And the 12th year of soil sampling at the long-term fertilization wetland plots wraps up!11/20/2025
Michael, Kelsey, Glory, and Colin all presented their work with great success! Lots of great conversations had around their work.
Michael Sioson, Mary-Margaret McKinney, Rachel K. Gittman, Ariane L. Peralta (2025) Manipulating microbiome-smooth cordgrass associations bolster plant productivity and promote coastal wetland restoration. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. Richmond, VA, USA. November 10, 2025. Mary-Margaret McKinney, Kelsey Coates, Michael Sioson, Lexia Weaver, Ariane L. Peralta, Rachel K. Gittman (2025) Micromanaging salt marsh restoration: enhancing plant-microbe associations through saltwater exposure and microbial inoculation. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. Richmond, VA, USA. November 10, 2025. Colin Finlay, Randall Etheridge, Ariane L. Peralta (2025) Integrating microbial salinity stress response and nutrient removal function to enhance estuarine nitrogen export modeling. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. Richmond, VA, USA. November 10, 2025. Glory Kidimbu, Ariane L. Peralta, Fidy Rasambainarivo (2025) Invasive Asian Clams as Reservoirs of Waterborne Pathogens: Implications for Disease Spread in a Changing Climate. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. Richmond, VA, USA. November 10, 2025.
The optional extras of scientific conferences! Reunion with friends! AP road tripping from NC to MD with friend and collab Jean-Philippe Gibert (left). AP catching up with postdoc lab family Mario Muscarella and Jay Lennon (middle). AP reunited with besties Christine Sprunger and Mario Muscarella (right) at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station ESA mixer! Fun times!
We were so lucky to host visiting undergraduate researcher Mamie Ceesay who recently graduated from Fayetteville State University!
Mamie Ceesay presented research entitled Evaluating the secret alliance between plants and bacteria at the NC GlaxoSmithKline Summer Immersion Program Research Symposium. With major help from our biology friends (Fidy Rasambainarivo and Ben Brisard) and Peralta Lab members Mamie and Michael, we got the sampling D-O-N-E!
 Congrats to Peralta Lab undergrads Seray Carey (left), Kenia Medina-Leal (second from left), and Sophia DeBruhl (right)!!! We will miss you amazing researchers!!!
Sophia successfully completed and defended the senior thesis Effects of Plant-Growth Promoting Bacteria on Plant Salinity Stress to earn Honors in Biology! Congrats!!!
Doctoral student Kelsey Coates presents poster Wetland plant and soil bacterial life history strategies interact to influence successional patterns in a changing world! It was an action packed poster session on day 1 of the conference!
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