Image: The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) selected Maliha Ishaq as a 2013 recipient of the ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The ASM fellowships are targeted for highly competitive students who plan to pursue graduate studies in microbiology. Each fellow receives a stipend to conduct full tme summer research at their institution, a two-year ASM student membership and funding for travel expenses to the ASM Capstone Institute and 114th ASM General Meeting in Boston, MA. Under the direction of Dr. Ellen Neidle, Maliha is studying the regulation of cysteine biosynthesis by the LysR-type transcriptional regulator CysR in Acinetobacter baylyi.
