Basic and applied microbial sciences
The Reguera lab has broad interests in applied and environmental microbiology. We study what microbes do in the environment and harness their activities to advance the climate economy and environmental justice. Diversity, equity and inclusion drive our work and interactions.
Check our publications page for updates and article downloads.
Latest News:
Jun 2023 – At the ASM Microbe meeting celebrating my Alice E. Evans award in the best company (from L to R: Zoe, Gemma, Marcela and Morgen).
#WomenInMicrobiology
Jun 2023 – Four of us attended the ASM Microbe meeting in Houston. Morgen gave a terrific talk at the Behind the Scenes session (selected AEM spotlight articles) and Marcela and Hunter rocked their poster sessions. Great meeting!
May 2023 – Hunter’s hooding ceremony (from L to R: Kaz, Hunter and Gemma). Two more months till the PhD defense…
Apr 2023 – Remote lab meeting interrupted by Marcela receiving the best poster award (again!). Congratulations, Marcela!
Feb 2023 – We welcome a new postdoc, Dr. Emily Greeson! So happy to have you in our team, Emily!
Jan 2023 – Gemma has her own Wikipedia page!
Oct 2022 – Meet the winners of the department’s Halloween best ensemble award: Morgen, Marcela and Hunter as Geobacter (with nanowires, membrane vesicles and all that jazz).
Aug 2022 – Gemma has been appointed as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development in the College of Natural Sciences. More academic duties, more opportunities for inclusive change. See the news release here.
May 2022 – Kristin’s hooding ceremony. Go out and shine, Kristin!
Feb 2022 – We welcomed Santiago Hernandez Villamizar as a new visiting scholar from the University of Los Andes in Colombia
And celebrated Kristin’s defense. Congratulations, Dr. Jacob!
Sep 21, 2021 – Morgen’s work on uranium-soaking lipopolysaccharides and membrane vesicles was aired in Russian in Current Time TV. See the segment (our story is at 10:56).
Sep 6, 2021 – Gemma has received the Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women from the American Society for Microbiology! Let’s keep working towards gender equality!!
Aug 18, 2021 – Morgen has been featured in an MSU Today Student View article!!! She talks about how she managed to start her graduate work in the Reguera lab in the middle of a pandemic. (Spoiler alert: She is a pro!)
Aug 11, 2021 – Morgen’s paper on uranium-soaking lipopolysaccharide and membrane vesicles is in the news!
Aug 4, 2021 – Morgen’s paper is out on the AEM Accept page. We describe the lipopolysaccharide that coats electric microbes and its role in soaking up uranium.
May 24, 2021 – We wrapped up a full academic year of hybrid work. We rock!
May 11, 2021 – Wow! We have been working through 14 months of pandemic. Have you seen our latest publications?
April 1, 2021 – Our College of Natural Science announced Gemma’s appointment as Editor in Chief of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Read more about it here.
February 3, 2021 – Gemma has been named the new Editor in Chief of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, our favorite journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Congratulations, Gemma! [Link to announcement]
Jan 1, 2021 – Our work on cobalt biomineralization is in the news! Read about it here (MSU Today) and here (NSF podcast The Discovery Files).
Nov 26, 2020 – Hunter and Marcela published a paper describing a previously unknown biological route for the mineralization of cobalt!
July 2020 – We are back in the lab following COVID safety precautions. We missed you, bacteria!
March 11, 2020 – Reguera lab started working from home. Stay healthy and safe y’all!
March 1, 2020 – Marcela is back after completing BMS rotations. Welcome back, Marcela!
March 1, 2020 – Morgen officially joined the Reguera lab. Welcome to the team, Morgen!
February 29, 2020 – Reguera-Kashefi Lab party for Spring semester. Woohoo!
February 4, 2020 – Gemma has been awarded the 2020 Meritorious Faculty Award by the College of Natural Science. Congratulations, Gemma!
January, 2020 – Morgen joined the Reguera lab for a 8-week research rotation.
December 9-13, 2109 – Hunter attended the AGU Fall Meeting and presented his work on cobalt biomineralization at one of the Centennial sessions. [Link]
July 23, 2019 – Kristin won the Carol D. Litchfield Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Award for Natural Product. So proud of you, Kristin! [Link]
July 22, 2019 – Gemma organized a special session entitled Women in Environmental Science at the SIMB 2019 meeting and gave a talk about “Environmental science goes electric”.
July 21, 2019 – Hunter was selected to give an oral presentation at the Science Slam during the SIMB 2019 meeting. Good luck, Hunter!
July 20, 2019 – The Reguera lab traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the SIMB 2019 meeting.
April 23, 2019 – Kristin and Mariam received departmental endowed awards. Congratulations!
March 5, 2019 – Gemma has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.
March, 2019 – Marcela has been admitted to our Biomolecular Science (BMS) interdepartmental graduate program. Congrats!
