https://luallenlab.org/blog daily 0.75 2015-10-26 https://luallenlab.org/news daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/1646966129121-EVUJNPE1BXHB6QCFZYF9/Nparis-Nsp1%2Bco-infect.jpg News https://luallenlab.org/news/2026/3/10/march-6-2026-congrats-to-tuan-and-serena-for-getting-a-paper-accepted monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/a0d12392-e5e8-4cf8-b6a7-31978f46b40d/IMG_0829.jpg News - March 6, 2026 - Congrats to Tuan and Serena for getting a paper accepted! - Make it stand out Champagne celebration! https://luallenlab.org/news/2026/3/10/ari-catherine-and-nicole-present-at-the-sdsu-research-symposium monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/046d9244-56dc-4060-b3dc-8b0b77638552/IMG_0738.jpg News - Feb 27, 2026 - Ari, Catherine, and Nicole present at the SDSU Research Symposium - Make it stand out Ari presents a poster on her discovery of metabolites that trigger bacterial filamentation in vitro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/566ceff6-98ec-4ca5-8d21-a54b5629fce0/IMG_4728.jpg News - Feb 27, 2026 - Ari, Catherine, and Nicole present at the SDSU Research Symposium - Make it stand out Catherine presents her poster on plasmid genes being required for microbiome bacterial adherence in vivo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b472e464-c9e5-4e8d-840e-84ecbad7e1cf/IMG_0758.jpg News - Feb 27, 2026 - Ari, Catherine, and Nicole present at the SDSU Research Symposium - Make it stand out Nicole presents her poster on making glycocalyx mutants of C. elegans and testing them for gut maladies. https://luallenlab.org/news/2026/3/10/feb-27-2026-alfredo-presents-at-the-sdsu-research-symposium monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/3d352633-b319-4a00-9cac-094ad59c7831/IMG_4498.jpg News - Feb 27, 2026 - Alfredo presents at the SDSU research symposium - Make it stand out Alfredo gives a talk on his discovery that C. elegans dauers can maintain microbiome bacteria over 25 days. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/7/7/july-2-2025-day-4-of-the-25th-international-c-elegans-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/1e43decc-487a-495d-8d8e-e24f27a8e3f7/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image.jpg News - 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July 1, 2025 - Day 3 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/7/7/july-1-2025-day-3-of-the-25th-international-c-elegans-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/d5bfbc21-7e6f-4035-b3e6-b42dcbf5a289/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image+%281%29.jpg News - July 1, 2025 - Day 3 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Dalaena presents her poster on the discovery of adherence plasmids utilized for microbiome colonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/7a1a1a8b-4e6c-44a0-9e77-459b8828c645/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image.jpg News - July 1, 2025 - Day 3 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Dinner with the Reinke Lab https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/7/7/june-30-2025-day-2-of-the-25th-international-c-elegans-meeting-1 monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/8cfef6cf-60c1-4026-b958-668dc6aa634d/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image.jpg News - June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Wade presents his poster on natural diversity in gut microbiome colonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/7cd8eac8-78f1-4dac-ba92-84dcdb036294/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image+%282%29.jpg News - June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Serena presents her poster on a virulence regulator that controls intracellular bacteria entry into host cells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/4bf738ef-6b05-470c-9315-1d3371f8e403/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image+%283%29.jpg News - June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out June presents her poster on a genetic screen to identify genes regulating bacterial adherence. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/7/7/june-30-2025-day-2-of-the-25th-international-c-elegans-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b24481ef-a174-4be1-a135-0d3cfce17faf/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image+%286%29.jpg News - June 30, 2025 - Day 2 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Cayla presents her talk on the identification of a membrane bound mucin required for microbiome adherence. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/7/7/june-29-2025-day-1-of-the-25th-international-c-elegans-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/3fa07ea8-3367-4563-9df4-bf82ffa393fa/Worm+Meeting+2025+Image+%287%29.jpg News - June 29, 2025 - Day 1 of the 25th International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Anupama opens with the first talk of the session with her presentation on a new molecular scaffold for microbiome adherence https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/5/21/may-18-2025-dalanea-rivera-graduates-with-her-phd monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/753f981b-959d-4151-8370-a8b60417ec1c/3-_DSC8549.jpg News - May 18, 2025 - Dalanea Rivera Graduates with her PhD - Make it stand out Congratulations Dalaena! You will soon be Dr. Dalaena Rivera! https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/4/30/april-25-2025-our-undergraduates-promote-stem-research-at-castle-park-high-school monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/256f779f-c764-440e-8ded-b614e3327d07/IMG_2761.jpg News - April 25, 2025 - Our undergraduates promote STEM research at Castle Park High School - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/4/30/april-23-2025-congratulations-to-cayla-being-awarded-the-masters-research-scholarship-in-microbiology monthly 0.5 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/dd6fcfb5-cee2-4aa2-86c9-37a656de199c/IMG_2764.jpg News - April 23, 2025 Congratulations to Cayla being awarded the Master’s Research Scholarship in Microbiology - Make it stand out Cayla Cruse pouring champagne for a lab celebration! https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/4/24/april-12-2025-our-students-present-their-research-at-the-48th-west-coast-biological-sciences-undergraduate-research-conference-1 monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/96628b57-c225-42ef-bbbd-f5030089436a/IMG_2743.jpg News - April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - Make it stand out Kinjaal presents her data on force evolving microbiome bacteria away from host interaction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/a9c1ea6b-554b-4f5e-8ca6-8e87e0eb00de/IMG_2752.jpg News - April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - Make it stand out Yesenia presents her data on the identification of a new, potentially vertically transmitted bacterial species in wild-caught nematodes https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/4/24/april-12-2025-our-students-present-their-research-at-the-48th-west-coast-biological-sciences-undergraduate-research-conference monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/42bf0b1b-5062-4433-96ea-9f0f6603f360/IMG_2737.jpg News - April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - Make it stand out Breana presents the discovery of Duox after QTL analysis for bacterial resistance genes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/66f46baa-2c72-4c2d-a5d0-e6b1e31c8cc0/IMG_2739.jpg News - April 12, 2025 - Our students present their research at the 48th West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/4/4/march-28-2025-zoo-day monthly 0.5 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/f4ab4974-029d-492a-9069-3fa8a97cc592/Image+from+Lab+Slack.jpg News - March 28, 2025 Zoo Day! - Make it stand out Saying goodby to Tuan officially. Eight years in San Diego and he’d never been to the zoo! https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/3/13/march-13-2025-new-lab-photos monthly 0.5 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b5e79412-d16f-47ae-8251-14a2f74fb22a/Facetune+July+3+2025+from+Serena.jpg News - March 13, 2025 New lab photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b2dffc55-0e4b-470f-8624-8339f7edbb18/PXL+Feb+11+2025+from+Lab.jpg News - March 13, 2025 New lab photos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2025/3/6/february-28-2025-conrgats-to-our-undergraduates-presenting-their-research-at-the-sdsu-student-symposium monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/795d8b28-1e22-4b22-a7f8-0ddcc96332b6/Image+from+Serena+Meadows-Graves+%281%29.jpg News - February 28, 2025 - Conrgats to our undergraduates presenting their research at the SDSU Student Symposium - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/fc0a9cb3-fc11-45e4-9be8-11e3c1edf73d/Image+from+Serena+Meadows-Graves.jpg News - February 28, 2025 - Conrgats to our undergraduates presenting their research at the SDSU Student Symposium - Make it stand out Breana presents her poster on testing the role of duox and hydrogen peroxide on intracellular bacterial infection in O. tipulae. https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/9/20/september-20-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/0e271ddd-53a3-4c37-b27a-0a688c5520c8/Pic+from+SDSU.jpg News - September 20, 2024 - Make it stand out Lab picnic in the botanical gardens on campus to celebrate our postdoc Anupama! 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https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/7/2/may-10-2024-tuan-trans-thesis-defense-and-graduation monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/182b6339-d596-4fc7-aee1-4a8c0e6d4e4d/Serena+Meadows-Graves+IMG+3028.jpg News - May 10, 2024 - Tuan Tran's Thesis Defense and Graduation - Make it stand out Tuan giving his thesis defense on Bordetella atropi infection mechanisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/d8cdbea5-fec0-44a6-a1c0-e718ac028293/Graduation+Hooding+May+12+%281%29.jpg News - May 10, 2024 - Tuan Tran's Thesis Defense and Graduation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/5/9/april-27-2024-president-adela-de-la-torre-visits-the-lab monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/4e5ce657-f51e-4897-9a3e-f8419cd35223/President+Visit+Sciences+Research+Labs+Apr+22+2024+%283%29.JPG News - April 27, 2024 President Adela de la Torre visits the lab - Make it stand out President de la Torre, Dean Roberts, and AVP Madanat visit with the Luallen Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/0d4fb86d-c46e-4522-9855-e8330cf567f4/President+Visit+April+22+2024.JPG News - April 27, 2024 President Adela de la Torre visits the lab - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/3/12/march-12-2024-presenting-undergrad-research-at-castle-park-high-school monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/82a71ead-be9d-43ab-bc46-a9d65068abd8/Lab+IMG+7658.jpg News - March 12, 2024 -Presenting Undergrad Research at Castle Park High School - Make it stand out We had our first outreach for the Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop this year! Undergrads Francis, Milan, Aysha, and Yesenia presented their research findings to sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Castle Park High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/f9ce2f59-c1a7-44a1-963f-fda03af6a822/Lab+IMG+7657.jpg News - March 12, 2024 -Presenting Undergrad Research at Castle Park High School - Make it stand out Thank you to Darci Kimball for letting us present to her students! https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/3/5/march-1-2024-students-presenting-at-the-sdsu-student-research-symposium-continued monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/152f195d-22d0-4430-a934-25024b519ff4/Serena+Meadows-Graves+Lab+%282%29.jpg News - March 1, 2024 - Students presenting at the SDSU Student Research Symposium (continued) - Make it stand out Dylan Matloub presenting his poster on natural variation in nematodes that allow for resistance to intracellular bacterial infection, likely thorough killing in the gut lumen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/aa4d1b2b-6594-44f3-b8ac-981e41f12ffe/Serena+DM+IMG+1804.jpg News - March 1, 2024 - Students presenting at the SDSU Student Research Symposium (continued) - Make it stand out Aaliyah Ringor presenting her poster on the discovery of potential adherence plasmids in microbiome bacteria that allow for gut colonization in C. elegans. https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/3/5/march-1-2024-our-undergraduates-present-at-the-sdsu-student-research-symposium monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/f059d08b-02bf-48b3-978d-cffe4ec19868/Serena+Meadows-Graves+Lab+%281%29.jpg News - March 1, 2024 - Our undergraduates present at the SDSU Student Research Symposium - Make it stand out Yesenia Rodrigues Reyes presenting her poster on new bacterial pathogens we found infecting worms isolated from the SDSU campus, as part of the Host-Bacterial Pathogens Workshop this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/47a93294-08de-4774-a481-fdf5272089b0/Serena+Meadows-Graves+Lab.jpg News - March 1, 2024 - Our undergraduates present at the SDSU Student Research Symposium - Make it stand out Jace Buxbaum presenting his poster on screening for suppressors of microbiome-colonization deficient mutants. https://luallenlab.org/news/2024/2/29/february-29-2024-the-first-green-lab-at-sdsu monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/93b35ed7-59c5-4dc4-83ca-a6eefd6fcc8f/Screen+Shot+2024-07-02+at+11.36.32+AM.png News - February 29, 2024 - The first Green Lab at SDSU - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/05e42da2-adae-4124-abe6-2877551a3064/Inbox+IMG+2286.jpg News - February 29, 2024 - The first Green Lab at SDSU - Make it stand out The Luallen Lab is the first green lab on the SDSU campus! For more info, see: https://sustainable.sdsu.edu/get_involved/green_labs https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/12/27/december-15-2023-happy-holidays monthly 0.5 2023-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/4850e940-82f9-4477-9677-82e8a5717b50/IMG_2237.jpg News - December 15, 2023 - Happy Holidays - Make it stand out Merry Worm Xmas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b53bf5e6-3fb6-47fc-af1e-b30181296202/IMG_0532.jpg News - December 15, 2023 - Happy Holidays - Make it stand out Luallen Lab photo - post Holiday party https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/12/1/november-28-2023-students-from-high-tech-high-mesa-go-sampling-with-the-lab-more-photos monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/90d45660-3fc2-4025-8353-c9bda80152c3/IMG_2224.jpg News - November 28, 2023 - Students from High Tech High Mesa go sampling with the lab - More Photos - Make it stand out Students learn some C. elegans basics, like dauers, bagging, nictation, dumpys, rollers, and uncs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/9d71ab89-e101-4223-a89d-d6c16f2e4420/IMG_2225.jpg News - November 28, 2023 - Students from High Tech High Mesa go sampling with the lab - More Photos - Make it stand out Students learn about some of the cool bacteria we’ve found in wild nematodes https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/12/1/november-28-2023-student-from-high-tech-high-mesa-go-sampling-with-the-lab monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/0db0d12c-661f-47ee-9e5f-8adf776acffa/PXL_20231128_230312211.jpg News - November 28, 2023 - Students from High Tech High Mesa go sampling with the lab - Make it stand out Group photo at the end of the visit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/891e4b19-7e6d-452a-bbe8-00ea7fc2123e/PXL_20231128_180307005.jpg News - November 28, 2023 - Students from High Tech High Mesa go sampling with the lab - Make it stand out Sampling rotten pomegranates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/3d7616bb-524f-4c24-bdb6-7c2a0137697d/PXL_20231128_215644327.MP.jpg News - November 28, 2023 - Students from High Tech High Mesa go sampling with the lab - Make it stand out Plating samples to lure the nematodes out for capture https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/11/10/november-7-2023-more-sampling-with-the-host-bacteria-workshop-students monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/ed504492-b60d-4529-ac7c-0689c96121af/IMG_2208.jpg News - November 7, 2023 - More sampling with the Host-Bacteria Workshop students - Make it stand out Our second round of sampling. We found some weird pathogens from round 1, including a bacteria that may cause male worm heads to fall off. Workshop students are Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes, Milan Abdalla, Aysha Walker, and Francis Sarmiento (left to right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/f17054e7-3eaa-47fc-8a73-f540e0950542/IMG_3091.jpg News - November 7, 2023 - More sampling with the Host-Bacteria Workshop students - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/11/10/october-10-2023-sampling-with-the-host-bacteria-interactions-workshop-and-new-lab-members monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/bb6bbea5-30ee-41c7-9a12-9b0a56a9cd94/IMG_2191.jpg News - October 10, 2023 - Sampling with the Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop and new lab members - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/9807a950-72ea-4b8c-ba6b-5ceaafea0764/IMG_3023.jpg News - October 10, 2023 - Sampling with the Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop and new lab members - Make it stand out Nancy Leon-Rivera and Anupama Singh sampling some rotten spotted leopard plant stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/a5d6a14e-a366-4f4b-b403-1cb4b3764799/IMG_2210.jpg News - October 10, 2023 - Sampling with the Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop and new lab members - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/7/10/june-28-2023-goodbye-scotland monthly 0.5 2023-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/9eca7777-2fa7-4bc1-bff5-1d6b940ce17e/DSC_5056-20230628.jpg News - June 28, 2023 Goodbye Scotland - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/7/10/june-28-2023-congrats-to-dalaena-for-winning-a-poster-award monthly 0.5 2023-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/a4d90359-b5ca-49d6-9903-78b9ea05e529/IMG-1912.jpg News - June 28, 2023 Congrats to Dalaena for winning a poster award! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/7b98832f-cbc2-4cbb-81a0-17c98d63433f/IMG_5427.jpg News - June 28, 2023 Congrats to Dalaena for winning a poster award! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/7/10/june-27-2023-lunch-with-the-lab-in-glasgow monthly 0.5 2023-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/7c205b4c-0db9-43e3-b7dc-d2fa3893fe72/Image+from+iOS.jpg News - June 27, 2023 Lunch with the lab in Glasgow - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b581753d-d3c3-4bdf-8e70-5a3554113954/IMG_2087.jpg News - June 27, 2023 Lunch with the lab in Glasgow - Make it stand out And this is them drinking after the poster session the night before. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/7/10/june-24-2023-weve-arrived-in-glasgow-for-the-international-c-elegans-meeting monthly 0.5 2023-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/c2c390f4-6668-403d-80a5-118ec5cfb0e6/IMG_7607.jpg News - June 24, 2023 We've arrived in Glasgow for the International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/9a623093-2f8b-4d5f-bc35-685b59ef1a09/IMG_2258.jpg News - June 24, 2023 We've arrived in Glasgow for the International C. elegans Meeting - Make it stand out Jonathan Saunder’s worm art piece Nessie Sighting best encapsulates a bunch of C. elegans researchers coming to Scotland. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/5/18/may-10-2023-congratulations-to-our-graduating-undergrads-1 monthly 0.5 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/da31138b-356a-466c-a62c-aa5703e0303a/IMG_7221.jpg News - May 10, 2023 Congratulations to our graduating undergrads! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/2688ae92-afdb-4b9d-a249-2796c28185bf/IMG_7237.jpg News - May 10, 2023 Congratulations to our graduating undergrads! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/17/march-16-2023-bowling-with-the-house-lab monthly 0.5 2023-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/5b24ed4d-8713-48e8-9e78-49b8c1269641/IMG_7097.jpg News - March 16, 2023 Bowling with the House Lab - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/14/march-14-2023-we-found-some-phage monthly 0.5 2023-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/b717bfb5-8306-4dd5-9f89-103f56dfc226/IMG_3853.jpg News - March 14, 2023 We found some phage! - Make it stand out Two plaques seen on a lawn of bacteria isolated from the C. elegans microbiome. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/9/march-9-2023-phage-hunting monthly 0.5 2023-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/04b047c9-9cac-40c7-bfe6-1d25e3f3f104/IMG-1725.jpg News - March 9, 2023 Phage Hunting - Make it stand out Hamza, Johann, Serena, Dalaena, and Beatrice hunting for phage that infection C. elegans microbiome bacteria around the SDSU campus. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/5/march-1-2023-presenting-undergrad-research-at-high-tech-high-mesa monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/8acaef97-dd10-4f0e-99c1-d9fc2539cbd7/IMG-1713.jpg News - March 1, 2023 Presenting Undergrad Research at High Tech High Mesa - Make it stand out Venus, Aaliyah, and Amanda (left to right) standing in front of a mural in the high school lounge area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/487702d8-fd03-47a4-a228-93bc44363de4/IMG-1709.jpg News - March 1, 2023 Presenting Undergrad Research at High Tech High Mesa - Make it stand out Emily, Serena, Amanda, Venus, and Aaliyah waiting before their first presentation of the day. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/3/march-3-2023-student-presentations-at-the-sdsu-research-symposium-continued monthly 0.5 2023-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/4b2c8ae2-0572-481b-962b-8dcd26caf331/IMG_6260.jpg News - March 3, 2023 - Student Presentations at the SDSU Research Symposium (continued) - Make it stand out Senior Makaela Levine presents her work on type secretion systems required for intracellular bacterial infection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/d1203f23-8c38-4bf5-962a-314ac69fef7e/IMG_6251.jpg News - March 3, 2023 - Student Presentations at the SDSU Research Symposium (continued) - Make it stand out Senior Sandra Lee presents her work on using bulk sergeant analysis to map resistance to intracellular bacterial infection. https://luallenlab.org/news/2023/3/3/march-3-2023-student-presentations-at-the-sdsu-research-symposium monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/4abb1cd3-2206-496d-88dc-a4ac71d2b3ed/IMG_6258.jpg News - March 3, 2023 - Student Presentations at the SDSU Research Symposium - Make it stand out MS student Ila Peeler presents her metabolic modeling of bacterial filamentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/8bb4356f-1340-4ff8-91c6-06343c6f67b3/IMG_6256.jpg News - March 3, 2023 - Student Presentations at the SDSU Research Symposium - Make it stand out Senior Kayla Poirier presents her work showing commensal microbiome bacteria growth and adherence in the gut of C. elegans. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/11/2/november-2-2022-sampling-for-worms monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/af09a362-ac65-4983-9255-127aefc4de0a/IMG-1525.jpg News - November 2, 2022 - Sampling for worms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/10/19/october-17-2022-sampling-for-wild-worms-with-a-new-undergraduate-host-bacteria-interactions-workshop monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/ef252651-989d-4875-9bd5-077930b0f946/IMG-1480.jpg News - October 17, 2022 - Sampling for wild worms with a new undergraduate Host-Bacteria Interactions Workshop - Make it stand out Our first round of sampling. It recently rained in SD, so we got a lot of maggots in these samples! Students are Venus Ghani, Amanda Haio, and Aaliyah Ringor (left to right). https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/8/18/august-17-2022-jove-protocol-shoot-2 monthly 0.5 2022-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/bc80d835-d89b-43e5-a2cb-8e8fca3a0fdd/IMG-1273.jpg News - August 17, 2022 - JOVE Protocol shoot #2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/8/12/august-11-2022-nih-mira-grant-celebration monthly 0.5 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/c406727f-df8a-43f2-bb23-4c95d8f88d31/IMG-1253.jpg News - August 11, 2022 - NIH MIRA Grant Celebration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/7/16/july-15-2022-the-luallen-lab-presents-at-the-c-elegans-maps-conference-in-madison monthly 0.5 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/128ac992-f094-49a1-bd8c-8a909d3a0664/IMG_1199.jpg News - July 15, 2022 - The Luallen Lab presents at the C. elegans MAPS conference in Madison. - Make it stand out Tuan presenting his work on B. atropi filamentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/bf0483f1-b390-460e-a4da-e10592132fab/IMG_1202.jpg News - July 15, 2022 - The Luallen Lab presents at the C. elegans MAPS conference in Madison. - Make it stand out Dalaena presenting her discovery of host factors required for microbiome adherence in the C. elegans gut. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/7/13/may-2022-emily-morgan-graduates monthly 0.5 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/28fe87ab-0b92-4b6a-b665-91e9ab71a90f/Image+from+iOS+%281%29.jpg News - May 2022 - Emily Morgan graduates! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/69eebd9f-95c6-4951-a218-06e29dee4692/Image+from+iOS.jpg News - May 2022 - Emily Morgan graduates! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/3/21/march-19-2022-nsf-career-grant-celebration monthly 0.5 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/9a1f2787-ea9d-4a78-965a-4f5d183cf01a/IMG_1049.jpg News - March 19, 2022 - NSF CAREER Grant Celebration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/3/10/march-4-2022-emily-morgan-gives-a-talk-at-srs monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/10c7cdd1-54d6-4a9f-99c4-8c2110b5333e/IMG_1037.jpg News - March 4, 2022 - Emily Morgan gives a talk at SRS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/2/7/february-2022-our-debut-mechanistic-paper-is-published monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/c2bb356e-3ef8-4e48-9d1a-6fb8ecf6a74e/IMG_0962.jpg News - February 2022 - Our debut mechanistic paper is published - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/2/7/december-15-2021-going-away-dinner-for-munira monthly 0.5 2022-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/cdb7b768-8102-4237-aa0e-5c6b22c7fb07/Image+from+iOS+%281%29.jpg News - December 15, 2021 - Going away dinner for Munira - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2022/2/7/october-2021-jove-shoots-a-protocol-video-in-the-lab monthly 0.5 2022-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/ea107410-ec00-415a-8aab-aaa06c591e5a/IMG_0919.jpg News - October 2021 - JOVE shoots a protocol video in the lab - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://luallenlab.org/news/2021/8/24/sampling-august-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/1629853084704-YYTLBIP2NGR6KMAURM1O/IMG_0873.jpg News - Sampling August 2021 - Make it stand out Sampling rotten leopard plant stems, Farfugium japonicum. We found both Pristionchus and C. elegans here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/1629853317443-ED81X7GRLO2SGPJ147EN/IMG_0877.jpg News - Sampling August 2021 - Make it stand out Sample processing https://luallenlab.org/news/2020/2/8/filtering-rotten-apple-sauce monthly 0.5 2020-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b04ca192487fdf84fd64d20/1581185271563-DILX2OHYE0O3C0DH2V1O/IMG_0570.jpg News - Filtering rotten apple sauce We can’t get one of our microbiome bacterial strains to grow in vitro, so we’re trying to make media out of rotten apple sauce. If this doesn’t work, on to rotten bananas. BTW the only reason they’re all smiling is because they know I’m taking a picture. 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