Phoebe Hsieh secures funding to establish her own lab
Summary: Phoebe Hsieh, a postdoctoral fellow at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, has secured a five-year funding award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to establish her own lab. Her research, published in PLOS Biology, reveals how magnesium influences antibiotic resistance in bacteria competing with fungi in cystic fibrosis patients. The path to becoming a principal investigator has become increasingly competitive, with only 3.5% of biology PhDs achieving tenure by 2021.
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