Welcome new postdoc Susannah Halbrook!

Susannah received her PhD degree from Tulane University in November 2024, working in the group of Dr. Emily Farrer. In Lab Leveau, Susannah will be investigating the microbial communities that associate with the rhizosphere of diseased and healthy carrots (Daucus carota). This project is a collaboration with researchers at USDA Salinas.

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).