April 8, 2025
Calyssa is awarded a prestigious NSF GRFP award to support her graduate work. We are so proud.

November 26, 2024
Calyssa receives TWO awards for ABRCMS (travel and best poster!)
https://microbiology.medicine.uiowa.edu/news/2024/11/reu-alumni-shine-abrcms-2024
July 2024
The Tucker lab is now FUNDED!
We received 2 years of support through an NIH R21 award. Proud of everyone in the lab and their hard work to get us here.
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/GIKM6fOOPk6ItQ8SAyqacQ/project-details/10809442
May 2024
Sheila passes comps AND gets selected for a T32 training fellowship! Go, Sheila!
March 19, 2024
Courtney received a travel award to ASV 2024! Yay!
June 2023
Sheila awarded Sloan Mini Grant

April 20, 2023
Microbiology Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
Jasmin, Mahmoud, and Zach all presented their research in the Tucker lab. Extra kudos: Jasmin was awarded an ICRU fellowship for the upcoming summer and fall semesters. Mahmoud is graduating from Microbiology with honors next month. Finally, Zach won 2nd place for the Allen J. Markovetz Award for his poster! Proud PI.
February 20, 2023
Kyle gets into the Microbiology PhD program!
We are so happy for Kyle to start his PhD, he has been holding the Tucker lab together as an RA this past year. See you in rotations, Kyle!

Jan 20, 2023
The first Tucker lab publication is hot off the press
We published a review with our herpes/Pol3 partner-in-crime, Sarah Dremel. Ariana is co-first author, yay!
Check it out here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gSXZ3si8PuyKn
