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Jumping in WordPress Ouch
If you are visiting this website for the first time or after a long absence, mea culpa. It will get better, I promise. Months ago I decided to drop my previous hosting system and transition to WordPress. I spent some… Continue reading
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New Everything Back to the Past?
Every business has a unique potential waiting to be tapped. Recognizing the keys to unlock this growth can set an enterprise on the path to unprecedented success. Continue reading
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Interview by Accuweather channel
Jillian Angeline https://twitter.com/JLAngeline from Accuweather Channel interviewed me about our ASM poster. It was a well-done clip, and I appreciated her thoroughness regarding details. Here is the direct link (embed does not work) https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/Nf2uj9KY Continue reading
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Reporting from ASM Microbe 2022
First in-person conference in a long time! The American Society of Microbiology yearly meeting (ASM Microbe 2022) took place in Washington DC June 9-12. Our small group (Andrea, Allison, and myself- the 3 As!) headed to the nation’s capital to… Continue reading
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Andrea Price wins 2021 SCASM Student Poster prize!
The Southern California chapter of the American Society of Microbiology (SCASM) holds every year in their Fall conference a Student Collegiate Poster competition. We are ecstatic that our own undergraduate researcher Andrea Price (IG @andreaevolves, Twitter @andreaevolves) won this prestigious… Continue reading
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We are all movie stars!
The short video above was recorded in November 2020, when we did a typical plastic sample collection and deployment at the Scripps pier . That was the month when we ran the first iteration of the online version of the… Continue reading
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The wonders of the microbial world, SEM edition
Every time we collect the plastic from the ocean deployments, we marvel at the thickness of the biofilm attached to it, laugh at the little crabs running around, and just ooh and awe at life using any surface to grow… Continue reading
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2020: A challenging but strangely rewarding year
Since we started collecting the CURE data, there was always a recurring issue: getting enough students to answer the surveys and sign up for focus groups. When 2020 started, we had plans for expansion and dissemination, and we we were… Continue reading
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Ben’s microcosm paper is out!
The email came this morning, and although expected, it brought a great sense of satisfaction and joy. CURE Plastics alumnus Ben Stenson’s paper is officially out now, published in the excellent undergraduate research paper Fine Focus: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/finefocus/article/view/3322 Ben was my… Continue reading
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We are back in the lab!
After 7 months, we have made it back into the lab! A few weeks ago, our team was able to visit the pier and deploy a new set of samples into the water. We all were outfitted with masks and… Continue reading
CUREs and Other Musings 