This summer, new MS Biology student Daphka Joseph (left) & undergraduate NCGlaxoSmithKline summer researcher Celina Mckoy (right) join the lab this summer!
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.
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.
Undergraduates Surinder Gill (left) and Roman Mirra (right) present work at the 2023 RCAW Poster Session.
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!!!
Roman Mirra (left) and Surinder Gill (right) present research posters at the 2023 Research and Creative Achievement Week at ECU! Awesome job!!!
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!!!
Colin, Brian, Mahesh, and AP get out on a not-so-cold December day to sample agricultural soils along a salinity gradient. The team measured nitrogen removal capacity via denitrification enzyme assays back in the lab. Stay tuned to more updates on the watershed resilience project in 2023!
Aied Garcia and Daniya Stephens successfully defend their MS Biology thesis projects!!! So proud of all their accomplishments, and were so very lucky to work with these amazing scientists over the years!
The experiment is in year 20!!! We are so lucky to have this awesome long-term ecological experiment so close to campus. Thanks to Dr. Carol Goodwillie for starting and keeping this experiment going strong!!! Thanks to Colin, Brian, Ivan, and Tom (not pictured) for getting soil sampling done! Thanks to Aied, Daniya, Glory, and Kai for all the lab support!
MS biology student Colin Finlay and undergrads Scott Siebor and Kai Davis present work on wetland microbial ecology! There was such great science presented by early career microbiologists. Can't wait until next year's meeting!
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