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Apr30
Increasing STEM Identity and Academic Success through Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Emily Rabinsky, Ph.D.Professor of Biology, Holyoke Community College11:30amMicrobiology Seminar Series -
May2
Community Assembly and N2O Metabolism in Photosynthetic Granular Biofilms
Eddy HernandezUMass Microbiology Graduate Program11:30amGraduate Student Colloquium -
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May7
Microbiology Student Spotlight
Yahaira Bermudez, Spaulding-Smith Fellow, Selected for Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program
Yahaira Bermudez was one of two UMass graduate students that have been selected for the 2023-24 Scientist Mentoring & Diversity Program (SMDP), a one-year career mentoring program that pairs ethnically diverse students and early career researchers with industry mentors in the medical technology, biotechnology and consumer healthcare industries.
Department News
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Microbiology Students Have Fun with Agar Art!
Students in Heather Reed's freshman seminar, Microbiology 270, Cultivating the Microbiologist in You, painted with Photobacterium leiognathi KNH4. P. leiognathi is a bioluminescent symbiont of fish. -
Adam Charest Named UMass Rising Researcher
Adam Charest, Microbiology '24, was named a UMass Rising Researcher. Adam is an undergraduate researcher and is currently working with Organicin Scientific, a start-up company which emerged from the research laboratory of Margaret Riley, Adjunct Professor of Microbiology. Organicin Scientific is developing new natural, non-antibiotic products that will revolutionize the treatment of aquaculture-related pathogens as well as many other promising pipelines, like acne. The Rising Researcher student acknowledgement program is designed to raise the profile of our most promising undergraduate students and to publicly acknowledge their excellent work. -
Erika Hamilton Shares Reflections on COVID-19
On the fourth anniversary of the U.S.'s national emergency declaration regarding COVID-19 in 2020, Erika Hamilton, Senior Lecturer of Microbiology, was recently asked by Western Mass News to reflect on COVID-19. -
Lucca Kikuti Mancilio Receives Predissertation Grant
Lucca Kikuti Mancilio, a Microbiology Ph.D. student, is the recipient of a UMass Graduate School Predissertation Research Grant for his proposed research project: PhosForUs: Metagenomic Insights Into in-situ Phosphorus Recovery from Polluted Water Sources Using Biofilm Systems. One of the goals of the project is to advance technology for phosphorus recovery not only from wastewater, but also from polluted waterbodies such as local ponds, and evaluate the recovered phosphorus for use as a more sustainable fertilizer.
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