Melissa Kardish

Position Title

PhD Student

Unit

Evolution and Ecology

mrkardish@ucdavis.edu

Seagrass microbiomes, microbial ecology, marine ecology, community assembly

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Graduate Student Nick Jensen Awarded The Danone North America Fellowship Grant

Nick Jensen is a graduate student in the Microbiology Graduate Group working in the laboratory of Professor David Mills. Nick’s research focuses on the genomic and ecological basis of carbohydrate metabolism in beneficial microbes such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.

Microbiome Spotlight

Disease-Causing Nibbling Amoeba Hides by Displaying Proteins From Host Cells

By Andy Fell

A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting off pieces of host cells and putting their proteins on its own surface, according to a study by microbiologists at the University of California, Davis.

Human & Animal Health

Mice Reproducibility Crisis May Be Linked To Microbiota

Professor Andreas Baumler was featured in an article by Emma Yasinski at The Scientist regarding his team's recently published evidence that at least in some mouse studies, the problem of reproducibility may come down to the bacteria in the model’s gut.

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Science & Technology

Coral Bleaching and Marine Probiotics: Raquel Peixoto, Ph.D.

Raquel Peixoto, Ph.D.

Dr. Raquel Peixoto is a visiting associate professor from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a research associate from the Rio de Janeiro Marine Aquarium (AquaRio) in Brazil. She also coordinates the Beneficial Microorganisms of Marine Organisms (BMMO) Network, together with Dr. Michael Sweet (University of Derby), which seeks to unify and facilitate studies on the manipulation of the microbiome associated with marine organisms. Dr. Peixoto is collaborating with Dr.

Microbiome Spotlight

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Melissa Kardish

Position Title

PhD Student

Unit

Evolution and Ecology

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Graduate Student Nick Jensen Awarded The Danone North America Fellowship Grant

Disease-Causing Nibbling Amoeba Hides by Displaying Proteins From Host Cells

Mice Reproducibility Crisis May Be Linked To Microbiota

Coral Bleaching and Marine Probiotics: Raquel Peixoto, Ph.D.

Melissa Kardish

Position Title PhD Student

Unit Evolution and Ecology

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Position Title

PhD Student

Unit

Evolution and Ecology