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We’ve had a great team in the lab this year. Congratulations to 2024 graduates Julio Magaño-Orozco and Sarah Skotnicki!

We’ve just published our first paper on our invasive legume project! Thanks to corresponding author Kim La Pierre for shepherding this project to completion. Figure 1. In California, (a) French broom (Genista monspessulana), (b) Spanish broom (Spartium junceum), and (c) … Continue reading →

We’re excited to welcome back Marriam and Mohsin, who have returned to visit our lab for a year. Mohsin will be isolating non-rhizobium plant growth-promoting bacteria from legume nodules. Marriam will be collaborating with Ellen on isolating bacteriophage from rhizobia.

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Anthony Pham has been awarded the IB Department’s Joseph LeConte Award in natural history for his work studying how the stress tolerance of Bradyrhizobium bacterial strains varies with their relative abundance in the nodules of gorse (Ulex europeaus), a European … Continue reading →

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The weekend before Thanksgiving, we spent a morning exploring the Exploratorium. We especially enjoyed the Science of Sharing exhibit. Briana and Helen check out the Prisoner’s Dilemma. They got it right for the one-off: both defected. What happened when it … Continue reading →

The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses! Pulses are legumes raised for their seed crop. They include lentils, dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas ( also known as garbanzo beans), lupini, and cowpeas, among other legume seed … Continue reading →