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
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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

Congratulations 2022 Graduating Research Students!

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Congratulations to Emra (Klempic) Ahmetspahic ‘18, who completed her Master of Science in Microbiology degree in the laboratory of Dr. Julia van Kessel ‘03 at Indiana University.  So proud of you, Emra!!!
Student Research 

B. cereus colony formation videos
(Video microscopy by Karlie Brown '20)
Tryptone Agar
Tryptone + NP-40 Agar
​Recent Activities

ASM Microbe 2022
June 2022, Washington DC

Left: Martha Cash '22 and Emily Le '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

S​ymposium 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