DeCandia lab members and former Ecology students/teaching team members visited Smithsonian's National Zoo to get a behind-the-scenes tour led by NZP Curator Craig Saffoe and NZP Researcher Sally Bornbusch! We also got to meet ambassador animal binturongs, Hank and Lola! Pictured left to right in the group photo: Jack Swanner, Catherine Dell'Olio, Adriane Longhurst, Vanessa Morales, Sophia Farmer, Craig Saffoe, Mary Nguyen, Anngely Leeds, Jane Lindland, & Sally Bornbusch (April 2025)
The Microbiome Pop-Up Labs research team celebrated the end of the semester by presenting their final results!
From left to right: Nick Turzio, Gio Rios, Anastasia Duenas, Valeria Echeverria, Soo Han, & Jeffrey Liu (April 2025)
From left to right: Nick Turzio, Gio Rios, Anastasia Duenas, Valeria Echeverria, Soo Han, & Jeffrey Liu (April 2025)
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The Microbiome Pop-Up Labs research team celebrated the end of the semester by presenting their project proposals!
Fall 2024 team members pictured include Anastasia Duenas, Ashley Rodriguez, Sara Melese (team leader), Soo Han (on zoom),
V Mejia (on zoom), Gio Rios, Sophia Farmer (team leader), Jeffrey Liu, & David Chen Ma (on zoom) (November 2024)
Fall 2024 team members pictured include Anastasia Duenas, Ashley Rodriguez, Sara Melese (team leader), Soo Han (on zoom),
V Mejia (on zoom), Gio Rios, Sophia Farmer (team leader), Jeffrey Liu, & David Chen Ma (on zoom) (November 2024)
Current & former pop-up labs members extracting DNA for bacterial & fungal analyses! (November 2024)
Evolution of Mammalian Diversity (BIOL 4500) students taking a behind-the-scenes tour of the mammal collections at
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History with mammal curator Dr. Melissa Hawkins! Highlights included a
lion collected by Theodore Roosevelt, sea otter pelt, thylacine specimens (!!!), and more (September 2024)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History with mammal curator Dr. Melissa Hawkins! Highlights included a
lion collected by Theodore Roosevelt, sea otter pelt, thylacine specimens (!!!), and more (September 2024)
Current & former pop-up labs members completed a BioBlitz across three distinct habitats on Georgetown's Main Campus and collected soil samples for bacterial & fungal analyses! From left to right in the group photo: Anastasia Duenas, V Mejia, Sara Melese,
Ashley Rodriguez, Gio Rios, Jeffrey Liu, Sophia Farmer, Mary Nguyen (today's project leader!), & Carly Rauh (September 2024)
Ashley Rodriguez, Gio Rios, Jeffrey Liu, Sophia Farmer, Mary Nguyen (today's project leader!), & Carly Rauh (September 2024)
Summer Ecology (BIOL 1800-20) students Luke Anderson, Paola Arenas, and Ria Bhandarkar visiting the United States Botanic Garden, Smithsonian's National Zoo, and the National Museum of Natural History with Prof. Allie DeCandia (July-August 2024)
DeCandia lab members Dawson Hillyer, Urooj Ahmed, and Tyller Mensa presented their RISE projects during
the Biology Department's annual poster show! DH and TM were co-advised by Dr. Daniel Pak at GUMC, and
UA worked in collaboration with Georgetown's Earth Commons to study the Hoya Harvest Garden (May 2024)
the Biology Department's annual poster show! DH and TM were co-advised by Dr. Daniel Pak at GUMC, and
UA worked in collaboration with Georgetown's Earth Commons to study the Hoya Harvest Garden (May 2024)
The Microbiome Pop-Up Labs research team celebrated the end of the semester by presenting their exciting findings!
AY 2023-2024 team members pictured include Alina Watson, Jocelynn Sengsiry, Sophia Farmer, Andrea Esquivel, Amira Ayaz,
Diane Barnes, Diana Barnes, Sara Melese, Ruth Morgan, PI Alle DeCandia, and Collaborator Kurt Moser (April 2024)
AY 2023-2024 team members pictured include Alina Watson, Jocelynn Sengsiry, Sophia Farmer, Andrea Esquivel, Amira Ayaz,
Diane Barnes, Diana Barnes, Sara Melese, Ruth Morgan, PI Alle DeCandia, and Collaborator Kurt Moser (April 2024)
#FaceOfScience
The Microbiome Pop-Up Labs research team participated in the #FaceOfScience social media campaign! (April 2024)
DeCandia lab members took a behind-the-scenes tour of the Small Mammal House at Smithsonian's National Zoo!
Assistant Curator Kenton Kearns taught us about wildlife conservation efforts spearheaded by the zoo and introduced
us to charismatic / adorable armadillo and tenrec animal ambassadors. Our tour team included PI Alexandra DeCandia;
RISE students Urooj Ahmed, Dawson Hillyer, and Tyller Mensa; and microbiome researchers Ameera Ayaz,
Andrea Esquivel, Sophia Farmer, and Alina Watson (February 2024)
Assistant Curator Kenton Kearns taught us about wildlife conservation efforts spearheaded by the zoo and introduced
us to charismatic / adorable armadillo and tenrec animal ambassadors. Our tour team included PI Alexandra DeCandia;
RISE students Urooj Ahmed, Dawson Hillyer, and Tyller Mensa; and microbiome researchers Ameera Ayaz,
Andrea Esquivel, Sophia Farmer, and Alina Watson (February 2024)
Ecology (BIOL 1800) students from the Wednesday lab section visiting the National Museum
of Natural History for a biogeography-themed scavenger hunt! (November 2023)
of Natural History for a biogeography-themed scavenger hunt! (November 2023)
The environmental micro/mycobiome team extracting DNA from samples collected at Four Mile Run Park (November 2023)
Sample collection at Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria, VA to support the environmental micro/mycobiome team's study on the bacterial and fungal communities inhabiting this urban watershed ecosystem. The field team included student Andrea Esquivel,
PI Alexandra DeCandia, collaborators Tyler Rippel, Kurt Moser, and Edward Schrom, and lab mascot Stella (October 2023)
PI Alexandra DeCandia, collaborators Tyler Rippel, Kurt Moser, and Edward Schrom, and lab mascot Stella (October 2023)
Ecology (BIOL 1800) students from the Thursday lab section visiting the National Zoo for a behavioral ecology themed lab!
Highlights included behavioral observations in the small mammal house and visiting the giant pandas (October 2023)
Highlights included behavioral observations in the small mammal house and visiting the giant pandas (October 2023)
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Evolution of Mammalian Diversity (BIOL 4500) students taking a behind-the-scenes tour of the mammal collections at
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History with mammal curator Dr. Melissa Hawkins! Highlights included a
pizzly bear skull, platypus, flying fox, giraffe skull, squirrels (the super mammal), and more (September 2023)
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History with mammal curator Dr. Melissa Hawkins! Highlights included a
pizzly bear skull, platypus, flying fox, giraffe skull, squirrels (the super mammal), and more (September 2023)
The environmental microbiome research team visited Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria, VA to meet collaborator
Kurt Moser (4Mr) and brainstorm research directions. We learned about the history of the watershed, visited
numerous habitats within the park, and saw wildlife species like osprey, kingfishers, and herons (September 2023)
Kurt Moser (4Mr) and brainstorm research directions. We learned about the history of the watershed, visited
numerous habitats within the park, and saw wildlife species like osprey, kingfishers, and herons (September 2023)
The mammal microbiome RISE students presenting their research at the end of year poster show! From left to right in
the group photo: Prof. Allie DeCandia, Sam Pasciullo Boychuck, Laura Adeduro, Alex Bamford, Dr. Sally Bornbusch (May 2023)
the group photo: Prof. Allie DeCandia, Sam Pasciullo Boychuck, Laura Adeduro, Alex Bamford, Dr. Sally Bornbusch (May 2023)
The salt marsh microbiome team celebrating the end of the semester after presenting exciting findings!
From left to right in the group photo: Tyler Rippel, Prof. Gina Wimp, Mary Nguyen, Diana Barnes, Dawson Hillyer,
Tyller Mensa, Carly Rauh, Sophia Farmer, Urooj Ahmed, Diane Barnes, Prof. Allie DeCandia (May 2023)
From left to right in the group photo: Tyler Rippel, Prof. Gina Wimp, Mary Nguyen, Diana Barnes, Dawson Hillyer,
Tyller Mensa, Carly Rauh, Sophia Farmer, Urooj Ahmed, Diane Barnes, Prof. Allie DeCandia (May 2023)
DeCandia lab members feeding Hank the Binturong at Smithsonian's National Zoo! From left to right in the group photo: Sophia Farmer, Sam Pasciullo Boychuck, Laura Adeduro, Diana Barnes, Diane Barnes, Carly Rauh (April 2023)
Evolution of Mammalian Diversity (BIOL 408) students touring the Small Mammal House (and meeting a naked mole rat!) at Smithsonian's National Zoo (November 2022)
RISE students Laura Adeduro, Alex Bamford, and Sam Pasciullo Boychuck editing drafts with lab mascot Stella (October 2022)
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The salt marsh microbiome team extracting microbial DNA from samples collected in New Jersey! From left to right in the group photo: Mary Nguyen, Carly Rauh, Urooj Ahmed, Tyller Mensa, Dawson Hillyer, Kevin Moreno (October 2022)
End of semester celebration with the mammal microbiome team and lab mascot Stella! From left to right: Afua Nyantakyi, Alex Bamford, Sam Pasciullo Boychuck, Allie DeCandia + Stella, Laura Adeduro, Rachel Gaudreau (May 2022)
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The "BFF microbiome BFFs" labelled 10 months of sampling tubes to collect black-footed ferret microbiome samples (Feb. 2022)
