Dylan McClung, PhD aka Dyna Cockus Rose is a microbiologist and drag queen science communicator who discovered a new antibiotic from soil bacteria competing for nutrients. Dylan recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a PhD in Microbiology. He plans to focus more on science communication (in and out of drag), especially emphasizing the importance of microbes to society. His dream is to host a drag science TV show.
In this Share Your Research Talk, Dylan McClung, PhD aka Dyna Cockus Rose describes his thesis research on the discovery and molecular basis of a new antibiotic (Talk recorded in May 2022)