The Center for Biofilm Engineering
Franklin named to MSU
Ferguson Professorship
MSU News Service, 10/21/05
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Bozeman -- Michael Franklin, a professor of microbiology at
Montana State University, has been named to the endowed Ferguson
Professorship of Microbiology at MSU. Franklin's research in
molecular genetics is internationally recognized.
Franklin received his doctorate in microbiology from the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1991, and joined the
faculty at MSU in 1996. He has established an active research
laboratory, studying the molecular genetics of the medically and
environmentally significant microbe Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
a bacterium that causes lung infections in patients with cystic
fibrosis. As a faculty researcher at the Center for Biofilm
Engineering, he works with multidisciplinary research teams to
find solutions for industrially relevant problems. His most recent
work focuses on the novel response of neutrophils to biofilms and
may potentially result in new approaches to treating
biofilm-related disease.
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Tim Ford, head of the Department of Microbiology, praised Franklin's
"commitment to both undergraduate and graduate student teaching."
Franklin was selected as one of 11 Big Sky Institute Teaching and
Learning Fellows for 1998. He also participated in a three-year
mentoring program at MSU to stimulate and develop different teaching
techniques. In addition to engaging in undergraduate teaching, Franklin
is chair of the department's Graduate Curriculum Committee.
Contact: Sarah Alexander (406) 994-7805
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