

Michael
spent his undergraduate years at Indiana University,
Bloomington where he finished a B.S. in Microbiology and a B.A. in
Biochemsitry. At Indiana, he worked with Dr. Clay Fuqua on microbial
ecology in tick populations across the United States. He is now working
on elucidating the mechanisms responsible for regulating the
ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway.
Lauren is currently an undergraduate
student at The Ohio State University. She has been working in the
Alber lab since the summer of 2007 while pursuing a BS in Biology. She
will graduate with honors this spring, after which time she will attend
The Ohio State University College of Medicine.