kellymicroecolab

Updates for John Kelly's Microbial Ecology Lab at Loyola University Chicago

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John has been appointed chairperson of the Department of Biology at Loyola University Chicago

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Former Kelly Lab member Elizabeth Berg @bizzy_berg received a belated award for Best Oral Presentation at the 2021 Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting. Congratulations Bizzy!

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Congrats Bizzy Berg @bizzy_berg for winning Best Oral Presentation (Applied Research)

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John gave a talk linking pharmaceuticals, microplastics and microbes at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting #JASM22 in Grand Rapids, MI

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The Kelly Lab published a new paper on biofilm assemblage and activity on plastics in urban streams in collaboration with @HoelleinH2Olab @AnnaVincentMS and @AditChaudhary8 https://t.co/0Jjb7arop8

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John gave an invited presentation on "Microbial Interactions with Microplastics in Freshwater Environments" for the Program on Plastics, Ecosystems, and Public Health @ISENatNU

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Viktorio Tzarevski has joined the Kelly Lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome to the team Viktorio!

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John presented a talk on Microbial Colonization of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment at #WEFTEC21

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Kelly Lab member Elizabeth Berg @bizzy_berg did an amazing job with her MS Thesis Defense today! Congratulations Bizzy!

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Kelly Lab student Elizabeth Berg @bizzy_berg presented a talk on the impacts of storm events on microplastic concentrations in an urban river at the #2021SFS meeting.

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Kelly Lab student Karl Gaisser @Karl_D_Gaisser presented a poster on the effects of an antimicrobial compound on microbial colonization of microplastic fibers at the #2021SFS meeting.

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John @johnkellymicro gave a talk on the effects of wastewater associated contaminants on benthic microbial communities at the #2021SFS meeting. You can find the talk here https://t.co/ovQM4uhxM1

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John @johnkellymicro gave a presentation on the effects of wastewater treatment on microbial colonization of microplastics at the 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference https://t.co/PLcewivFk1

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Kelly Lab student Karl Gaisser @Karl_D_Gaisser gave a lightning talk on his research on microplastics, triclosan, and microbes at the 2021 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference https://t.co/PLcewivFk1

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Former Kelly Lab undergrad Sana Iqbal will be begin pursuing her PhD in fall 2021 through the Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences at Loyola University Chicago. Congratulations Sana!!!!!!!

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Former Kelly Lab undergrad Kelli Rogers has been accepted into medical school at Midwestern University. Congratulations Kelli!!!!!!!

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Former Kelly Lab undergrad Maggie Sladek was accepted into the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at the at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Congratulations Maggie!!!!!!!

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The Kelly Lab published a new paper in @PLOSONE in collaboration with @HoelleinH2Olab and @A_R_McCormick reporting that passage of microplastic through wastewater treatment plants alters the microbial assemblages on the surfaces of the plastic particles

https://t.co/24i9ENOF4Z

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The Kelly Lab hosted Dr. Trinity Hamilton @trinity_lh from the University of Minnesota for a seminar on Pink Snow and the Geomicrobiology of Mid-latitude Glaciers.

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Kelly Lab member Ben Lorentz @lorentzben1 successfully defended his M.S. thesis yesterday! Great job Ben!

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The Kelly Lab published a new paper in @FreshwaterSci in collaboration with @HoelleinH2Olab showing that microplastic selects for highly similar microbiomes when seeded with microbial communities from distinct rivers

https://t.co/1mWLM0Fwl1