Thanks to DCS.Eagles for letting me present some cool science to your students at the summer learning program! I always love seeing young students get excited about Microbiology 😁 🦠

We have finalized our keynote speakers for PVMS 2023! Be sure to register and/or submit your abstract to hear about their exciting work!

Tomorrow is the Three Minute Thesis Final! Come to the Old Chapel 2-3:30pm to watch the competition! Briana Kubik from the UMassMicrobiology in College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst is in the running for the $1,000 first prize! The #UMassAmherst3MT is presented by UMass Amherst Office of Professional Development.

Last week, some of our outstanding graduate students took the floor for three minutes each. Their mission: explain their thesis so that non-experts could understand it. One of them took home a $1,000 prize. #3MT #graduatethesis umass.edu/graduate/profe…

Hey! UMass Microbiology is trying to raise funds to support undergraduates in our program. Wishlist includes financial aid, professional development, research experience, attending meetings, and connecting with alumni... Small donations are gratefully accepted!

Got the opportunity to share my work at #abgradcon23 this week! Thank you to all the conference organizers and researchers who made this event possible 🔬🧪

If you are at #ASMicrobe today, be sure to stop by my poster AES-828!

Great talk from ⁦Angela Kubik⁩ at ⁦Blaber Lab⁩ on aging and space flight. Can’t wait to see how it compares to data in ⁦NASA GeneLab⁩

Angela Kubik has had a busy summer already. She presented a podium presentation ISSCR Annual Meeting in Boston and then headed to Belgium as a Young Investigator Plenary speaker at #ISGP2023 where she won second place for her work on spaceflight and aging!

ROV Jason has been deployed for the first dive of the #PROTATAX2023 oceanographic cruise aboard R/V Thompson 🦠🔬🌊 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) U.S. National Science Foundation #NSFfunded

Reflecting on this summer so far & the amazing opportunities to present ISSCR in Boston, MA and #ISGP2023 in Antwerp, Belgium, where I was awarded 2nd place in the Young Investigator Award Session! 🚀🧬

Thank you to the Public Writing Fellows for helping me improve my science communication skills! I enjoyed interviewing Khadijat and am happy to bring attention to her important research.

Last 24 hours to vote for Briana Kubik in the #ImagesofResearch contest! Briana scours the ocean floor for life in hydrothermal vents in order to imagine life on other planets! Vote by liking the photo over on Instagram: buff.ly/49PRATa #DeepSea #ToBoldlyGo College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst

🎉 Excited to announce my 1st first-author publication! Check out our research on how non-thermodynamic factors affect competition between thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from hydrothermal vents. A huge thank you to @ventmicrobes for the invaluable mentorship and support! 🔬🦠

Special Series: Planetary Microbiology | Deep-sea hydrothermal vents! Reactive transport modeling! Kubik & Holden provide insight into modern subseafloor processes as well as life on early Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life 🔥 doi.org/10.1128/aem.00…

GFI's resident fermentation experts Adam Leman and Lucas Eastham have written a great technical explainer for scientific audiences about precision fermentation and the use of microbes to manufacture sustainable proteins. Check it out: bit.ly/4cS81Aq

Thrilled to share this article by Ece Derya Senbas! It highlights my dissertation work on hydrothermal vent microbes & my personal research journey.🦠 Having just defended last month, this feature feels extra special. Huge thanks to Ece for capturing my story so beautifully!