Wadsworth and students publish microbiology research
Crista Wadsworth, assistant professor in the College of Science, along with students Leah Robinson, Caroline McDevitt, Molly Regan, and alumna Sophie Quail, published "In vitro evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria commensals and derived mutation population dynamics in natural Neisseria populations" in FEMS Microbiology Letters.
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