Olivia Schakel

Microbiology grad student at IU, McKinlay Lab. Interested in how spatial structure affects gene loss in microbial communities.

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

So happy to have successfully defended my dissertation on Friday. I loved working on this project, and I am so grateful I got to present my work to such a supportive department. Read more about it here!
https://t.co/3WEMfQsIbF

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

First First-Author Paper Alert! Thrilled to share our work on R. palustris & V. natriegens! Loss-of-function nitrogenase mutants thrive when separated from their competitive ancestor-showing how microbial interactions can shape biodiversity!
https://t.co/tWXjtiZ1dK

[MGSA at IU 🦠 @MGSA_IU]

Join us this afternoon for a spooky fun Microphiles with Olivia Sheff from the McKinlay lab!

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

When R. pal meets E. coli... the rest is history.
Expanding from discovery to characterization of unexpected Adenine cross-feeding. Great Story!
https://t.co/FBb2HKNNo8

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

Don’t worry mom, I’m having a blast at science camp! Loved my first GRC Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Instead of science pictures please enjoy beautiful mushroom (and 1 non-mushroom) pics.

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

Had so much fun hosting a Holland Summer Science student this week, a program where high school students join our lab for a week!

[MGSA at IU 🦠 @MGSA_IU]

Congratulations to @logan_j_geyman for being awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program and Holly and @chaseabiologist for honorable mentions! We are so proud of you all and excited to see what you do!

[MGSA at IU 🦠 @MGSA_IU]

We started to get into the holiday spirit with our door decorating contest! All our entries incorporated the lab's research and it was a tough competition. We are pleased to share the @hardy_lab won this year with the 12 days of alphavirus!!

[MGSA at IU 🦠 @MGSA_IU]

We're so proud of PhD candidate Brittany Herrin and undergraduate student Ceilidh Christie!

[Indiana University Research @IUImpact]

In today's Research Impact newsletter, read how IU Research is enhancing support for researchers, @KelleyIndy researchers are helping companies be more competitive, an @IUBiology undergrad is studying bacteria commonly found on honeybees, and more. ⤵️

https://t.co/A40Gag5Nnd

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

Had so much fun at GEMS this week! Great science in a beautiful forest!

[McKinlay Lab @mckinlab]

Congrats to grad student @brherrin who was awarded research funding from the Indiana Space Grant Consortium!! @grant_space

[McKinlay Lab @mckinlab]

Thanks @LizScurious and @asanchez_lab for @JakeMcKinlay's opportunity to present on recipient-driven cross-feeding and evolutionary influences of public adenine at #ISME18. Many lab members and collaborators contributed data to this talk.

[Olivia Schakel @sheff_olivia]

First tweet, First talk, First in-person conference! Had a great time talking about how spatial structure stabilizes our model cross-feeding community!Thank you #ISME18 and @mckinlab

[McKinlay Lab @mckinlab]

Grad student Ella Chuang talks about her work on adenine cross-feeding. Thanks to @Biolluminator for the photo. We are all excited for her back in Bloomington. Ella is one of MANY @IUBiology students presenting their excellent work at #Phages2022.

[Hannah Hughes @katyq42]

My 1st first-author paper is officially published!
This story started with a cool observation under the microscope (cells detaching in a wave!), and ended up characterizing an entire regulatory pathway inducing MSHA pilus retraction.
Check it out!
https://t.co/jcWd8QwH0D

[Irene Newton @chicaScientific]

Are you a recent B.S. or B.A. graduate looking for a research opportunity? How about a post-bac year?Contact me and we can host you to learn about research on insects and their amazing microbes! https://t.co/32ocGQzNP3