Lauer Lab
Our research focuses on different projects in environmental microbiology using a variety of molecular and culture-based techniques that involve undergraduate and graduate students. Current ongoing projects, as well as completed projects are described below.
Research in our lab
My students and I are pursuing different projects in microbial ecology, microbial diversity, and microbial symbiosis. Click here to find out more.
- Detection and characterization of Coccidioides immitis growth sites in California
- Coccidioidomycosis in pinnipeds
- Diversity and function of microorganisms in desert soils
- Diversity of microcrustaceans in ponds and lakes of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
- Cutaneous antifungal microbiota of amphibians
- Diversity of bacterial associates of Watersipora subtorquata, a highly invasive bryozoan species worldwide
