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Jessica Scotten, Microbiology senior, is using her microbiology knowledge and skills at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After her internship at NASA and she will pursue her Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Florida. She hopes to develop solutions for the health risks spaceflight poses due to the presence of microorganisms or changes in the interactions between microorganisms and their hosts.
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In this audio clip, Department of Microbiology grad student Katie McConnell, interviews Distinguished Professor Steve Giovannoni and Research Associate Adam Schneiderhan about a recent problem they encountered while investigating oxygen minimum zones that form on the Oregon Coast. Steve and Adam describe their "wipeout" on Katie's show "Wipeout Radio".
Microbiology celebrated our 2019-20 Graduate Student Scholarship and Fellowship Awards on June 5. Congratulations to W.Wang, J. Buser, Q. Washburn, P Singla, H. Delgado, K. McConnell, P. Smith, D. Barrett and J. Joseph!
Dr. Thomas Sharpton (Microbiology) and Ph.D. Student Courtney Armour are looking at which organisms are in the microbiome and also what functions they are performing. Published in mSystems.
OSU microbiologist, Dr. Maude David, is part of a 1.94 million grant to look for possible connections between the human microbiome and autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. The study will include Stanford University School of Medicine and Second Genome. Additional Information
Herald and News: Flows are used to control a salmon disease caused by the parasite Ceratonova shasta. According to Sascha Hallett, microbiology senior research associate, the purpose of the flushing flows is to mobilize sediment and reduce polychaete worm (invertebrate host of C. shasta) populations, thereby reducing the numbers of hosts available to produce the infectious state for salmonids (salmon and trout).[...]
Jordyn Hamilton is an Honors BioHealth Sciences student with a focus on pre-medicine. She received the university's most competitive, merit-based scholarship for in-state undergraduates, the Presidential Scholarship. This scholarship covers four years tuition and awards a total of $40,000.
Dr. Thomas Sharpton has received the Phi Kappa Phi Emerging Scholar Award. This award recognizes early career faculty for outstanding research or creative activity in their field of study.
Microbiology graduate student Quinn Washburn developed a board game called Oligotrophic designed to help students understand the microbial ecology of the oceans and movement of biomass. Marine microbes live extraordinary lives of their own, albeit ones fraught with danger and opportunity.
Scientists at OSU, including Dr. Ryan Mueller, Microbiology, are investigating the effect of probiotics on the health of oyster larvae and their microbiome thanks to a grant from NOAA Sea Grant Program.
"Saving Atlantis," a feature-length documentary on coral reefs produced by Oregon State University filmmakers, will be shown Aug. 31 through Sept. 6 at Darkside Cinema, 215 S.W. Fourth St., Corvallis. The first screening will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. Filmmakers David Baker and Justin Smith of Oregon State Productions will be on hand for a question-and-answer session with the audience following the film. Show times and ticket information: https://darksidecinema.com/[...]
Dr. Yuan Jiang, Dr. Duo Jiang and Dr. Thomas Sharpton (Microbiology/Statistics) were awarded a prestigious four year $770K grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and NIH to study the human microbiome. This project will advance scientific understanding of the functions and operations of microbiomes by developing statistical methods and models to study biological interactions between microbes or between microbes and their host.
Scientists are investigating the role microbiomes play in coral health, trying to identify those microbial traits that make coral reefs resilient as ocean temperatures rise and bleaching events accelerate. One group, the Global Coral Microbiome Project, led by OSU Microbiologist Dr. Rebecca Vega-Thurber is performing a global survey of reefs. READ FULL ARTICLE
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