Melissa Kendall, PhD receives the ASM Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award!

Congratulations to Melissa Kendall, PhD on receiving the ASM Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award. This reward recognizes and awards excellence in basic research in medical microbiology and infectious diseases. Melissa Kendall received this award for her research investigating how bacterial pathogens sense host- and microbiota-derived molecules to regulate virulence and establish infection.