Beth Hayes, Ph.D.

BROADN Project Manager and Research Scientist

Areas of expertise: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Molecular Genetics, Protien Biochemistry, Vector-Borne Disease, Assay development

Beth Hayes will be co-leading projects with the Borlee and Bosco-Lauth laboratories.

The proposed summer REU projects will evaluate the microbial composition in and around a livestock operation in addition to determining the viability, genetic content, and pathogenic potential of microbes (bacterial, viral, and fungal) within the air samples using various means of molecular assays and growth conditions.