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Cynthia Sears, M.D.

Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

My lab is working to uncover how the gut microbiome contributes to the development of colon cancer and to identify biomarkers for early detection. For the past 20+ years, I’ve relied on Biolog’s anaerobic chambers, growth media, and anaerobic expertise to help me consistently grow fastidious anaerobes for my studies. Watch video →

Niokhor Dione, D.V.M., M.Sc., Ph.D.

VP of Microbial Discovery, AnimalBiome, Oakland, CA

My team focuses on identifying gut microbes that we can develop into products to improve the health of cats and dogs. Biolog’s anaerobic chambers and growth media help us culture and isolate organisms that we couldn’t previously grow, and the PM plates help us to optimize growth conditions like finding the best carbon sources and pH for production strains. Watch video →

Gabe Price Ph.D.

Chief Science Officer, Earnest Agriculture, Rantoul, IL

Earnest Agriculture provides coatings for seeds composed of microbial consortia, which protects plants, promotes nutrient use and soil health, and enhances crop performance. To complement their use of Biolog’s Odin system with GEN III and PM microplates for profiling microbes, they are now also able to evaluate microbial isolates and communities for Nitrogen fixation and Phosphate solubilization capabilities with Biolog’s new RhizoPlates.

Prof. DSc. Magdalena Frąc

Head of Department of Soil and Plant System Supervisor of Laboratory of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, Poland

The research in my lab focuses on microbial indicators of soil quality and microbiological markers of ecological soil status and health. Our interests concern plant-soil-microbiome interactions, biotechnological solutions for diagnostics, control and monitoring of key phytopathogens in sustainable organic agriculture. We use many of Biolog’s products: EcoPlates, PMs, MT2, GEN III & FF plates as well as MicroStations, OmniLog, and more.

Melissa L. Fishel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics / Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana, US

In my lab, we focus on using clinically relevant systems such as 3-Dimensional co-cultures to study cancer and its interaction with the microenvironment. Specifically, pathways involved in redox signaling and DNA repair through APE1/Ref-1 under conditions of hypoxia are interrogated as therapeutic targets. We use the Biolog’s S-1 MitoPlates to evaluate effects of Ref- inhibition on mitochondrial function.

Chijioke Emenike, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

My research focuses on investigating chemical pollutants’ impact on a wide range of ecosystems. Biolog‘s GEN III plates helped to identify strains of bacteria active in remediating leachate-metal-contaminated soil and my research showed which selective blends of microbial species were most effective in remediation.

Carolee Bull, Ph.D.

Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, Penn State University , Pennsylvania, US

I am a translational taxonomist of bacterial plant pathogens. We study the diversity of organisms to first understand how diversity makes a difference in epidemics and then how we can we use that understanding to create management strategies for growers. We recently used Biolog’s GEN III plates to phenotype type and field strains needed to identify soft rot Pectobacteriaceae from symptomatic potato tubers and stems from growers’ fields.

Prashant Singh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Florida State University, Florida, US

The major focus of my laboratory is the development of diagnostic assays and workflows for large-scale applications needed by the beef, poultry, and seafood industries. Biolog‘s Rainbow Agar chromogenic properties provide an easy method for identification of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) from food enrichments and is an important step in our STEC confirmation workflow.

Marta Palusińska-Szysz, Ph.D.

Professor, University Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland

My studies focus on Legionella bacteria and their interactions with the host cells. We used Biolog’s OmniLog system for metabolic and phenotypic profiling along with 16S rRNA identification to investigate the effect of an insect antimicrobial protein, apolipophorin III (apoLp-III), against two newly isolated, identified and characterized clinical strains of Staphylococcus spp.

Akinwole Philips, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, DePauw University, Indiana, US

One of my career goals is to increase our understanding of how anthropogenic activities influence ecology and evolution of microbial populations. I’ve been using Biolog’s EcoPlate for many years now to study microbial communities in various settings including Waste Water Treatment Plants and recently cave ecosystems, and even classroom settings through course-based undergraduate research experiences.

Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D.

Maisel Endowed Professor of Oncology Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan, US

In my lab, we study the biochemical pathways and metabolic requirements that enable tumor survival and growth, spanning the areas of cancer metabolism, the tumor microenvironment and immunometabolism. We used Biolog’s PMM plates and the OmniLog system to determine novel nutrients utilized by Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA).

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