Congratulations to Jenny Talbot and Steve Allison, who were each named Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholar Alumni Honorees in UCI’s Celebration of Graduate Success. Only 50 alums from UCI’s history received this honor. Jenny Talbot is a PhD alum from Treseder Lab, and she is now an Assistant Professor at Boston University. You can read about her…Continue Reading Jennifer Talbot and Steven Allison honored as distinguished UCI alums
News coverage: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes
Sandra Holden’s dissertation research has been covered in the online news site EnvironmentalResearchWeb: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes The news story covers her recent publication in Environmental Research Letters: Holden, S. R., B. M. Rogers, K. K. Treseder, and J. T. Randerson. 2016. Fire severity influences the response of soil microbes to a boreal…Continue Reading News coverage: Severe wildfires worst for soil microbes
Adriana Romero-Oliveres awarded UC MEXUS-CICESE grant
Adriana Romero-Olivares has been awarded a UC MEXUS-CICESE short-term fellowship! She will use it to collaborate with Dr. Kristina Herbert in the Dept. of Microbiology at CICESE in Ensenada. Dr. Herbert will help her analyze meta-transcriptomes from Adriana’s warming experiment in Alaska….Continue Reading Adriana Romero-Oliveres awarded UC MEXUS-CICESE grant
Kathleen profiled in “Young Women Scientists: A Bright Future for the Americas” by IANAS
News story Link to profile…Continue Reading Kathleen profiled in “Young Women Scientists: A Bright Future for the Americas” by IANAS
Caitlin Looby: Even plant-supporting soil fungi affected by global warming
https://news.uci.edu/campus-life/students/even-plant-supporting-soil-fungi-affected-by-global-warming-uci-study-finds/…Continue Reading Caitlin Looby: Even plant-supporting soil fungi affected by global warming
Amanda Aprahamian’s undergraduate honors thesis accepted for publication
Congratulations to Amanda Aprahamian, whose undergraduate honors thesis was just accepted for publication in Botany! Amanda interned at the Irvine Ranch Conservancy, where she worked with Megan Lulow. Mia Maltz was her graduate student mentor at UCI. Aprahamian, A. M., M. E. Lulow, M. R. Major, K. Balazs, K. K. Treseder, and M. R. Maltz. 2016….Continue Reading Amanda Aprahamian’s undergraduate honors thesis accepted for publication
Caitlin Looby’s new article in Cultures Magazine
Check out Caitlin Looby’s article in the Microbes and Climate Change issue of Cultures Magazine: Invisible Power Players in Climate Change Caitlin is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab. She studies fungi in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. You can view her website here; http://caitlinlooby.weebly.com/…Continue Reading Caitlin Looby’s new article in Cultures Magazine
Caitlin Looby’s first chapter accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution
Congratulations to Caitlin! Her first dissertation chapter, “Belowground responses to elevation in a changing cloud forest”, has been accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution. It describes her research on soils along an elevational gradient in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Caitlin is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab, and her website can be found here: http://caitlinlooby.weebly.com/ Looby,…Continue Reading Caitlin Looby’s first chapter accepted for publication in Ecology and Evolution
Adriana Romero-Olivares wins Miguel Velez Scholarship
Congratulations to Adriana for winning the prestigious Miguel Velez Scholarship from UCI! Adriana is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab, and her website can be found here: http://adriluromero.wix.com/romero-olivares…Continue Reading Adriana Romero-Olivares wins Miguel Velez Scholarship
Adriana Romero-Olivares is in the news
Adriana’s research was featured in an article in Investigación y Desarrollo: “¿CÓMO CONTRIBUYEN LOS HONGOS AL CALENTAMIENTO GLOBAL?” Adriana is a PhD candidate in Treseder Lab. She studies the adaptation of fungi to global warming, and her website is here. …Continue Reading Adriana Romero-Olivares is in the news