On April 4, Elena Olson successfully defended her PhD. For her defense seminar, she presented “Campylobacter and Microbial Preference for Peptides and Amino Acids in Cecal Environment”. Elena obtained a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri and a masters degree from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas before joining the lab of Dr. Steven Ricke for her PhD. After graduation, Elena will stay on at MSABD as a postdoc in the Ricke Lab. Congratulations Elena!