Rocky Mountain Laboratories intern, Lacey Taylor to present research in D.C.

Lacey Taylor’s affinity for bugs and baking has earned her two big honors recently.

At a symposium Friday in Washington, D.C., the Rocky Mountain Laboratories scientist will present her team’s latest research into a bacterium that causes sexually transmitted infections, blindness and other diseases.

The results, which are part of RML’s effort to find a vaccine against chlamydia, are to be published in the scientific journal “Infection and Immunity.”

Earlier this summer, Taylor also won a blue ribbon for her chocolate cream pie at the Ravalli County Fair, an honor that’s gotten her a little good-natured ribbing from her fellow researchers.
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“It’s been a big year for me,” she said, smiling.

by JOHN CRAMER – Ravalli Republic

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