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Jason Andras

Grant

Kate Ballantine and Rachel Rubin (Environmental Studies) and Jason Andras (Biology) received a grant from the Restore America's Estuaries: Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Watershed Grants for their project " Bioreactors for Enhanced Nitrogen Removal in Coastal Cranberry Farms." The project is for two years and four months.

Publication

Rubin, R., K. Ballantine, A. Hegberg*, and J. Andras. 2022. Flooding and ecological restoration promote wetland microbial communities and soil functions on former cranberry farmland. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260933. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260933

Andras, J. P., Rodriguez-Reillo, W. G., Truchon, A., Blanchard, J. L., Pierce, E. A., & Ballantine, K. A. (2020). Rewilding the small stuff: The effect of ecological restoration on prokaryotic communities of peatland soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaa144

Andras, J. P., Fields, P., Du Pasquier, L. D., Fredericksen, M., & Ebert, D. (2020). Genome-wide association analysis identifies a genetic basis of infectivity in a model bacterial pathogen. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa173

Andras, J.P., Hollis, K.L., Carter, K.A. [MHC '17], Couldwell, G. [MHC '16] & Nowbahari, E. (2020). Analysis of ants’ rescue behavior reveals heritable specialization for first responders. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: jeb212530.

Alexi Arango

Honor

Alexi Arango was invited to speak at the 40th Annual Alumnae Seminar about how current and emerging technologies might counter global warming.

Bruce M. Arnold

Publication

Arnold, B. (2022). Job: An ordinary servant of God. Wipf and Stock Publishers.

Arnold, B., Aronson, A., & Lawall, G. (Eds). (2011). Teacher's Guide. Love and Betrayal: A Catullus Reader (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall.

Arnold, B., Aronson, A., & Lawall, G. (Eds). (2011). Love and Betrayal: A Catullus Reader (2nd Edition). Prentice Hall.

Arnold, B., Aronson, A., & Lawall, G. (Eds). (2000). Teacher's Guide. Love and Betrayal: A Catullus Reader. Prentice Hall.