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  • September 2024​

    • Our first rotation students of the school year, Abigail King and Neal Jiwnani, join the lab.

    • Our paper on a new family of haloarchaeal bactofilins​ is published on PNAS. Congratulations to Zach Curtis (Bisson), Pedro Escudero (Alva), and John Mallon (Bisson) for leading this collaboration with the Alva and Pohlschröder labs.

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  • August 2024​

    • The lab says goodbye to Theopi Rados as she leaves to start her doctoral studies at Brown University.

    • Micaela Cerletti leaves after completing a successful collaboration!

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  • July 2024​

    • Solenne Ithurbide visits to learn more about the wonderful world of haloarchaea

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  • May 2024​

    • The lab welcomes three new lab technicians: Shiqi Min, Joshua Kiel, and Ellen Chiang.

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  • March 2024​

    • Tara Vijayakumar joins the lab as our final rotation student of the school year.

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  • February 2024​

    • The lab welcomes Diorge Souza as our newest post doc!

    • Micaela Cerletti returns for another adventure in the Bisson Lab.

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  • January 2024​

    • The Bisson Lab publishes our preprint on a new family of haloarchaeal bactofilins​ on bioRXiv. Congratulations to Zach Curtis (Bisson), Pedro Escudero (Alva), and John Mallon (Bisson) for leading this collaboration with the Alva and Pohlschröder labs.
       

  • November 2023

    • Sarah McCallister joins the Bisson Lab for her second rotation

    • Our collaborative paper on salactin is published in mBio. Congratulations to John and Theopi for their work!​
       

  • October 2023

    • Dr. Thalia Sass graduates from doctoral candidate to doctor. Congratulations, Thalia!
       

  • September 2023

    • David Kotlikoff joins the Bisson Lab for his first rotation​.
       

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  • June 2023

    • Katie Andre is appointed as a fellow in Brandeis's Cross-disciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Grant.

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  • May 2023

    • McKenna Walsh graduates Brandeis Magna Cum Laude with high departmental honors and a B.S. in Biology.​

    • Zhantao Du graduates with an M.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology. He'll be joining Ohio State's Pharmacology program in Fall 2023!

    • Katie Andre officially joins the Bisson Lab

    • Ashley Dodge and Jasmin Kwak both pass their qualifying exams and become doctoral candidates.

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  • March 2023

    • Our collaboration with the Garner Lab on salactin is published on BioRXiv. Congrats to John!

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  • January 2023

    • Ryan Gossart joins the Bisson Lab for his third rotation​

    • Dr. Kiwi Dodge joins the lab as a Puppy Investigator

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  • October 2022

    • Andrew Berardi joins the Bisson Lab for his second rotation​

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  • August 2022

    • ​Katie Andre joins the Bisson Lab for her first rotation

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  • July 2022

    • ​Sam Shuster joins the lab as a summer REU student​

    • Tyler Postal joins the lab as a summer MRSEC REU student

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  • June 2022

    • Ashley Dodge and Jasmin Kwak officially join the lab​ as graduate students

    • Ashley Dodge is appointed as a fellow in Brandeis's Cross-disciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Grant

    • McKenna Walsh starts her Summer Materials Undergraduate Research Fellowship

    • Micaela Cerletti joins the lab as a visiting research scientist

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  • May 2022​

    • Olivia passes her advanced exam and becomes a doctoral candidate​

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  • April 2022​

    • Zach passes his advanced exam and becomes a doctoral candidate

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  • March 2022​

    • Ashley Dodge joins the Bisson Lab for her fourth rotation

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  • January 2022

    • Sayan Biswas and Maira Majano join the lab for rotations

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  • December 2021

    • Izzy Andrus joins the Bisson Lab as a Lab Technician

    • Astrid Schneider joins the lab as the Digital Animator

    • Zhantao Du joins the Bisson Lab as a MCB MSc Student

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  • November 2021

    • Jasmin Kwak joins the lab for her second rotation

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  • October 2021

    • Olivia Leland joins the lab as a graduate student

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  • August 2021

    • Nate Zaccardi joins the lab for his first rotation​

    • Mahika Gupta joins the lab as the new Lab Manager

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  • June 2021 

    • Undergraduates Emily Weis, McKenna Walsh, and Penelope Jacobson join the Bisson Lab

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  • May 2021 

    • ​Zachary Curtis joins the lab as a graduate student

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  • April 2021 

    • Nathan defends his undergraduate thesis and graduates from Brandeis!

    • Steven Bruckbauer joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow

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  • September 2020

    • ​Bisson Lab is awarded the Moore-Simons Project on the Origin of the Eukaryotic Cell, together with our collaborators Buzz Baum (MRC-LMB), Anja Spang (NIOZ), Laura Villanueva (NIOZ), and Sergey Ovchinnikov (Harvard). We will study cell-cell interaction among diverse archaeal species. More microscopes to archaeal cell biologists!

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  • August 2020

    • NSF MRSEC awarded to Brandeis (Bisson Lab included) to study emergent bioinspired materials (more info).

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  • June 2020 

    • John Mallon joins the Bisson Lab as a postdoctoral fellow.

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  • March 2020

    • ​Nathan joins the lab for his Senior thesis.

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  • November 2019

    • Theopi joins the Bisson lab! Our undergrads Isha and Susan join the Bisson Lab. 

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  • September 2019

    • Bisson Lab website is online!

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  • May 2019 

    • Alex accepted the offer from Brandeis University and will join the Biology Department this fall as Assistant Professor! The Bisson Lab is born!

 
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