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https://www.med.unc.edu/molecularmedicine/wp-content/uploads/sites/1462/2025/07/Matt-Hirsch-400-2.jpg400400Matt left his home state of Pennsylvania to “Wild and Wonderful” West Virginia University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in Biology. Matt elucidated the role of the stress response regulator, RpoS, in E. coli and Salmonella to obtain his PhD under the guidance of the classical geneticist Tom Elliott. Then, … Read more