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)
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)
The "BFF microbiome BFFs" labelled 10 months of sampling tubes to collect black-footed ferret microbiome samples (Feb. 2022)