Recent Stories
Summer Studentship Article | September 24, 2025
In September 2025, 3rd year undergraduate Amelia Rohim showed off her Applied Microbiology International sponsored summer work within our lab and gave insights on her projects and daily routine within the lab in an article featured on The Microbiologist. Nice job Ameila!
Full article link: TheMicrobiologist
Stamps Scholars Oral Presentations | August, 2025
On August 1st, 2025, Aneesa Redissi (middle) presented at the Stamps Scholars Oral Presentations, an event hosted by UROP and the Stamps Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. She showed off her studies on the mechanistic and ecological features of S. mutans biofilms, work done towards her honors thesis. Hats off to you Aneesa!
UROP Symposium | April 23rd, 2025
On April 23rd, 2025, Christopher Qu, a first-year undergraduate at the time, presented a poster at the spring symposium for the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). His presentation featured his work 3D modeling a system to provide controlled heating at specific time points while imaging using a confocal microscope. Chris is one of many outstanding UROP students within our lab. Impressive start Chris!
MI-ASM | April 5th, 2025
On April 5th, 2025, Avi Patel, an undergraduate within our lab, was able to present a poster at the annual MI-ASM meeting hosted by the University of Michigan - Dearborn. His presentation showed off his work on a microplate-based method to study coaggregation between oral bacteria. Great work Avi!
Collaboration in Newcastle, UK | August, 2025
In August, 2025, Dr. Rickard traveled home to the UK to visit his colleague Dr. Nick Jakubovics in Newcastle upon Tyne at the University of Newcastle. The two shared great discussion about ongoing biofilm work in both England and Ann Arbor. Thank you Dr. Jakubovics for the hospitality!