MicroARCH_lab
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Meet Shah Imran Hossain, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Penn State. Shah is part of the Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) project, where he studies how microbial communities in the mouth can be shifted to help treat oral diseases like caries, periodontal disease, gingivitis, and oral cancers
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Meet Shah Imran Hossain, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Penn State. Shah is part of the Oral Microbiome Transplants (OMT) project, where he studies how microbial communities in the mouth can be shifted to help treat oral diseases like caries, periodontal disease, gingivitis, and oral cancers
August 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Check out Biancamaria's @bbonucci.bsky.social poster presentation tomorrow at #ISBA11, Aug 29, 12:45–2:25 pm @ Musei Reali, Torino
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
Session title: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
@isba11.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Juliana Simas Coutinho Barbosa @wicedjuju.bsky.social — Aug 29, 1–3 pm, Poster #224 @ Musei Reali
Session name: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
Come say hi! 👋
Session name: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
Come say hi! 👋
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Juliana Simas Coutinho Barbosa @wicedjuju.bsky.social — Aug 29, 1–3 pm, Poster #224 @ Musei Reali
Session name: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
Come say hi! 👋
Session name: Methodological advances in biomolecular archaeology
Come say hi! 👋
The MicroARCH team is well represented at the #ISBA2025 conference! 🎉
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
August 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The MicroARCH team is well represented at the #ISBA2025 conference! 🎉
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Check out our poster sessions:
Christine Ta @ckayeeta.bsky.social — Aug 28, 1-3 pm, Poster #22 @Musei Reali
Session name: Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!
August 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!
Good job to our PhD student, Iyunoluwa Ademola-Popoola on her presentation at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists 2025 conference today!
July 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good job to our PhD student, Iyunoluwa Ademola-Popoola on her presentation at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists 2025 conference today!
We are excited to be hosting Biancamaria Bonucci, a PhD student from the University of Tartu (Estonia 🇪🇪)! She's here to expand her bioinformatics skills and collaborate on a project studying the oral microbiomes of smokers, with the goal of better understanding ancient health and lifestyle patterns
June 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We are excited to be hosting Biancamaria Bonucci, a PhD student from the University of Tartu (Estonia 🇪🇪)! She's here to expand her bioinformatics skills and collaborate on a project studying the oral microbiomes of smokers, with the goal of better understanding ancient health and lifestyle patterns
Happy to announce that our postdoc, Dr. Allison Ham will be joining Grand Valley State University as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences this fall! Here she will be teaching human gross anatomy, mentoring future health professionals, and joining an outstanding academic community.
June 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Happy to announce that our postdoc, Dr. Allison Ham will be joining Grand Valley State University as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences this fall! Here she will be teaching human gross anatomy, mentoring future health professionals, and joining an outstanding academic community.
Congratulations once again, Grant! We're super proud of you.
May 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations once again, Grant! We're super proud of you.
Important lab update!! We've moved and officially back up and running 🙌🙌
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Important lab update!! We've moved and officially back up and running 🙌🙌
Huge congratulations to our amazing undergrad, Grant MacElroy, on completing his undergrad degree! This fall, he’s headed to University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine for his DMD.
May 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Huge congratulations to our amazing undergrad, Grant MacElroy, on completing his undergrad degree! This fall, he’s headed to University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine for his DMD.
Big congratulations to our amazing undergrad, Ava Gabrys, on completing her degree! This fall, Ava is headed to the University of Florida to begin a PhD in Biology, where she’ll be building on her work with the microARCH team to study microbial dispersal and transmission across landscapes.
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Big congratulations to our amazing undergrad, Ava Gabrys, on completing her degree! This fall, Ava is headed to the University of Florida to begin a PhD in Biology, where she’ll be building on her work with the microARCH team to study microbial dispersal and transmission across landscapes.
Are you heading to #SAA2025? Don’t miss the session “From the Med to the Midwest and Stones to World-Systems”—a tribute to P. Nick Kardulias. Our postdoc, Dr. Allison Ham, will be serving as a discussant. This is an especially meaningful moment, as Dr. Kardulias was her undergraduate mentor.
April 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Are you heading to #SAA2025? Don’t miss the session “From the Med to the Midwest and Stones to World-Systems”—a tribute to P. Nick Kardulias. Our postdoc, Dr. Allison Ham, will be serving as a discussant. This is an especially meaningful moment, as Dr. Kardulias was her undergraduate mentor.
Great job on your poster presentation, Ava 🙌
April 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great job on your poster presentation, Ava 🙌
The microARCH team showed up strong at AnthroFest!
We had a great time sharing microbiome science through interactive games and conversations about why microbes matter—for our health, our history, and our future.
We had a great time sharing microbiome science through interactive games and conversations about why microbes matter—for our health, our history, and our future.
April 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The microARCH team showed up strong at AnthroFest!
We had a great time sharing microbiome science through interactive games and conversations about why microbes matter—for our health, our history, and our future.
We had a great time sharing microbiome science through interactive games and conversations about why microbes matter—for our health, our history, and our future.
Check out our undergrad Ava Gabrys’ poster presentation (Poster No. 57) at the upcoming Penn State Undergraduate Symposium!
Date: April 16th
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Location: HUB – Alumni Hall
Date: April 16th
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Location: HUB – Alumni Hall
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Check out our undergrad Ava Gabrys’ poster presentation (Poster No. 57) at the upcoming Penn State Undergraduate Symposium!
Date: April 16th
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Location: HUB – Alumni Hall
Date: April 16th
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Location: HUB – Alumni Hall
The microARCH lab was well represented at Penn State's Eberly College of Science #ENVISION2025 outreach aimed at exposing underrepresented groups to the STEM field.
April 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The microARCH lab was well represented at Penn State's Eberly College of Science #ENVISION2025 outreach aimed at exposing underrepresented groups to the STEM field.
The microARCH lab, in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, is excited to host Dr. Lars Fehren-Schmitz from UC Santa Cruz this week. Dr. Fehren-Schmitz will give a colloquium talk at the department on Tuesday, 12:05pm.
March 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The microARCH lab, in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, is excited to host Dr. Lars Fehren-Schmitz from UC Santa Cruz this week. Dr. Fehren-Schmitz will give a colloquium talk at the department on Tuesday, 12:05pm.
Good job today, Christine !!
March 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Good job today, Christine !!
Check out Christine Ta’s poster (Presentation 230) tomorrow at the Penn State Graduate Exhibition! She’ll be presenting at the HUB-Robeson Center, Alumni and Heritage Hall, from 1–4 PM. Don’t miss it!
March 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Check out Christine Ta’s poster (Presentation 230) tomorrow at the Penn State Graduate Exhibition! She’ll be presenting at the HUB-Robeson Center, Alumni and Heritage Hall, from 1–4 PM. Don’t miss it!
