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Aaronson Microbiology Laboratory

The official website of
Larry ("Doc") Aaronson's microbiology research lab
at Utica College in Utica, NY

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Home of Pseudomonas uticensis

Research interests:
  • Discovery and analysis of natural antifungal compounds
  • Regulation of melanin synthesis in P. uticensis
  • Regulation of biofilm development in P. uticensis
  • Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas species
  • Analysis of bacterial virulence factors using C. elegans
  • Effects of P. uticensis on germination and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Sliding motility in Bacillus cereus


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RESEARCH NEWS:
The Pseudomonas uticensis genome sequence is complete!

Check out IMG database:
https://img.jgi.doe.gov/cgi-bin/mer/main.cgi 
or
Pseudomonas Genome Database:
pseudomonas.com
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Search for Pseudomonas sp. UC 17F4


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Jennifer (Gerlach) Herzog ‘97 receives 2020 Utica College Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award




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​Amanda Butler '09 lands Lead Scientist position at NASA
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https://www.utica.edu/campus-community/utica-stories/gordon-science-center-nasa
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Student Research News:

New Results:
B. cereus colony formation videos
(Video microscopy by Karlie Brown '20)

Tryptone Agar
Tryptone + NP-40 Agar

Recent Activities

ASM Microbe 2019
July 2019 San Francisco, CA

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​Doc, Karlie Brown ‘20, Emra Klempic ‘18, Nicole Pickett ‘21, Evan Vescio ‘21

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Recent Research Posters

Presented At ASM Microbe 2019, San Francisco, CA, June 2019


Presented At ASM Microbe 2018, Atlanta, GA, June 2018


Presented at ASM Microbe 2017, New Orleans, LA, June 2017


Presented at ASM Microbe 2016, Boston, MA, June 2016

Presented at the ASM Conference on Pseudomonas, Washington, DC, September 2015

Presented at the 115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May-June 2015, New Orleans, LA

Presented at the 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 2014, Boston, MA

Presented at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,
​May 2013, Denver, CO

Presented at the 112th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,
May 2012, San Francisco, CA

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Thanks to our Benefactors:

The F. Eugene Romano Family
Harold T. Clark, Jr.
Donald and Sally Majka
The American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
The Alden Trust

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