Please join the NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) and host institution Duke University for a talk from Drs. Connie Syharat, Arash Zaghi, and Marisa Chrysochoou of the University of Connecticut. Reframing Neurodiversity in Higher Education A growing body of literature suggests that neurodiverse learners may possess assets that are highly desirable […]

All PreMiEr scholars (undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and research staff) are invited and encouraged to join the next meeting of the SLC. Please check your email from an invitation from the SLC Chair, Jorden Rabasco, for the Zoom link.

PreMiEr scholars actively involved in research share their data, findings, and problems with other members of PreMiEr.

Please join the NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) for a seminar by Dr. Nathan Crook of North Carolina State University. Accelerated Engineering of Nonmodel Microbes Microbial communities are present in a diverse range of important habitats, including the built environment, the human gut, and the plant root.  In these environments, microbial […]

Please join the NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) and host institution The University of North Carolina at Charlotte for a talk from Dr. Karthik Anantharaman of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. (Re)defining the roles of phage in microbiomes Viruses that infect microbes (typically referred to as bacteriophages, or phages) are […]

All PreMiEr-associated scholars (undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, and research staff) are invited to attend the monthly meetings of the Scholars Leadership Council (SLC), an organization led by and for the scholars that comprise the ERC.  Please check your emails from SLC Chair Jorden Rabasco for the Zoom link. PreMiEr-supported scholars are expected to be active […]

Please join the NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) and host institution Duke University for a talk from Dr. Yun Shen of George Washington University. Environmental behaviors of pathogens in complex environments and challenges to engineering interventions Understanding the transmission of bacterial and viral pathogens in engineered water systems is of great […]

Please join the NSF Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) and host Duke University for a talk by Dr. Shalani Prasad of the University of Texas - Dallas. Title:Non-invasive tracking host inflammatory response due to infection and chronic disease Abstract: Inflammation is a biological response of the immune system that can be triggered […]

PreMiEr Members are invited to the second Annual Meeting of the PreMiEr ERC at Duke University.

PreMiEr faculty and scholars are required to attend the Year 1 NSF Site Visit and Evaluation.