2023

2022

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• Ph.D. candidate, Laurie Spencer, presented her work on Bison microbiome at the departmental Fusion seminar. Dec

• Ph.D. student Ritesh Ray presents a poster on UPEC Biofilms at MMPC in Madison, WI. October

• Paula Luengo Carretero graduates with her B.S.! July

• Lab members present at the virtual ASM Microbe conference. June.

  • Laurie Spencer presented a poster on enteric parasites in Bison​

  • Adam Nuccio presented a poster on gut-brain axis work.

  • Gary van Breda was unable to present his work on the accepted abstract on STEC biofilms.

• Undergraduate student, Halee Tyszka, was awarded the Gladys M. Gunther Scholarship for Women in Science and Research from CLAS, NIU! May

• Undergraduate students were awarded Funding for their proposals to Student Engagement Funds, NIU! May

  • Halee Tyszka for research work on enteric parasites during Summer and Fall

  • Paula Luengo Carretero for work on Salmonella detection during the Summer

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, passed the candidacy exam! April

• Undergraduate student, Halee Tyzska presented a poster on the identification of enteric parasites in Livestock. NIU CURE symposium. April.

• Lab members present at the virtual Nachusa Science Symposium. April.

  • Dr. Singh presented a talk on Bison intestinal microbiome

  • Laurie Spencer presented a talk on the prevalence of enteric parasites​ in Bison

  • Ritesh Ray presented a poster on STEC prevalence in Bison.

• Lab members present at the Department of Biological Sciences Phi Sigma Research Symposium. April.

  • Laurie Spencer presented a poster on Bison enteric parasites​

  • Ritesh Ray presented a poster on STEC prevalence in Bison.

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, received the NIU Outstanding Graduate student award. March

• Dr. Singh received the NIU Research and Artistry funding from the  Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships, to continue work on Bison gut microbiome. March

• Ph.D. student, Adam Nuccio, received the Department of Biological Sciences, Elwood and Ruth Briles award for his work on gut-brain axis. February 

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, received the Friends of Nachusa grant funding, to continue research work on Bison enteric Parasites. January

• Dr. Singh received the Student Engagement Fund from NIU. These funds will support enteric parasite work by undergraduate student, Halee Tyszka. January

2021

• Dr. Singh was awarded the Department of Biological Sciences Jerrold and Carol Zar Faculty Research Excellence award. December

• Lab members present at the ASM Microbe 2021 conference. June       

  • Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, presented a poster on her work on Enteric Parasites in Wild Bison

  • Ph.D. student, Adam Nuccio, presented a poster on his work on Metabolome Variation in Blood and Feces as Indicator of Social Stress in Female Prairie Voles.

• Undergraduate student, Chloe` Harvey, graduates. She will continue in the lab as Research Assistant. May

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, received the Department of Biological Science Dennis Larsen award. May

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, presented a poster on her work on Survey of Enteric Parasites in Wild Bison at the virtual Nachusa Science Symposium. April

• Undergraduate students present their work at the virtual NIU CURE. April

  •  Chloe` Harvey, presented a poster on Metabolic Characterization of Bison Intestinal Microbial Community

  • Tina Sison, presented a poster on Molecular Detection of Direct Fed Microbial Bacillus species.

• Dr. Singh received the Research and Artistry funding from the  Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships at NIU. March

• Dr. Singh received the Friends of Nachusa grant funding. January

• Ph.D. student, Laurie Spencer, received the Friends of Nachusa grant funding. January

2020