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Myrto Ziogas (MBBC’22) delivered an oral presentation at the 8th Mini-Symposium for Young Investigators in New Orleans, LA

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Myrto Ziogas (MBBC’22) 8th 8th Mini-Symposium for Young Investigators in New Orleans, LA

Myrto Ziogas (MBBC’22) delivered an oral presentation at the 8th Mini-Symposium for Young Investigators in New Orleans, LA.  Myrto’s talk, entitled “Characterizing a Novel SloR Recognition Element in the S. mutans mntH Promoter” won first place in the “Best Student Presentation” category.

Myrto graduated from Middlebury College in 2022 with a major in MBBC.  Since graduation she has been working as a laboratory technician in the Boston area.  Currently, she is deciding where she wants to go to graduate school since she has been accepted to the graduate program in Molecular Cell Biology and Duke University, and to similar programs at UC-San Diego and University of Southern California.

Professor Spatafora and students in Washington D.C.

American Society for Microbiology in Washington, DC

In June 2022, research students India Drummond (MBBC ’21.5), Emily Bulczynski (MBBC ’22) and Jenny Pushner (MBBC ‘21.5) traveled with Professor Grace Spatafora to the American Society for Microbiology meetings in Washington, D.C., to present the results of their senior work.

Professor Spatafora and students in Washington D.C.

Also in attendance was Spatafora researcher Ali DePaolo (MBBC ‘23).  Their posters received many visitors including Middlebury College alumni Emily Putnam (MBBC ‘10), Julia Schwartzman (MBBC ‘09), and Daniel Tetrault (MBBC ‘2020). While not attending the meetings a good time was had by all at the National Mall.

 

 

 

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  • Biology Thesis Presentations

    Sophia Fatima
    “Microbial Mercury Methylation in Englesby Brook and Winooski River, Vermont”.

    James Flaumenhaft
    A Small Molecule to Smile About: Identifying SloR-Small Molecule Interactions As Potential Dental Caries Therapeutics

    Grady Welsh
    Moss Mission: A Comprehensive Survey of the Bryophytes of the Altona Flat Rock

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    Microbial Community Comparison of Homemade and Artisanal Fermented Foods

    Luke Van Horn
    Canids in the Lyme light: The effects of canid predators on Lyme disease ecology

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    “Deicing Salt Effects on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in Burlington, VT”

    Isabella Conety
    “Pseudomonas dominates maple sap microbial communities across the maple sugaring season”

    A.J. Rossbach
    Flooding impacts on macroinvertebrate communities across an urban gradient in Burlington, VT

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    The fate of mosses under a changing climate: Evolution of stress tolerance in Syntrichia’s rapid radiation

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