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\n July 2025: WELCOME Melanie!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Melanie is a new postdoc in the group who will be working on phytoplankton-bacteria interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n June 2025: Goodbye Suzana \ud83d\ude41 \n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Suzana is leaving to start her own group at UT Austin. CONGRATULATIONS Su!! We will miss you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2025: Emily’s paper was published in SCIENCE!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Check out Emily’s new paper \ud83d\ude42 https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.ado5323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2025: CONGRATULATIONS Naomi!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi was named the Gabilan Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2025: John Hedges Scholar\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi got to spend a few days visiting the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington as the John Hedges Scholar. She even got her name on a plaque!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Feb 2025: SoCal PriME meeting\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Hosted a fun, science-filled 2 day meeting for the Southern California PriME members (www.primecollaboration.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Jan 2025\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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It has been a tough start to the new year here in LA. But we were able to do our part by sampling the Eaton Fire burn area during the first rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Nov 2024: CONGRATULATIONS NAOMI!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi was promoted to full Professor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2024: CONGRATULATIONS ZAISS!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Congratulations Dr. Zaiss!! So proud of you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n July 2024: CONGRATULATIONS RYAN!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Dr. Ryan Reynolds!!! Congratulations Ryan on a fantastic job \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n July 2024: WELCOME Kathrin!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n June 2024: Marine Microbes GRC\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Amazing time at the 2024 Marine Microbes GRC in Switzerland. USC (and the Levine Lab) was well represented!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2024: USC graduation\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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So proud of these two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2024: ISCA deployments at SPOT\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Our Swiss colleagues joined us for field work. It was great to get back out on a research boat \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2024: WELCOME Kate!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Kate is a new postdoc in the group who will be working on microbial controls on particle export in the ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n March 2024: Levine Lab goes to Australia\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Suzana, Chase, and Naomi spent two weeks at Monash University in Melbourne visiting collaborator Prof. Dustin Marshall and running some exciting experiments with his evolved strains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n March 2024: WELCOME Zach!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Zach is a Senior Research Scientist in the group who will be working on the response of microbes to fluctuating environments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n December 2023: Naomi’s Sabbatical – Part 2\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi is at the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney working with collaborators Prof Justin Seymour and Dr. JB Raina! They’ve been getting into the lab to prepare for ISCA deployments in January (check out this article<\/a><\/span>). They\u2019ll be studying <\/span>phycosphere<\/span><\/a> dynamics under environmental stress.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n November 2023: Welcome Daniela!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n October 2023: BISC and BREWS\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Making fun art when communicating our research to a general audience! Su represented MEB during the first BISC and BREWS event at USC talking about mathematical models and microbes.<\/span><\/p>\n



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\n October 2023: WELCOME Hagen!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Hagen is a new postdoc in the group who will be working on degradation rates of organic matter in the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n October 2023: Fun Interactive Science Hour (FISH)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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This semester we visited the Angeles Mesa library branch with<\/span> FISH<\/span><\/a> \u2013 thank you, Catherine for hosting us through<\/span> NeiSci<\/span><\/a>! We had an awesome group of kids and parents and had fun learning about marine science \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n September 2023: Suzana\u2019s paper is published in Science Advances!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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CONGRATULATIONS Suzana! If you want to check out this cool story about how phytoplankton respond to increasing temperatures check it out HERE.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2023: Trichodesmium colonies\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Anna and collaborators in the Webb lab spent 5 days in the Sargasso Sea on a BATS cruise collecting samples of <\/span>Trichodesmium <\/span><\/i>colonies!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2023: Naomi’s Sabbatical – Part 1\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi is starting her sabbatical in Zurich visiting Prof Roman Stocker and Prof Martin Ackermann at ETH Zurich! They will be running some microfluidic experiments studying how bacteria respond to rapid changes in environmental conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n June 2023: Ryan\u2019s paper is published in Frontiers of Microbiology\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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CONGRATULATIONS Ryan! If you\u2019ve wondered about how to define microbial metabolic guilds, check out his paper HERE<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n March 2023: Anna Passed her QUALS!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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CONGRATULATIONS Anna!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2022: Naomi is tenured!!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n
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\n March 2022: Trang’s paper is published!!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Trang’s paper on the microbial control on particulate carbon flux <\/a> is out in Nature Communications! Check out this cool write-up in phys.org <\/a>. Congratulations Trang!!<\/p>\n

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\n January 2022: Congratulations Meagan!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Meagan passed her quals!!! CONGRATULATIONS Meagan!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2022: Congratulations Suzana!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Suzana was awarded a competitive Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship! CONGRATULATIONS Suzana!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2021: WELCOME Lee!!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Lee Bardon has joined the lab as a new graduate student!\u00a0Welcome Lee!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2021: Nate’s paper is published!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Nate’s paper on trait evolution <\/a> is out in Proceedings B! Congratulations Nate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n March 2021: Naomi’s NSF CAREER award is funded! \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Jan 2021: Emily’s paper is published!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Emily’s paper on organic matter accumulation in the ocean <\/a> is out in PNAS! Check out this awesome commentary<\/a> on the paper \ud83d\ude42 Congratulations Emily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2020: Congratulations Ryan!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Ryan passed his quals!!! CONGRATULATIONS Ryan!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2020: WELCOME Ellie and Anna!! \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n March 2020: #FlattenTheCurve\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n March 2020: WELCOME Suzana!! \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n February 2020: Nate and Emily’s paper is published!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Nate and Emily’s paper on marine microbial evolutionary strategies <\/a> is out in PNAS! Also check out the USC press release<\/a> \ud83d\ude42 . Congratulations Nate and Emily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n January 2020: WELCOME Noele!! \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Noele Norris has officially joined the group as a postdoc! She comes to us from MIT (via ETH). Welcome Noele!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n January 2020: Moore Foundation grant meeting in Sydney! \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Nate and Naomi traveled to Sydney to visit collaborators Martina Doblin and Sinead Collins and work on our collaborative project – a great start to 2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n December 2019: Erin’s paper is published!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Erin’s paper on differential controls on DMSP production <\/a> is out in New Phytologist! Congratulations Erin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n November 2019: Emily’s paper is published!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n May 2019: CONGRATULATIONS DR. McPARLAND!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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We have a new dr in the Levine Lab!! Erin successfully defended her PhD and will be heading to WHOI for a postdoc in the Kujawinski lab. CONGRATULATIONS Erin – very proud of all you have accomplished. (She also completed her first marathon, pictured here with coach, Ironman competitor, and office-mate Zaiss)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2019: Welcome Trang!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Trang has joined the lab as our newest postdoc. She comes to us from OSU where she just finished her PhD in soil microbiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2019: Levine Lab photo shoot \ud83d\ude42\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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We were asked to pose for some University promotional photos \ud83d\ude42 They wanted us holding books so I snuck in “Tracers of the Sea”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n March 2019: SoCal beauty\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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We are lucky to live and work in a phenomenally beautiful place! Pictures from this year’s super bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n January 2019: Naomi presents in Xiamen, China\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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A fantastic trip to Xiamen University for the 4th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n November 2018: Erin’s paper is published\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Erin’s paper on differential DMSP production<\/a> is out in Limnology and Oceanography! Congratulations Erin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n October 2018: Elizabeth’s paper is published\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Elizabeth’s paper on variability at the SPOT site<\/a> is out in Biogeoscience! Congratulations Elizabeth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n September 2018: Nate on stage at the Global Climate Action Summit\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n
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\n August 2018: Congratulations Emily!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Emily was awarded a competitive Simons Postdoctoral Fellowship! CONGRATULATIONS Emily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n August 2018: Naomi featured on #FacultyFriday\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n July 2018: Moore Foundation grant kick-off meeting\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Nathan and Naomi joined our collaborators Sinead Collins and Martina Doblin in Boston for the kick-off meeting of our new Moore Foundation grant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Levine Lab in USC news\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n July 2018: Marine Microbes GRC\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Levine Lab representing in Tuscany at the Marine Microbes GRC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2018: Goodbye Sara\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Sara will be starting a new position at UNCW next month. We will miss you Sara!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Feb 2018: Congratulations Erin!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Erin was awarded a Gerald Bakus Graduate Fellowship in Marine and Environmental Biology to support her dissertation research. Congratulations Erin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Dec 2017: Greetings from Antarctica\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Former Levine Lab member Anna Wright is currently at the Palmer LTER station in Antarctica!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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Emily, Noele, and Naomi were in Boston this week for the Simons Collaboration on Theory of Microbial Ecosystems (THE-ME)<\/a> kick-off meeting. It was a full couple of days full of exciting discussions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Sept 2017: Welcome Emily!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Emily, seen here contemplating patterns in ecology :), has joined the lab. She comes to us from MIT and will be part of the Simons Collaboration on Theory of Microbial Ecosystems (THE-ME).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n July 2017: Young Researchers Program\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Erin has been working incredibly hard running the Young Researchers Program<\/a> here at USC. \u00a0The summer culminated\u00a0with a fantastic poster symposium. Congratulations Alexia and all the other YRPers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n June 2017: Xiao’s last day\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Xiao has started as a postdoc at Princeton\/GFDL. We will miss her! \u00a0Check out her new website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n June 2017: new QBio major\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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We’ve been working hard to put together a new QBio undergraduate major here at USC. The first majors will be starting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2017: Video on Global Climate Models\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Jeremy Smith (USC class 2017) created this cool animation<\/a> to explain how climate models work. He also highlights some of the challenges we are working on in the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n May 2017: USC Commencement\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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It was a busy graduation week for the Levine Lab… CONGRATULATIONS Anna, Elizabeth, and Xiao!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2017: Naomi receives Early Career Award\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Naomi was named a Simons Foundation Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2017: Congratulations Erin!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Erin was awarded a 2017 WiSE Leadership Award for her all of her amazing work with the Young Researchers Program, for promoting leadership and development amoungst her peers, and establishing herself as a leader at USC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n April 2017: Jeremy was awarded a Provost research fellowship!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n April 2017: CONGRATULATIONS DR. LIU AND DR. TEEL!!!!!!!!!\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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\n Feb 2017: Xiao presents at ASLO\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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