Nick investigates the response of bacterial microdiversity to global change in “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”.
News
Claudia and Banafshe’s Paper Selected as an Editor’s Choice!
Claudia and Banafshe’s paper was selected as an editor’s choice! You can view it here.
Alberto receives a Mathias Research Grant!
The funding will support Alberto’s field work to isolate Curtobacterium throughout the UC’s Natural Research System reserves.
Kristin awarded a GAANN fellowship!
The fellowship will support Kristin through the next academic year, so she can focus on her research on plant-microbe feedbacks.
Congratulations to Sarai!
Sarai was awarded a Chancellor’s Club Fellowship! Awardees are selected on the basis of demonstrated academic excellence, accomplishments, and leadership qualities consistent with the mission of the Chancellor’s Club to represent, develop, and support our future leaders.
New paper published in PNAS!
Our new paper conducting a bacterial evolution experiment in the field in out in PNAS. See the press release here. Plucky soil bacteria keep pace with climate change (Inside Climate News).
Congratulations to Pranav!
Pranav, working in our lab under the mentorship of Sarai Finks, won 1st place in the Microbiology category of the California Science and Engineering Fair. He has also been selected to represent California at the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair. Check out more about his project here.
Where are they now?
Alex Chase is a postdoc at UCSD in Paul Jensen’s Lab.
Rich Puxty is Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick.
Sydney Glassman is Assistant Professor at UC Riverside.
Michaeline (Nelson) Albright recieved a Director’s Fellowship at the Los Alamos National Lab.
Kristin (Matulich) Dolan is the Center Manager for the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine at UCSD.