With this award, Conrad joins the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) cohort at the College of Biological Sciences. Congratulations Conrad! Looking forward to all your exciting discoveries in the lab over summer.
Author: Johan Leveau
Tyler submitted his doctoral thesis!
Congratulations to Tyler for completing his dissertation and for soon starting a postdoc position with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in their Complex Microbial Systems Group. Tyler’s exit seminar is scheduled for Friday, April 19 at 1 PM via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/TylerLairdExit-Seminar.
Aly passed her Qualifying Exam!
That was on November 8, 2023. Congratulations Aly!
Mira passed her Qualifying Exam!
That was on October 5, 2023. Congratulations Mira!
Former student Peter Henry wins Schroth Faces of the Future award at the 2023 APS meeting
Congratulations Peter, well deserved!
Lab alumn and Davis High School student Darren Wong accepted into UC San Diego
Congratulations Darren, good luck, and go Tritons.
Welcome baby Violet!
Congratulations to lab alumn Isaac Greenhut and his family on the birth of baby Violet! Lab Leveau wishes Violet and her proud parents and sister every bit of happiness together.
Best presentation award for Neptali!
Neptali Flores, who spent his summer in Lab Leveau on a National Summer Undergraduate Research Project, won an award for Best Presentation by NSURP. Congratulations Neptali! The winning presentation, a narrated powerpoint slide show entitled ‘A Study of IAA-Catabolizing Bacteria’, will be posted on the NSURP website (https://nsurp.org).
Flynn Picardal 1950-2020
Saddened by the news that Flynn Picardal passed away earlier this month. I have fond memories of sharing lab time with him back in the days at the EAWAG. Wherever Flynn is now, I hope they let him bring his guitar.
Collimonas goes to Sacramento!
Research performed in Lab Leveau was the basis for new legislature enabling commercialization of discoveries from CA state parks.
Senate Bill SB 442 passed both legislative chambers with overwhelming support. See the press release here. The “UC Davis plant professor” is Dr. Johan Leveau, the “discovered bacteria” belong to the strain Collimonas arenae Cal35, the “park” is Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, the “tomato-killing disease” is Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, and the “potential to fight” this disease is the topic of this recent publication by the Leveau lab.
Here is the UC Davis press release, following the signing of the law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 2nd, 2019.