Julianne Grose is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at BYU. Julianne teaches a variety of courses focused on microbiology and synthetic biology. Her long-term goal is to mentor students in the classroom and lab through high quality research experiences as well as to contribute novel scientific findings to her fields of study. Research in her laboratory is dedicated to two main projects: 1) the study of glucose allocation, and 2) the study of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).