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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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   This page is still under construction.  But here are some of my students.  Maybe I can get them to write in their current whereabouts.  They tend to forget when they become successful.

 

  
 

  picture of Hana and PatrickHana and Patrick are posing here but they really do clone fungal DNA found within the roots of several species of plants, though the picture makes it look like they are in a disco.

rachel wardRachel likes to disco, but only in the soccer field.  She has characterized the spatial variation of fungal endophytes in several species of grasses.   Doug in the desertI don't know if Doug likes to disco, but he enjoys traveling (this picture shows him in NM) & art history.  He is interested in biogeographic distributions of fungal endophytes.   
 

 Niba Nchutu and Melvin Omodon assessed fungal growth on recycled cellulose insulation treated with sodium polyborate. Melvin is currently in the medical school and Case Western University.

 Maureen Gillis updated a Java-based program that will identify different species of yeasts based on morphological and physiological traits.  If you are interested in the program, please let me know. Molly and Emily standing in front of their poster.  They worked on trying to develop a media for the selective growth of Cryptococcus (an opportunistic fungal pathogen).  Molly is currently in dental school at the University of Iowa.

 Kim Kennett characterized the microbial community of fly larvae (yup, maggots).  She is currently in graduate school at the University of Texas, Houston.

 This is Lauren Gossett and Megan Harney in front of the poster they've created (its for sale!!) . . . They are both Photoshop princesses.  Megan is currently in a Psychology graduate program at the University of Iowa. Andrea Kahler was my graduate student from Urbandale, IA.  She worked on a collaborative project with Pioneer, Inc., attempting test how well lactic acid bacteria bind fungal toxins, like aflatoxin.  She also isolated a few species from kangaroo rat den food stores that bind aflatoxin.  She is currently managing a research lab at Wisconsin Medical College near Milwaukee, WI.
 

 Clockwise from Top right:  Kathy, Kira (looking to make sure her eyebrows are combed), Lee Anne, Christina and Bobby (the latter two sleeping) after playing soccer in the desert.  Bobby is currently on medical rotations in St. Louis.  Christina is in law school in at the University of Missouri, Kira is working at Washington University in St. Louis and Lee Anne is married and in Kenya.

 Laura Walters and Becky Rodeen with makeup?!?! must be a photo op.  Last I heard, Laura was in a M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Becky is currently doing some environmental work for the EPA in Washington.. Becky and Amy Wilke faking their smiles.  Amy is currently working for Pioneer Hi-Bred in Iowa.  She earned her master's degree from Iowa State University in Ames after finishing here at Truman. 
 

 Walter Coats, "working" during a May 2000 visit to NM.  Walter is currently attending medical school at the University of Ohio

 Man was this student (Horn E. Toad) was scaly!  He's currently sunning his belly near Socorro, NM Tetrazolium Sarah.  Sarah Hayes is finishing her degree at Truman and is currently attending Kirksville College of Osteopathic medicine.
 

 Caren DeGiacinto and Tina Bishop (just don't make them count, they hate counting!).  Both are attending Southern Illinois University medical school. 

 This is my only southpaw, Sofia Taboada.  She's the only one in my lab that knows how to do a protein assay.  Sofia is currently in attending Northwestern medical school after having finished up her degree here at Truman.  She also speaks Spanish and French . . . wow! This is Andrea "la voz of my lab" Isbell.  She is currently working for Sigma Aldrich as a chemist (of all things!) in St. Louis, MO. 
   

 This guy is my only basketball player, Jason Ward . . . he's really, really tall.  Jason is working for a biochemical company in St. Louis.