Whatley Lab

Our group focuses on the early stages of biofilm development. We are particularly interested in factors that drive poly-microbial biofilm formation and persistence.

Projects

• The role of the replisome in the bacterial response to quinolones - Amanda Finck, Nene Sy, Sarah DiDomenico

  • Presented early findings @ Experimental Biology 2017. Click here to read.

• Understanding synergistic biofilm formation between Microbacterium & Chryseobacterium  - Amanda Finck, Sarah DiDomenico, Hannah Hadgu, Elli Vickers

  • Isolation, Identification & Characterization of Biofilm Formation - Amanda & Sarah

  • Transposon Mutagenesis of Microbacterium to identify biofilm genes - Sarah, Elli, Hannah

  • Heterologous Expression of Chryseobacterium gDNA - Sarah & Hannah

  • Characterization of Cell-Cell Interactions - Elli & River

• Characterization of pMONS, a 33-kb Microbacterium oxydans plasmid - Nene & Sarah

• Isolation and Characterization of pCH, a Chryseobacterium plasmid of unknown size - Elli & River 

• Identification of a Type IX Secretion System & Trafficked Proteins in Chryseobacterium hispalense - Julia Ruff

Students

Amanda Finck, Nene Sy, Sarah DiDomenico, Hannah Hadgu, and Elli Vickers

Julia Ruff (BIO 290 - Fall 2017)

River Larson-Pollock

Nene Sy

Hi, my name is Nene Sy and I am from New York City. I am a freshman at Gettysburg College.  My goal is to incorporate my passion for helping others with my love for science by pursuing a career in the health sciences. Conducting research with Dr. Whatley allows me to gain more lab experience and broaden my knowledge of biology; it is so exciting! I am looking forward to learning all of the new research techniques and cannot wait to see what we discover! Click here to see the work I'm doing.

Amanda Finck

Click here to see the work I'm doing.

Sarah DiDomenico

Hannah Hadgu

Elli Vickers

Julia Ruff

I am a sophomore here at Gettysburg majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.  I am using bioinformatics to understand the Type IX Secretion System in our Chryseobacterium isolate. I am very excited to be working in the lab and completing a BIO 290. Having the opportunity to work in lab gives me the chance to learn beyond the classroom, and the ability to gain invaluable experience.

River Larson-Pollock

Retired Members