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May 15, 2026 - Congrats to Alfredo, Nicole, and Catherine for graduating!

So proud of you three!

Robert LuallenOctober 21, 2026
March 6, 2026 - Congrats to Tuan and Serena for getting a paper accepted!

Champagne celebration!

Robert LuallenMarch 10, 2026
Feb 27, 2026 - Ari, Catherine, and Nicole present at the SDSU Research Symposium

Ari presents a poster on her discovery of metabolites that trigger bacterial filamentation in vitro.

Catherine presents her poster on plasmid genes being required for microbiome bacterial adherence in vivo.

Nicole presents her poster on making glycocalyx mutants of C. elegans and testing them for gut maladies.

Robert LuallenMarch 10, 2026
Feb 27, 2026 - Alfredo presents at the SDSU research symposium

Alfredo gives a talk on his discovery that C. elegans dauers can maintain microbiome bacteria over 25 days.

Robert LuallenMarch 10, 2026
July 2, 2025 - Day 4 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Congrats to Dalaena for winning the Best Poster Prize in Ecology and Evolution!

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
July 1, 2025 - Day 3 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Congrats to Serena for her 3rd prize in the Worm Art Show for her Worms Nails!

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
July 1, 2025 - Day 3 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Dalaena presents her poster on the discovery of adherence plasmids utilized for microbiome colonization.

Dinner with the Reinke Lab

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Wade presents his poster on natural diversity in gut microbiome colonization.

Serena presents her poster on a virulence regulator that controls intracellular bacteria entry into host cells.

June presents her poster on a genetic screen to identify genes regulating bacterial adherence.

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Cayla presents her talk on the identification of a membrane bound mucin required for microbiome adherence.

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
June 29, 2025 - Day 1 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting

Anupama opens with the first talk of the session with her presentation on a new molecular scaffold for microbiome adherence

Robert LuallenJuly 7, 2025
May 18, 2025 - Dalanea Rivera Graduates with her PhD

Congratulations Dalaena! You will soon be Dr. Dalaena Rivera!

Robert LuallenMay 21, 2025
April 25, 2025 - Our undergraduates promote STEM research at Castle Park High School

Great job Anissa, Catherine, Nicole, and Ari (left-to-right)

Robert LuallenApril 30, 2025
April 23, 2025 Congratulations to Cayla being awarded the Master’s Research Scholarship in Microbiology

Cayla Cruse pouring champagne for a lab celebration!

Robert LuallenApril 30, 2025
April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference

Kinjaal presents her data on force evolving microbiome bacteria away from host interaction

Yesenia presents her data on the identification of a new, potentially vertically transmitted bacterial species in wild-caught nematodes

Robert LuallenApril 24, 2025
April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference

Breana presents the discovery of Duox after QTL analysis for bacterial resistance genes.

Aaliyah presents here quantitation of mitochondrial parameters in diverse species spermatozoa

Robert LuallenApril 24, 2025
March 28, 2025 Zoo Day!

Saying goodby to Tuan officially. Eight years in San Diego and he’d never been to the zoo!

Robert LuallenApril 4, 2025
March 13, 2025 New lab photos
Robert LuallenMarch 13, 2025
February 28, 2025 - Conrgats to our undergraduates presenting their research at the SDSU Student Symposium

Kinjaal presents her poster on force evolving microbiome bacteria to lose adherence in the C. elegans gut.

Breana presents her poster on testing the role of duox and hydrogen peroxide on intracellular bacterial infection in O. tipulae.

Robert LuallenMarch 6, 2025
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