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Faculty being promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2024
Emma Glynn at the Pseudomonas conference

September 2024

First international confernce

Emma Glynn presented her research at the Pseudomonas 2024 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first international conference! Her poster attracted a lot of attention! Well done, Emma!

Victoria after her PhD defense

August 2024

Hooray to Dr. Oladosu!!!

Congratulations to Victoria Oladosu for successfully defending her doctoral research!

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I am so proud of her

Emma competing at 3MT

April 2024

Hooray to Emma Glynn

Congratulations to Emma Glynn for winning the 3MT competition. Awesome presentation!

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​Meet Binghamton’s 3MT winner | Binghamton News

Victoria presenting at the Biology Departmental seminar

February 2024

Victoria Oladosu

Victoria presented her research findings at the seminar of the Department of Biological Sciences. Great presentation. Congratulations, Victoria!

Rebecca's PhD defense

February 2024

Proudly introducing Dr. Al-Feghali

Rebecca Al-Feghali successfully defended her dissertation. I am so proud of her!

Woman smiling outside Bartle Library

Fall 2023

Welcome to our two new graduate students!

We are excited by Favour Nwankpa and Wencheng Li  joining our lab. Welcome!

Group photo of students and faculty at awards ceremony

August 2023

REU and GCR summer students

Our REU and GCR students at the end of their 10-week summer research (and their poster presentations)

They did such a fantastic job! Congratulations!

Three graduates in academic regalia at commencement

May 2023

Hooding is always a great day!

Congratulations to Tim Michaels! Oh, sorry! Dr. Michaels!! 

I am so proud of you

Speaker gives thumbs up, "Transition of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine" presentation

May 2023

Dissertation defense

Tim Michaels at his dissertation defense. Great defense presentation!

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Hooray to Tim!

Two women stand beside presentation

May 2023

Hooray to Olivia

Our undergraduate student Olivia Stala (to the left) successfully defended her honors thesis project. She was mentored in the lab by Whitni Redman (to the right).

Two scientists smiling together at a presentation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

December 2022

Hooray to Lauren

Our undergraduate student Lauren Unterreiner (to the right) successfully defended her honors thesis project. She was mentored in the lab by Victoria Oladosu (to the left).

Lab group dinner meeting at a restaurant

November 2022

Biofilm researchers stick together - socializing at the ASM Biofilms conference

Dinner by members of the Biofilm group at the ASM Biofilms conference in Charlotte

Two graduates in regalia, diploma in hand

May 2022

Hooray to Matt

Proudly presenting the newly minted Dr. Matthew Kaleta

Headshot of a man with short dark hair and beard

September 2020

Joining the lab

Dr. Manmohit Kalia joined the lab as a postdoctoral research associate. He joined us a bit later than initially planned because of COVID-19 and arrived during the worst of the pandemic but we are glad he made it.

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Headshot of a smiling woman with light brown hair in a bun

December 2019

Hooray to Katie!!

Dr. Kathryn Cherny started her new position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern University. 

All our best wishes! And you will be missed!

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Lab team group photo

December 2019

Congratulations to Jozef for joining the rank of faculty

Dr. Jozef Dingemans accepted a faculty position at the University of Maastricht. 

Wish you all the best with starting your new lab! Congratulations!

And thank you for 3 productive and fun-filled years at Binghamton.

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Speaker presenting to students; microbiology lecture

September 2019

First time on stage

Matt Kaletta, a 4th year graduate student in the Sauer lab, is presenting his exctiting research findings on biofilm drug tolerance at the Biological Sciences Departmental seminar.

Smiling researcher presents Dispersion by Pseudomonas poster

May 2019

Moving on

Dr. James Goodwine, a former graduate student in the lab, has accepted a postdoc position in Dr. Clarissa Nobile's lab at the University of California Merced. Hooray to Jim!

Smiling Farah Quinn holds Microbiology & Immunology certificate

April 2019

Hooray to Emma Glynn

Emma Glynn, an undergraduate student in our lab, was awarded the Dr. Joseph J. Eron '80 Undergraduate Scholarship.   Congratulations, Emma!

Group photo of lab members

November 2018

Welcoming new lab members

Dr. Soyoung Park and Dr. Kathryn Cherny have joined the lab as postdoctoral research associates

Lab group dinner meeting

October 2018

8th ASM conference on biofilms

The Sauer lab attended the 8th ASM conference on biofilms in Washington, DC, and presented 5 posters. Overall, 11 members of the Biofilm group presented at this conference.

Graduation ceremony: two men shaking hands

July 2018

There are new doctors in town

Kathryn Cherny and James (Jim) Goodwine have successfully defended their Dissertations. Jim attended the hooding ceremony this year while Katie will attend

next Spring.

Smiling scientist working with lab equipment

May 2018

Moving on

Dr. Olga Petrova accepted a position at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnershipsat Binghamton University. Congratulations, Olga!

Smiling scientist holding foamy biofilm sample

November 2018

Welcome

Hooray to Kathryn Cherny who is now her own boss. Kathryn launched a new start-up company named microBella that is pairing her expertise in microbiology and her love of cosmetics to develop skincare products that are made using a combination of traditional soap-making techniques and cutting-edge science. See Skin in the Game.

Smiling researcher presents Dispersion by Pseudomonas poster

January 2018

Seminar presentation

James (Jim) Goodwine presented his research at the Departmental seminar. 

Scientist in lab coat sits in lab

December 2017

Moving on!

Jacob Chambers, a former postdoc in the lab, accepted a faculty position  at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Buffalo. Congratulations, Jake!

Seven graduates and faculty in graduation regalia

May 2017

Graduation Week!

Four of our graduate students from the biofilm group graduated this Spring. Among them was Bandita Poudyal (2nd from the left) who defended her PhD dissertation in December 2016. 

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