ShadeLab hosts Dr. Josh Neufeld for MMG Seminar
This week, ShadeLab was excited to welcome Dr. Josh Neufeld to Michigan State as a speaker for the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics...


Welcome, Dr. Josh Herr
ShadeLab wecolmes post-doctoral scholar Josh Herr! Josh got his PhD at Penn State working on fungal-plant interactions, and from there...
Ashley visits Indiana University's Department of Biology
Ashley will be giving seminar at IU-Bloomington's Department of Biology Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seminar series on 21 Nov 2014. ...
Welcome rotation student Taylor Dunivin
ShadeLab welcomes BMS student Taylor Duninvin for her second rotation. For her rotation project, Taylor will be investigating ecological...


Bactoberfest 2014
Inspired by our alma mater (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology), the Shade/Dufour Labs hosted our first annual...

Updates to Conditionally Rare Taxa discovery algorithm: v1.1
We're pleased to share updates to the CRT discovery algorithm, published at the ShadeLab GitHub space. CRT version 1.1 includes minor...


Fieldwork in Centralia
Ashley and Keara are in the field this week, collecting soil samples above the Centralia coalmine fire. Can you see the steam escaping...


Welcome, Dr. Sang-Hoon Lee!
Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Sang-Hoon Lee has finally arrived to the ShadeLab! Dr. Lee received his PhD with Jae-Chang Cho at Hankuk...
New editorial in Frontiers in Microbiology Special Issue
We are pleased to announce the publication of our new editorial: When, where and how does microbial community composition matter? by D...
Welcome, Enya!
ShadeLab welcomes Enya deFeijter, an undergraduate Professorial Assistant from the Lyman Briggs Honors College!