Milestone
Three new PhD candidates in the lab!
Zaye Buanno, Anton Jayakodiarachchige, and Minakshi Roy all successfully defended their PhD proposals. We can't wait for all the great work to come!
Department of Biology · Syracuse University
Investigating microbial community dynamics in health and disease
The Lucas Lab studies microbial systems through integration of in vivo, in vitro, and computational approaches.
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Milestone
Congratulations to Alli Privatera and Brad Kalbach on their graduation from Syracuse University!
Alli Privatera has been a Biochemistry Distinction student in the lab since 2023, and spearheaded an investigation into the role of *P. mirabilis* in post-mortem microbiome. Brad Kalbach joined us in early 2024 as a Biotechnology distinction student. His thesis project used bioinformatic tools to identify prophages in oral anaerobe genomes. We wish them both the best of luck in their next adventures!
Award
Anton Jayakodiarachchige wins second place in the Development and Disease Poster Competition at the 2026 Bioinspired Institute Symposium
Congratulations to Anton for his excellent work investigating strain-level bacterial responses to redox stress!