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\"LinkedIn\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

BIO<\/h3>\n

Kevin Stindt joined the UW-Stevens Point Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2024. As a postdoctoral researcher at the McClean Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he studied microbial interactions, interdomain conjugative transfer of DNA, optogenetics, and spatial patterning of populations. He was a student instructor with the WISCIENCE Service Fellows program as well as a teaching assistant at UW-Madison. View CV<\/a><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/h3>\n
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  • Prokaryotic and eukaryotic molecular biology<\/li>\n
  • Dynamic cell systems ODE modeling<\/li>\n
  • Genetic engineering<\/li>\n
  • Fluorescence microscopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\n

    Stindt, K. R. & McClean, M. (2024). \u201cTuning interdomain conjugation to enable in situ population modification in yeasts.” mSystems<\/em> 9: e00050-24.<\/p>\n

    Tuning Interdomain Conjugation Toward in situ Population Modification in Yeast\u201d Talk & Poster, International Conference on Microbiome Engineering, Berkeley, CA (2023)<\/p>\n

    Stindt, K. R., Morales, N. M., & McClean, M. (2022). \u201cGive and Take in the Exometabolome.\u201d Nature Microbiology<\/em>, Apr 7(4): 484-485.<\/p>\n

    Optimizing Transkingdom Conjugation\u201d Talk, Biophysics Colloquium, University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison (2021)<\/p>\n

    Lauterjung, K. R., Morales, N. M., & McClean, M. (2020). \u201cSecrete to Beat the Heat.\u201d Nature Microbiology<\/em>, Jul 5(7): 883-884.<\/p>\n

    OUTREACH<\/h3>\n
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    • Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, science education volunteer (2017-present)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • WI Science Festival and Saturday Science event outreach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      LAST BOOK READ<\/h3>\n

      Blood Meridian <\/em>by Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n

      BEST ADVICE<\/h3>\n

      1) Learn to love the gray areas
      \n2) Keep in your personal orbit folks who are ahead of you (to inspire), folks that are alongside you (to commiserate), and folks who are behind you (to remind you how far you\u2019ve come, and to pay it forward)<\/p>\n

      FAVORITE QUOTE<\/h3>\n

      Lazarus laughed at a thief stealing a pot and said, \u201cthe clay steals the clay.\u201d<\/p>\n

      FUN FACT<\/h3>\n

      When he was growing up, he wanted to be neurosurgeon and\/or a punk musician!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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