Decline of World's Coral Reefs
Dr. Rebecca Vega-Thurber
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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Salmon parasite Henneguya salminicola
Dr. Kimberly Halsey, Microbiologist
Testing probiotics for honeybees
Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego
A parasitic bacterium saps energy from corals
Endangered Fish
Cindy Fisher, keeping watch over labs during shutdown
May 21, 2020: Saving Atlantis, a feature documentary produced by OSU filmmakers tracks coral microbiologist Rebecca Vega Thurber and other OSU researchers, uncovering the causes and seeking solutions for the global decline of coral reef ecosystems, is now streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Saving Atlantis. Coral reefs cover only 0.1 percent of the Earth’s surface, but they’re home to 25 percent of all marine species, and they’re being lost at an alarming rate. Pollution, overfishing and[...]
May 20, 2020: BHS student Mikayla Pivec led the Oregon State Women's basketball team to another phenomenol season while holding the highest GPA on the team and completing her degree in BioHealth Science. She has received many athletic awards as well as being a SURE Science recipient. Congratulations Mikayla! Read Full Article
Nash’s ‘Radar O’Reilly’: Longtime building manager keeps watch over labs during campus shutdown
Cindy Fisher, building manager at Nash Hall -- Years at OSU: 39 --City of residence: Corvallis: In Nash Hall, the Department of Microbiology has 30 labs spread over three floors. Decades’ worth of samples and specimens are housed in dozens of minus-80 degree C freezers throughout the building. In some cases, researchers’ entire careers depend on those frozen cultures. If a freezer suddenly malfunctioned, all would[...]
As part of the Earth Day celebrations Dr. James Fox, Microbiology, teamed up with Ivona Cetinić (NASA Goddard) to discuss the marine carbon cycle, phytoplankton, satellites and more. Dr. Fox introduced an outreach activity developed as part of his OMSI Science Communication Fellowship.
Sebastian Singleton, a first-year Ph.D. student in the Microbiology Department, has been awarded a fellowship in the OSU-PNNL Distinguished Graduate Research Program. Seb’s project, titled "Dining on plastic refuse: Uncovering mechanisms behind microbial degradation of plastics in municipal solid waste environments" aims to culture and identify plastic colonizing microbiota from terrestrial environments, and study their biochemical interactions with plastics with advanced systems biology technology that is available at PNNL. Working with OSU advisors Giovannoni and Sharpton, and co-advisor Rob Egbert from the[...]
April 1, 2020: The Department of Microbiology has donated masks, gloves, and gowns to local hospitals in need of PPE for COVID-19 protection for health care workers.
April 2, 2020: A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic revealed cells smaller than what scientists expected, meaning commonly used carbon sequestration models may be over-optimistic. The OSU research into the microscopic algae, part of NASA’s North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study, was published today in the International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal. The findings are significant because the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic “is probably the largest biological[...]
April 1 2020: Dr. Andrew Thurber: An exhibit that was presented at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, "Deep Sea and Me" communicated the diversity of habitats (such as this methane seep) and societal benefits that Oregonians get from the Deep Sea. Photo courtesy of Ocean Exploraton Trust. The Deep Sea and Me: Using a Science Center Exhibit to Promote Lasting Public Literacy and Elucidate Public Perception of the Deep Sea
April 1, 2020: Grace Deitzler was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and will investigate host-environment-microbiota interactions in honey bees. She has been working with Dr. David and Dr. Sagili of the Honey Bee Lab characterizing the honey bee microbiome. She will continue that work as well as the gut-brain axis research with Dr. David. She is also involved with Seminarium to broaden connections between art and science.
February 2020: A group of researchers, including Dr. Jerri Bartholomew and Dr. Stephen Atkinson from OSU, have discovered that a common salmon parasite in the PNW has lost its mitochondrial genome and cannot use oxygen directly. READ FURTHER
February 14, 2020. The COS Awards ceremony presented Alex Beck, BHS Advisor, the 2020 Olaf Boedtker Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. There was a large field of candidates for this award and the nominations come from students so it is quite an honor to be the recipient. Congratulations Alex!
Researchers at Oregon State University have proposed a new genus of bacteria that flourishes when coral reefs become polluted, siphoning energy from the corals and making them more susceptible to disease. The NSF-funded study is published in the ISME Journal (Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov.,sp. nov) and adds fresh insight to the fight to save the Earth's[...]
OSU microbiologist, Dr. Maude David, is part of a 1.94 million grant to look for possible connections between the human microbiome and autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. The study will include Stanford University School of Medicine and Second Genome. Additional Information
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