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Angert Lab

Epulopiscium spp. are the largest known heterotrophic bacteria. Individual, cigar-shaped cells can reach lengths in excess of 600 µm; large enough to be seen with the naked eye.

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Buckley Lab

We use genomic and molecular tools to examine microbial diversity in soils. We seek to understand the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that regulate microbial diversity and its impacts on soil processes.

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Burton Lab

We are interested in studying how small proteins regulate bacterial stress responses in E. coli and B. subtilis.

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Doerr Lab

We study how bacteria build and maintain a healthy cell envelope and resist killing by antibiotics.

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Feaga Lab

The Feaga lab started at Cornell University in October of 2020. We use a variety of approaches (genetics, biochemistry, NGS) to study how bacteria maintain protein synthesis under stress.

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Gallagher Lab

We study regulatory pathways that control spore formation in the antibiotic-producing bacterial genus Streptomyces

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Hay Lab

There are 3 main foci in my laboratory: biodegradation, biofiltration, and biofilms.

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Helmann Lab

Our laboratory studies Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive soil bacterium and genetic model system. We are interested in the global patterns of transcriptional control and the mechanisms of the corresponding regulatory proteins and pathways.

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Hendry Lab

We study host-microbe interactions at the intersection of evolution, ecology and microbiology.

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Hewson Lab

Team Aquatic Virus was formed in 2009 in the Department of Microbiology at Cornell. The lab’s research focus is broadly on aquatic microbiology, with several research themes: aquatic virology, marine diseases, and microbial biogeochemistry as a driver of metazoan ecology.

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Nisbett Lab

The Nisbett lab is interested in determining the mechanisms of pathogenesis of clinically significant yet critically understudied bacterial pathogens such as nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

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Peters Lab

We are generally interested in genomic stability and chromosome evolution, especially how these are impacted by mobile DNA elements.

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Schmidt Lab

We study how aquatic environments influence the ecology of bacterial communities and the evolution of bacterial populations, predominantly in estuaries and freshwater lakes.

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Winans Lab

Our work is directed to understanding how Agrobacterium tumefaciens perceives its plant hosts.