SDSU Microbiology junior Kelsey Wick is one of 27 American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellows for 2008. According to ASM this elite honor “recognizes the best and the brightest rising young scientists, whom we recognize will represent the society and themselves to their full potential.”

The $3,500 scholarship includes 10 weeks of summer research, plus $ 1,000 to attend and present at the 2009 ASM annual general meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The title of her research project is: “Examination of potential sources of extracellular DNA in biofilms of Bacillus cereus”

The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 43,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

SDSU Microbiology junior Kelsey Wick is one of 27 American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellows for 2008. According to ASM this elite honor “recognizes the best and the brightest rising young scientists, whom we recognize will represent the society and themselves to their full potential.”

The $3,500 scholarship includes 10 weeks of summer research, plus $ 1,000 to attend and present at the 2009 ASM annual general meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The title of her research project is: “Examination of potential sources of extracellular DNA in biofilms of Bacillus cereus”

The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 43,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

SDSU Microbiology junior Kelsey Wick is one of 27 American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellows for 2008. According to ASM this elite honor “recognizes the best and the brightest rising young scientists, whom we recognize will represent the society and themselves to their full potential.”

The $3,500 scholarship includes 10 weeks of summer research, plus $ 1,000 to attend and present at the 2009 ASM annual general meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The title of her research project is: “Examination of potential sources of extracellular DNA in biofilms of Bacillus cereus”

The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 43,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

Mirela Tulbure, a Ph.D. candidate in the Biological Sciences graduate program working with Professor Carol Johnston, has received a grant from the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) for her proposed research, "Comparative convective ventilation of native and non-native genotypes of Phragmites australis (common reed)." Student Grants-in-Aid are awarded annually on a competitive basis in support of research on wetlands. Ms. Tulbure learned of her award at the 2007 SWS Annual Conference in Sacramento, California, where she gave an oral presentation on "Comparative ecology of native and non-native Phragmites australis (common reed) genotypes." Also giving oral presentations at the conference were Sharon Kahara, a Bio/Micro teaching assistant and graduate student in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ("A spatially explicit model to predict lesser scaup wetland suitability in eastern South Dakota") and Dr. Johnston ("Which plants are most sensitive to anthropogenic stress in Great Lakes coastal wetlands"). Ms. Kahara served as Chair of the session on Wildlife Ecology, and helped design a new logo for the SWS North Central Chapter.