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Resilient Environmental Bioprocess Engineering Lab Using molecular biotechnology to address current challenges in environmental engineering

Presentations

Loera, L., S., Un Jan Contreras, S., and C.M. Gardner. Evaluating the Fate and Transport of the Antibiotic Resistant Gene nptII. WSU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. June 29, 2022. Poster Presentation.

Wright, L., S., Loera, L., Un Jan Contreras, S., and C.M. Gardner. Evaluating Microbial Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. WSU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. June 29, 2022. Poster Presentation.

Saifur, S.** and C.M. Gardner. Microbial Degradation of Tire Wear Particle Chemicals in Stormwater. AEESP 2022 (St. Louis, MO). June 28-30, 2022. Poster Presentation.

Un Jan Contreras, S.**, Ginn, T.R., and C.M. Gardner. Microbial transformation of antibiotic resistance and siRNA transgenes in agricultural soils. AEESP 2022 (St. Louis, MO). June 28-30 2022. Oral Presentation.

Un Jan Contreras, S.**, T. R. Ginn, and C.M. Gardner. Transport and uptake of engineered genes in agricultural soils. ASCE EWRI Congress (Atlanta, GA). June 5-9, 2022. Oral Presentation.

Saifur, S.** and C. M. Gardner. Evaluating Microbial Degradation of Tire Wear Particle Chemicals in Stormwater. SETAC Europe 2022. May 15-19, 2022. Oral Presentation.

Espin, J.** and C.M. Gardner. Engineered microbiome development following microbiome engineering for enhanced in situ bioremediation. SURCA. Washington State University (April 2, 2022). Poster Presentation.

Un Jan Contreras, S.** and C.M. Gardner. Environmental fate of engineered ssRNA and dsDNA genetic cassettes in porous media. American Geophysical Union Conference Fall Meeting (New Orleans, LA). December 13-17, 2021. Poster Presentation.

Lindholm, K.** and C.M. Gardner. Evaluating microbial sources of greenhouse gas emissions in compost. Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Symposium. Washington State University (August 6, 2021). Oral Presentation.

C.M. Gardner. Microbial Genetic Adaptation and Implications for Environmental Sustainability. IBIEM Seminar Series, Duke University (Durham, NC). April 16, 2021. Invited Speaker. Oral Presentation.

Espin, J.** and C.M. Gardner. Microbiome engineering for enhanced in situ bioremediation. SURCA. Washington State University (March 29, 2021). Poster Presentation.

C.M. Gardner. Exposures to SVOCs and associations with the gut microbiomes of children. NIEHS Virtual Conference: Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Gut Microbiome and Human Health. February 23-24, 2021. Invited Speaker. Oral Presentation.

Zhang, S.** and C.M. Gardner. Assessing the Impact of Rising Global Temperatures on the Microbiomes of Biofuel-Producing Poplar Trees. American Society of Microbiology Microbe 2020 Conference. Chicago, IL (August 5, 2020). Virtual Presentation.

C.M. Gardner. Linking Emerging Sources of Antibiotic Resistance to Disruptions in the Structure and Function of Environmental Microbiomes. Invited Seminar Speaker. Department of Biological Engineering, University of Idaho (Moscow, ID). March 9, 2020. Oral Presentation.

Zhang, S.** and C.M. Gardner. Assessing the Impact of Rising Global Temperatures on the Microbiomes of Poplar Trees. Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Symposium. Washington State University (August 2, 2019). Poster Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., Volkoff, S.J., and C.K. Gunsch. Examining the Behavior of GE Crop Transgenes in WWTP Anaerobic Digesters. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Conference 2019 (May 14-16, 2019). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., Volkoff, S.J., and C.K. Gunsch. Examining the Behavior Transgenes in WWTPs Under Thermophilic Conditions. ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Conference 2019 (May 19-23, 2019). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., Lefevre, E., and C.K. Gunsch. Characterization and Manipulation of S.alterniflora Microbiomes for Increased Oil Remediation Efficiency. American Society of Microbiology Microbe 2018 Conference (June 6-11, 2018). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., and C.K. Gunsch. Evaluating the Contribution of Transgenic Crops to the Environmental Resistome. Rice University, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department’s NEWT Seminar Series (April 25, 2018), Invited Speaker. Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., Lefevre, E., and C.K. Gunsch. Characterization and Manipulation of S.alterniflora Microbiomes for Increased Oil Remediation Efficiency. North Carolina Microbiome Symposium 2018 (May 15, 2018). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., C.K. Gunsch, and Stapleton, H.M. Impacts of Exposures to Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) in Indoor Environments on the Gut Microbiomes of Toddlers. Duke University, Genomics of Microbial Systems Seminar Series (April 18, 2018). Invited Speaker. Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., and C.K. Gunsch. Characterizing and Manipulating the Environmental Microbiome. North Carolina A&T State University Biology Department Seminar Series (October 25, 2017), Invited Speaker. Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., and C.K. Gunsch. Characterizing the Maize Microbiome and Assessing the Risk of GMO-Derived ARGs in Soil Bacteria. International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry Conference, Palm Cove, Australia (September 25-29, 2017). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M., Redfern, L.K., and C.K. Gunsch. Estimating the contribution of Non-Traditional ARG Sources to Environmental Antibiotic Resistance. IBIEM Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC (March 10, 2017). Poster Presentation.

Gardner, C.M. and C.K. Gunsch. Assessing the Role of GM Crops in the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance. Duke University Research Week, Durham, NC (October 31, 2016). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M. and C.K. Gunsch. Using Next Generation Sequencing to Assess the Changes in Soil and Endophytic Microbiomes Associated with Transgenic Maize. International Society for Microbial Ecology Meeting, Montreal, Canada (August 21-26, 2016). Poster Presentation.

Holzem, R., Gardner, C.M., and C.K Gunsch. Effect of Triclosan on the Nitrification Rates of Soil Bacteria. Proceedings of the Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2016. Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M. and C.K. Gunsch. Assessing the Role of GM Crops in the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance. BioMicroWorld Meeting, Barcelona, Spain (October 28-30, 2015). Oral Presentation.

Gardner, C.M. and C.K. Gunsch. Microbial Communities and BT Maize: Understanding the Role Genetically Modified Crops May Play in the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Meeting, New Haven, CT (June 13-16, 2015). Poster Presentation.

Farner-Budarz, J., Rhoads, K., Gardner, C.M. and Gunsch, C.K. Effect of Chlorpyrifos Remediation Utilizing UV-Illuminated nano-TiO2 on Microbial Communities. Superfund Research Program Meeting, Raleigh, NC (October 21-24, 2012). Poster Presentation.

Gardner, C.M. and A. Slater. Determination of Seed Paternity to Evaluate Reproductive Fitness in Passiflora incarnata Using DNA Microsatellites. Association of Southeastern Biologists Conference, Huntsville, AL (March 12-14, 2011). Poster Presentation.