1st Place- CSU Student Research Symposium 2022. See video below.
Alker AT, Demko A, Farrell M, Sneed JM, Purdy TN, Moore BS, Paul VJ, Shikuma NJ. Bacterial genetics links chemical biosynthesis genes to coral metamorphosis. Gordon Research Seminar Marine Microbes. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. May 2022. Alker AT, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Farrell M, Fedoriouk A, Shikuma NJ. A modular plasmid toolkit to explore function in symbiotic marine bacteria. Gordon Research Conference Marine Microbes. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. May 2022. GRC Marine Microbes 2022. See poster below.
Alker AT, Sneed JM, Purdy TN, Demko A, Moore BS, Paul VJ, Shikuma NJ. Coral settlement cues from bacteria. Marine Microbial Chemical Communication (M2C2 Webinar Series). Virtual presentation. Jan. 2022.
Alker AT, Sneed JM, Delherbe N, Purdy TN, Demko A, Moore BS, Paul VJ, Shikuma NJ. The influence of bacterial settlement cues on animal metamorphosis. Invited talk at Carnegie Institution for Science (Johns Hopkins University). Baltimore, MD. Oct. 2021.
Alker AT, Sneed JM, Delherbe N, Purdy TN, Demko A, Moore BS, Paul VJ, Shikuma NJ. A marine bacterium produces different factors that stimulate animal metamorphosis. Oral presentation. International Coral Reef Symposium (Session 4-H1). July 2021. ICRS Student Travel Award.
Alker AT, Jones JE, Dunbar TL, Sneed JM, Paul VJ, Shikuma NJ. A bacterial toolkit to investigate the genetics and function of marine Pseudoalteromonads.Poster presentation. World Microbe Forum (Virtual). June 2021. Alker AT, Delherbe N, Purdy T, Little M, Rohwer F, Wegley-Kelly L, Moore B, Shikuma N. A marine bacterium produces three distinct factors that stimulate animal metamorphosis. Poster presentation and lightning talk. Ocean Sciences Meeting. San Diego, Ca. Feb 2020.
Alker AT, Delherbe N, Purdy T, Little M, Wegley-Kelly L, Moore B, Shikuma N. A marine bacterium produces three different factors that stimulate animal metamorphosis. Poster presentation. Southern California American Society of Microbiology Meeting. La Jolla, Ca. Oct 2019.
Alker AT, Delherbe N, Purdy T, Moore B, and Shikuma N. Investigating the genetics and function of two bacterial factors that induce marine invertebrate metamorphosis. Seminar at Marine invertebrate Cell Biology Meeting. Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Aug 2019.