Dawn does an amazing job presenting her research, it’s surprisingly sunny in Portland, and we get to go on interesting tours such as learning the science of distilling at McMenamins Edgefield.
C3 VIP undergraduate students present their posters at the 2025 VIP Expo
Great work on Fall 2025 research projects!
Fiona presents at the Grad Proposal Showcase!
Welcome to Jaycee and Chadwick!
We are so thrilled to welcome Jaycee to Boise and to the lab group, and to welcome Chadwick into a new role as a graduate student!
Lab River Float
We had a great time floating the Boise River in late August, 2025
Microbes & Climate Change Global Strategy Meeting
Back in May, Leonora was invited to be part of the Microbes and Climate Change Global Strategy meeting at the ASM Headquarters in DC. She represented ASM as a mSystems editor and part of the MIcrobe EEB program committee.
ASM Microbe 2025
Leonora, Jess and Jessica had a great time at the ASM Microbe conference in LA! Leonora was part of the EEB organizing committee.
Posters from our group at the 2025 Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research (ICUR)
Grant, Kyah, Katie and Abbagayle all presented posters at ICUR this year. Nice work!
Summer lab gathering and good-bye to Jessica
People from the Bittleston lab group (+ partners) in Leonora’s backyard.
We had a lovely brunch potluck to celebrate our summer researchers and to send off Jessica to her new awesome postdoctoral position at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Phyllosphere 2025 Conference in Okinawa, Japan
Jessica, Elle, Leonora & Jacob enjoyed the conference and gorgeous surroundings.
