Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Gabriel Lozano et al. were published in ASM’s Genome Announcements. The article titled “Draft genome sequence of biocontrol agent Bacillus cereus UW85” can be accessed on the Genome Announcements website here. Congratulations to Gabriel and the co-authors!
Past Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Matthew McMahon and his wife Michelle recently welcomed twin boys, Archie and Sam. Congratulations, Matt and Michelle!
Past Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Jonathan Holt has been appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Keck Science Department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges in Claremont, CA. He will be teaching an introduction biology and microbiology course. Congratulations, Jon!
Past Handelsman Lab Postdoc Tiffany Tsang was recently appointed as a STEM Education Specialist in University of Hawaii’s Office of STEM Education. Congratulations, Tiffany!
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in collaboration with Federal agencies and private-sector stakeholders, announced a new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) to foster the integrated study of microbiomes across different ecosystems. More information can be found in the press release here.
Past Handelsman Lab Graduate Student Elizabeth Stulberg and current Graduate Student Gabriel Lozano are co-first authors on an article published in Frontiers in Microbiology titled “Genomic and secondary metabolite analyses of Streptomyces sp. 2AW provide insight into the evolution of the cycloheximide pathway.” The article can be accessed on the Frontiers website here or in
Past Handelsman Lab Undergraduate Grace Liu will begin her PhD as part of MIT’s biology graduate program this fall 2016. Congratulations, Grace!
Past Handelsman Lab Undergraduate JT Stoner is amid a one-year position with AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) as the Commit to Study (C2S) Community Outreach Coordinator at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). JT serves as a liaison between CSUS and its K-12 community partners to increase K-12 student interest and success in science, technology,
Prof. Jo Handelsman was interviewed in the New York Times article “Scientists Urge National Initiative on Microbiomes” which can be read here.
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Evaluation Director Mark Graham, along with former CTL postdoc Evava Pietri and others, published an article titled “Increased Preclass Preparation Underlies Student Outcome Improvement in the Flipped Classroom” in the journal CBE-Life Sciences Education. The article can be accessed here and YaleNews covered it here.
