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
- Sliding motility in Bacillus cereus
- Effects of quorum signals on growth and flocculation in industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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
Search for Pseudomonas sp. UC 17F4
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
Search for Pseudomonas sp. UC 17F4
Research Student News
Congratulations to Angelina Le (Proctor High School '25) who won the Grand Championship at the 44th Annual Utica University Regional Science Fair on April 1, 2023! Angelina presented her research on the "Effects of the Nonionic Detergent NP-40 on Pigment Production and Biofilm Development in Pseudomonas uticensis". She will be participating in the Regeneron ISEF International Science Fair in Dallas, TX on May 14-19. Were so proud of you, Angelina!
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Congratulations to Selmina Huskic '23 who graduated with honors on May 11, 2023! Selmina (pictured on the left) will be attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for her PhD studies in Chemistry. Also congratulations to Gladys Leitch '23, who will be attending the University of Rochester for her doctoral studies in Biology. I am so proud of these hard-working young scientists!
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Student Research
Bacillus cereus colony formation videos
Video microscopy by Karlie (Brown) McCumber '20
Bacillus cereus colony formation videos
Video microscopy by Karlie (Brown) McCumber '20
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Tryptone Agar
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Tryptone + NP-40 Agar
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ALUMNI NEWS
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Congratulations to former "Main Minion" Karlie McCumber '20, who will be starting the PhD program in Biology at the University at Albany in Fall 2023. She was Senior Research Assistant in our lab, conducting research on induction of sliding motility in the soil bacterium Bacillus cereus, and was a teaching assistant in microbiology lab courses. Karlie was awarded a prestigious Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Society for Microbiology in 2019, and hopes to continue in microbiology research at UAlbany.
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Scott Britton '07 has been appointed to a 5-year term as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. He is the youngest individual to take this position, and is the first to hold the titles of President of the ASBC and Editor-in-Chief of its journal. Congratulations Scott! We are so proud of you!
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Recent Activities
ASM Microbe 2022
June 2022, Washington DC
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Left: Martha Cash '22 and Emily Le, Clinton High School '22 present their poster on sliding motility in Bacillus cereus. Right: Martha Cash presents a symposium talk on her work with Pseudomonas uticensis biofilm mutants.
ASM Microbe 2019
July 2019 San Francisco, CA
Doc, Karlie Brown ‘20, Emra Klempic ‘18, Nicole Pickett ‘21, Evan Vescio ‘21
Recent Research Posters
Presented at ASM Microbe 2022, Washington, DC June 2022
Symposium presentation slides with narration by Martha Cash
Accepted for ASM Microbe 2020, Chicago, IL, June 2020
(not presented due to COVID-19 cancellation of the conference)
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
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
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
