LuxArt glowing
LuxArt glowing
Mark during seminar
Mark during seminar
@markowenmartin.bsky.social joined us in Happy Valley for two days of interdisciplinary exchange: LuxArt, using bioluminescent bacteria to create glowing living art, and a seminar on microbial philosophy exploring how we understand microbial life and systems!
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Huge congrats to our grad students 🎉
Christine Ta earned the Harold F. Martin Outstanding Teaching Award for her impact on inclusive, engaging learning.
Luana Bresciani received the Victoria Braithwaite Research Excellence Award for best ecology paper.
A simple vineyard practice can have big underground impacts.
Hayden Bock, Suzanne Fleishman, and team found that planting groundcover under vines shifts the soil microbiome—even deep below the surface, beyond root zones.
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🌱 Liana Burghardt’s team received a $1.96M NIH grant to study how beneficial plant–bacteria partnerships form and persist, and how they support plant growth and ecosystem health.
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We joined Bring Our Children to Work Day at Penn State with a hands-on “pipette art” activity. Using real lab tools, participants explored the precision behind science while getting creative.
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#OneHealth #STEM #ScienceEducation
Big news🎉
State College—home to Penn State University—is the #1 Best College Town (USA TODAY 2026 10Best).
Here’s to the people, partnerships & the One Health Microbiome Center that make Happy Valley thrive!
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Had a great time visiting the @psumbiome.bsky.social. I had the opportunity to share the work of Phage Foundry (phagefoundry.org) and explore a range of exciting potential collaborations in the microbiome space, including ongoing phage work with my friend Edward Dudley
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@symbionticism.bsky.social
Such an honor to be invited to Penn State to share my many #MicrobialEnthusiasm. Short trip (tomorrow-Friday), but a #LuxArt session and seminar to present, and people with whom to share #OMG and #WTM. I am grateful to @symbionticism.bsky.social and the @psumbiome.bsky.social for the invitation.
We are proud to recognize member Scott Medina, a recipient of Penn State’s 2026 Excellence in Advising Award.
His One Health–driven, personalized advising empowers students to succeed.
Congrats, Scott! 🎉
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🚨 Our 2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium is AT CAPACITY!
Missed it? Join the waitlist: gdeitzler@psu.edu
A special thanks to all of our sponsors for making it possible! #OneHealth #Microbiome
QIAcuity One
QIAGEN box with members behind
QIAGEN member Will during his talk
QIAGEN member Daniel during his talk
We welcomed QIAGEN to the One Health Microbiome Center for a Digital PCR Demo Day and Tech Talk, highlighting the QIAcuity platform and its applications.
We appreciate their continued partnership and support of the One Health Microbiome Symposium!
Just over two weeks left to submit your nominations for this year's Microbiome Medal! See below for more details.
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Happy Thursday! 🦠 Ever wonder what your gut bacteria are “saying” about you?
In under a minute, Mallorie Smith breaks down your microbiome’s messages and how they impact digestion, immunity & wellness—no lab coat needed!
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New from Jasna Kovac and Tyler Chandross-Cohen:
B. cereus IM8 from a Wyoming glacier shows 97.52% ANI with B. cereus sensu stricto (not typically cold-adapted).
High cytotoxicity (Caco-2) + ampicillin resistance.
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It’s St. Patrick’s Day 🍀—but Salmonella Dublin is no lucky charm.
New research from @erika-ganda.bsky.social & Sophia Kenney examines 19 outbreaks in Brazil, finding widespread antimicrobial resistance and links to human strains—highlighting zoonotic risk.
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New research featuring Seogchan Kang & Ananda Bandara 🌱
Their study shows certain Trichoderma fungi can boost tomato growth while reshaping rhizosphere microbial communities and restoring bacterial richness in disturbed soils.
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A new 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 Short has arrived!
Josephine Wee explains whether sourdough bread is good for your microbiome — and how sourdough + yogurt can influence digestibility & gut microbes.
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New from @erika-ganda.bsky.social, Sophia Kenney & colleague:
26 high-quality Salmonella Dublin genomes from U.S. dairy cattle to improve surveillance and outbreak response.
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A new 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 YouTube Short is here!
Vishal Singh explains: What are dietary fibers?🥦
In under 60 seconds, learn how dietary fibers help support the microbes living in your gut.
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New featuring Corien Bakermans:
Tardigrades (“water bears”) are helping scientists study how life might interact with simulated Martian soils — with implications for future space exploration.
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Check out this Q&A with Carolee Bull, @hockettlab.bsky.social, Alex Vompe, & Mozhde Hamidizade:
Microbiome science is reshaping agriculture — improving crop health and resilience while reducing synthetic inputs. Field-ready solutions will take continued collaboration.
Recently from Livleen Kaur & @hockettlab.bsky.social:🌱
A new Perspective on phyllosphere microbiome transplantation as a tool for sustainable plant disease management. They outline direct and iterative approaches to build disease-suppressive leaf microbiomes, and key challenges ahead.
New from Joseph C-Y Wang and Kathleen Culhane:
This paper introduces a streamlined method to purify HBV capsids and assess their phosphorylation states, supporting deeper mechanistic studies of HBV biology.
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