Social Motility of Biofilm-like Microcolonies in a Gliding Bacterium
Chao Li, Amanda Hurley, Wei Hu, Jay w. Warrick, Gabriel L. Lozano, Jose M. Ayuso, Wenxiao Pan, Jo Handelsman, and David J. Beebe Nature Communications (2021)
Collaborative research project finds bacterial “Zorbs” – A new type of bacterial social motility
Researchers from the Handelsman, Beebe, and Pan labs discover bacterial "zorbing," in the motile species, Flavobacterium johnsoniae.
Needles in haystacks: Reevaluating Old Paradigms for the Discovery of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites
Marc G. Chevrette and Jo Handelsman Natural Product Reports (2021)
Jo Handelsman urges scientific community to address soil crisis in Scientific American editorial
As a preview to her forthcoming book, A World Without Soil, Jo Handelsman calls to change destructive farming practices to ones that will retain soil carbon and mitigate climate change.
Learn about Tiny Earth scientists with PBS Wisconsin’s ‘Meet the Lab’
Tiny Earth researchers engage with middle school students on antibiotic discovery and what it's like to be a scientist.
Jo Handelsman talks Food Scarcity in PMA Virtual Town Hall
Panelists discuss water and soil challenges faced by current farming practices and ideas for future solutions on the Produce Marketing Association's virtual town hall.
Handelsman Talks Soil on Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda Podcast
Jo Handelsman guest stars on the Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda podcast. They discuss microbes, soil, climate change, and the importance of bacteria to human survival.
Introducing THOR, a model microbiome for genetic dissection of community behavior
Gabriel L. Lozano, Juan I. Bravo, Manuel F. Garavito Diago, Hyun Bong Park, Amanda Hurley, S. Brook Peterson, Eric V. Stabb, Jason M. Crawford, Nichole A. Broderick, and Jo Handelsman mBio (2019)