morin is beginning a position as the Biotechnology Department Head at Norwich Technical High School in Norwich, CT. Congratulations Jesse, and

Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Ashley Shade is lead author on a paper (co-authored by Prof. Handelsman) titled “Conditionally rare taxa disproportionately contribute to temporal changes in microbial diversity”. The paper was published in mBio and can be found here.

Ashley Shade departed Handelsman Lab to become an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University. Congratulations Ashley, and best wishes to you and your family! Prof. Shade’s new lab website can be found here.

Handelsman Lab’s Lead Research Scientist Nichole Broderick is lead author on a paper titled, “Microbiota-induced changes in Drosophila melanogasterhost gene expression and gut morphology”. The paper was published in mBio and can be found here. Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Katherine McDaniel is graduating from Yale on May 19 with a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Next

Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Jessica Miles received two travel awards that supported her travel to two events during the spring semester: the Keystone Symposia Student Travel Award to attend Mechanisms and Consequences of Invertebrate-Microbe Interactions in Tahoe City, CA, and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Maximizing Access to Research Careers (FASEB MARC)

Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Grace Liu has been selected as one of four Edward A. Bouchet Fellows for the Yale Class of 2016. Congratulations, Grace! Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Katherine McDaniel has been accepted into the Luce Scholars Program’s 2014-2015 cohort. Congratulations and all the best in your future travels, Katherine!

CST Evaluation Director Mark Graham and his colleagues received an NSF TUES grant for their project titled “Collaborative Research: Impact of the Summer Institutes on Faculty Teaching and Student Achievement”. The award totals over $2.8 million spanning 4 campuses (Yale, University of Colorado, Cornell, and UConn). Congratulations to Mark and everyone involved!