https://uwm.edu/freshwater/mclellan-labs-covid-19-tracking-in-the-news/

Updates on coronavirus, including an interview with Sandra McLellan on monitoring coronavirus outbreaks through city sewage:

https://www.wpr.org/shows/looking-ahead-covid-19

Read Deb Dila’s  interview with Commons Life

discussing her work and art with bees wax

A two-year position for a postdoctoral research associate is available in the laboratory our lab at the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

We seek a postdoc to use comparative genomics to further our understanding of human health relevant microorganism survival in secondary environments outside of hosts. Our lab works at the intersection of environmental microbiology and public health to understand the occurrence, distribution, and significance of indicators, pathogens, and antibiotic resistant bacteria in the secondary environment. Organisms of interest include Enterobacteriaceae (both commensal and clinically relevant) and Acinetobacter spp. The successful applicant will hold a Ph.D. in a field related to bioinformatics/genomics or microbial sciences and have proven ability in molecular and microbiology laboratory techniques and genome analysis as well as strong writing and communication skills. Experience in conducting field work is desirable. The School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is located on the shores of Lake Michigan and offers a unique interdisciplinary environment to pursue research questions in a collaborative and scientifically stimulating environment.

Please send a statement describing your relevant skills, research accomplishments, and interests, a current CV, and contact information for three references to Sandra McLellan mclellan@uwm.edu. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Lexi Passante and Brigid Meyers talk about their graduate projects on salt-loving bacteria and E. coli survival in beach sand.

An article about Jen and the great mentoring she is doing with her undergraduate students at University of Indiana Northwest.

Read Ph.D. student Natalie Rumball’s interview in the new issue of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle: Stayin’ alive: Long-surviving E. coli strains make identifying contaminated beaches more complex than previously thought

Fox 11 interview on work we are doing with NEW Water in Green Bay, WI

Ryan Newton and Sandra McLellan Photo credit: Troye Fox/UWM Photo Service

Susan Bence interviews Sandra McLellan for WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee NPR – “Because we’ve done sewage surveillance for bacteria for so long, when we started hearing reports that it might be in sewage, that was the first thing that came to mind — of course, we should be sampling sewage,” McLellan says.

The lab is working towards setting up a state wide effort to look for signs of COVID-19 in wastewater samples from treatment plants around Wisconsin. Read or listen to the interview.