Halmos Students Present at Annual Microbiology Meeting
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- Garcia and undergraduate research students with their award winning poster on the “Isolation of bacteriophages in soil that infect Gordonia rubripertincta” Left to Right: Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D., Ashley Janke, Rishitha Nannapaneni, and Alyssa Gershon.
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- Undergraduate student Camryn Pajon delivers her award winning oral presentation.
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- “Microbe Spring”, a colorful, award-winning creation of a manatee that showcases the microbial diversity found in natural Florida environments. Created by Biological Sciences Masters student Laura Garcia-Dieguez.
On February 25-27, the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology held its 2022 annual meeting, giving Halmos students the opportunity to present their research. The labs of Halmos faculty members Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D.; Robert Smith, Ph.D.; and Jose V. Lopez, Ph.D. attended, presented, and won awards.
From the Garcia Lab:
- Undergraduate biology students Ashley Janke, Sri Rishitha Nannapaneni & Alyssa Gershon won 2nd place award for Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation for their work, “Isolation of bacteriophages in soil that infect Gordonia rubripertincta”.
- Chloe Barreto-Massad, American Heritage Boca/Delray High School (a high school student mentored by Garcia) won 3rd place award for outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation for “An Investigation of the Effects of Aerobic and Anaerobic Environments on Antibiotics Produced by Soil Bacteria”
From the Smith Lab:
- Camryn Pajon, an undergraduate biology major won 1st place award for outstanding undergraduate oral presentation for her research, “Carbon source driven metabolic buffering determines the co-existence of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa”.
- Laura Garcia-Dieguez, Masters in Biological Sciences student gave an oral presentation,
“Changes in Frequency and Amplitude of Spatial Disturbances Modulate the Expression of Quorum Sensing-Mediated Virulence Effectors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
She also entered the Microbiology Art Contest with the theme “Florida Microbes” and won Honorable mention.
- Masters in Biological Sciences students Gabriela Diaz-Tang & Estefania Marin Meneses gave an oral presentation on “The Influence of Growth Efficiency on the Inoculum Effect”
From the Lopez Lab:
- Colleen McMaken, Masters in Biological Sciences gave an oral presentation regarding
“Microbial impacts on loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle hatching success”
The Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (FLASM) promotes microbiology education and research in Florida through meetings, discussions, and publications. Our members represent the many diverse areas of microbiology including virology, metagenomics, clinical, environmental, basic research, education, industrial, bioenergy, veterinary, and more.
Congratulations to all students presenting at this year’s meeting!
Posted 03/13/22