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February 2025: New Lab Manuscript

Congrats to Hinako Kawabe on her manuscript on highly multiplexed pathogen detection. 

January 2025: Research Scientist Megan O'Brien Wins Poster Award

Megan O'Brien won the Innovative Research Poster Award at the Microbes in Wastewater 2025 conference.


Megan's poster presented her work on targeted, context sequencing of ARGs in wastewater. 

September 2024: First Lab Manuscript

Congrats to lab members Angelo Ong, Anysiah Taylor, and Ruohan Hu on their manuscript detailing our method to sequence full length antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater. 

June 2024: Lab Graduates

Lab members Angelo and Shannon graduated from the University of Washington's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health with a Master of Science Degree.  Undergraduates Anysiah and Ruohan graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health-Global Health. 

Angelo's research focused on developing a targeted long-read sequencing assay to sequence full length ARGs in wastewater. 

Shannon's thesis proposed an alternative definition of "stewardship" to support Dairy veterinarians in their practice. 

Anysiah and Ruohan supported Angelo's thesis, developing both laboratory and data analysis methods. 

January 2024: MS Candidate Angelo Ong Wins Poster Award

MS Candidate Angelo Ong won the Best Research Communication Award at the Microbes in Wastewater 2024 conference.


Angelo's poster presentation focused on the development of a long-read, targeted sequencing method for characterizing CTX-M in Seattle-area wastewater.


September 2023: Department Profile on the Fuhrmeister Lab

The University of Washington's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health released a profile highlighting the Fuhrmeister Lab Group. 

You can read more here: https://deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/tracing-pathogens-and-antimicrobial-resistance

June 2023: MS Candidate Lizi Rott Graduates

Lab Member Lizi Rott graduates from the University of Washington's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health with a Masters in Science in Toxicology. 

Her research focused on supporting veterinarians in antimicrobial stewardship efforts.