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Welcome new labbies - Fall 2023 lab lunch!

9/8/2023

 
Welcome new graduate students Daphka Joseph (MS Biology), Michael Sioson (MS Biology), and Kelsey Coates (PhD, IDPBBC, NSF GRFP Awardee)!

Lab presents work at the 2023 Ecological Society of America Meeting in Portland, OR

8/7/2023

 
Undergraduate Kai Davis presents research on environmental stressor effects on plant-microbe associations.

REU C2C Research Symposium at the Coastal Studies Institute

8/3/2023

 
REU: Resilience and Adaptation to Coastal Change Across Communities (C2C) Research Symposium! Undergraduates Matthew Mair (Appalachian State University) and Kate Lamkin (Colorado College) present their research co-mentored by graduate student Mahesh Tapas and economist Greg Howard, ecological engineer Randall Etheridge, and microbial ecologist AP! Interdisciplinary teams rule!!!

2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium!

7/21/2023

 
Undergraduate Coastal REU Matthew Mair presents at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium and the watershed resilience team goes for ice cream!

Congrats to Colin Finlay for successful MS Biology defense!

6/13/2023

 
Colin Finlay presented and successfully defended his MS thesis "Redox effects on wetland microbial metabolic composition"! Congrats, Colin! And we so excited that Colin decided to stay and will join the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry at ECU starting August 2023! 
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Summer 2023 lab lunch!

6/9/2023

 
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Welcome new lab members Daphka and Celina!

6/1/2023

 
This summer, new MS Biology student Daphka Joseph (left) & undergraduate NCGlaxoSmithKline summer researcher Celina Mckoy (right) join the lab this summer! 

Marsh Restoration Pilot Project Begins!

5/8/2023

 
Rachel Gittman and Doctoral Student Mary-Margaret McKinney collaborate with the Peralta lab! Living shorelines + marsh sediment microbial management = funding from the North Carolina Sea Grant! We started a pilot project at Hammocks Beach State Park, and undergraduate Kai Davis' senior honors project will examine how salinity and microbial inocula influence plant productivity.

End of Spring 2023 Semester - lab lunch!

4/28/2023

 
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Congrats to undergrad awardees!!!

4/24/2023

 
Congrats to undergraduates Surinder Gill and Kai Davis for recognition of research and scholarship awards! Surinder was awarded an Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Grant and Kai was awarded the Slate Family Scholarship.

Microbial Ecology at the 2023 ECU Research & Creative Achievements Week!

4/17/2023

 
Undergraduates Surinder Gill (left) and Roman Mirra (right) present work at the 2023 RCAW Poster Session. 

Lab hosts Dr. Lawrence David for Biology seminar!

4/6/2023

 
It was so fun to host Dr. Lawrence David this week! So much to learn about how the host and diet interact to tinker with the gut microbiome, and how the gut microbiome answers back to the host! Such exciting work coming out of the David Lab!!! Thank you so much for sharing your work and time with our ECU community!!!
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First time ever getting gifted Filipino polvoron delights!!! AP, of course, answers back with popcorn (yep - that striped bag has popcorn in it)! Science discussions are best done with friends and food!!!

Undergrad researchers Roman Mirra and Surinder Gill present at RCAW!

4/3/2023

 
Roman Mirra (left) and Surinder Gill (right) present research posters at the 2023 Research and Creative Achievement Week at ECU! Awesome job!!!

First lab lunch of 2023!

2/10/2023

 
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Congrats class of 2023!!!

12/16/2022

 
Congrats to new MS Biology grads Aied and Daniya and BS Biology grad Ivan Martinez-Santoyo!!! So lucky to have these early career microbial ecologists in the Peralta Lab! They will be missed!!!
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