Last week was a great week for the Ferrari lab. First and foremost, our latest paper, spearheaded by Nicole Benaud, was published in Extremophiles. Titled, “Soil substrate culturing approaches recover diverse members of Actinomycetota from desert soils of Herring Island, East Antarctica,” the paper highlights the promise that cold-adapted bacteria of Antarctica have as targets in further research into natural products. Click here to read it online.
Screenshot of Nicole’s announcement on Twitter. Click here to see it and her summary of the paper.
Secondly, the annual ASM conference took place last week and, as expected, it was a fantastic experience for the entire Ferrari lab. Words can’t express how refreshing it was to, finally, after two long years, be able to attend such a large, in-person event. A number of members were given the opportunity to proudly share their work, especially Angelique and Dana, who gave live seminars. Thank you to everyone who took the time to talk with our lab members and discuss the research they presented; we always relish the opportunity to talk about the implications of our work and to hear feedback from others members of the scientific community.
Angelique (left) and Dana (right) presenting their research at ASM.
That’s all for now, but be sure to follow Belinda @ferrari_belinda on Twitter to stay up-to-date with the Ferrari lab. The year is only halfway done and we have some exciting things in the works that we hope to share before the end of 2022.