Heath lab graduates!

Katy HeathPosted on Posted in News

Jada, Destiny, and Nur all graduated this past weekend. These three amazing women have all made important contributions to our lab and we couldn’t be prouder. Watch out world – here they come and they are gonna slay!

Destiny Gonzalez taught us that drought-adapted rhizobia are likely helping out their hosts from where they are hanging out in the rhizosphere, rather than being confined to the nodules where they fix nitrogen.
Jada Powell taught us that whole leaf slurry inoculation (a way to get the whole community from one plant into another) can improve soybean growth, and alter leaf microbial communities!
Nur Al-Kodmany is discovering how rhizobia travel through the soil and whether plants compete for them