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We believe microbes are fundamental to animal biology.
To discover new ways that microbes influence animals, we study laboratory-based interactions between bacteria and their host. We found that microbes have evolved complex mechanisms of stimulating normal animal development. |
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LAB NEWS
June 2021 Check out the news article about undergraduate Sama Michael's head start to Microbiology at SDSU!
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March 2021 Dr. Shikuma is invited for 3 talks at 3 Universities, including Vanderbilt University. Check out the talk recording here.
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August 2020 Amanda's first, first-author publication is in press at Environmental Microbiology! We reveal a hidden complexity of interactions between a single bacterial species, the factors it produces and two species of animal larvae.
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July 2020 We discovered that genes encoding a distinct Contractile Injection System is present within a majority of healthy human microbiomes. Our new paper is in press at mSystems! Check it out!
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June 2020 Undergraduate, Milagros Esmerode, starts a PhD program at UCSB in the Fall! Go Mimi!
September 2020 Our new review on bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis in Annual Review of Microbiology is in press!
September 2020 Our new review on bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis in Annual Review of Microbiology is in press!
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April 2020 Dr. Shikuma receives a prestigious NSF CAREER Award! Here's the news story. |
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September 2019 Check out our new paper in eLife! We discovered the first protein from bacteria that stimulates animal metamorphosis!
July 2019 We discovered that bacteria produce tiny syringe-like structures that inject a toxin into animal cells, opening the possibility for using them as novel drug delivery systems. Now in CellReports!
July 2019 We discovered that bacteria produce tiny syringe-like structures that inject a toxin into animal cells, opening the possibility for using them as novel drug delivery systems. Now in CellReports!
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