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Congratulations Dr. Chong! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1603917120493-8K4SYA3YKBQVOUWWEEME/image.jpg News Gallery September 2020: Our research on microbial electron transport profiled for the Department of Energy’s ‘First Person Science’ Feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1586302529175-LD8ND0ZKNUZ2N2MGG066/jacsat.2019.141.issue-49.largecover-2.jpg News Gallery March 2020: USC press release about our recent JACS cover article on spin selectivity in bacterial extracellular electron conduits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1568220141259-N6DO3TZBV15OEXQWMQGN/Amruta+Defense.png News Gallery August 2019: Amruta successfully defendes her PhD thesis ‘Electrochemical Investigations And Imaging Tools For Understanding Extracellular Electron Transfer In Phylogenetically Diverse Bacteria‘. Congrats Dr. Karbelkar!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1562220620117-OFOM6Q78KHI2A89MHULC/Screen+Shot+2019-07-03+at+11.07.13+PM.png News Gallery June 2019: Congratulations to Karla Abuyen for joining as a fellow in the T32 Chemical Biology Training program at USC! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1531171922953-9B4WOSIYLHY4BRY4SDMT/livtronics.jpg News Gallery May 2018: Department of Defense funds our USC-led Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on Living Electronics. 5-Institute Efforts with MIT, UMN, ASU, and WUSTL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1586302209446-8NOOQ6GKU4E2LF18S1G6/image-asset.jpeg News Gallery March 2020: USC press release https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1562220464528-O455NMHT2MCT8Z09XEPJ/Screen+Shot+2019-07-03+at+11.07.32+PM.png News Gallery March 2019: Listen to Moh talk about electric bacteria on public radio stations through the Academic Minute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1531171399658-Y0DXLIFIVBUWYSCMP6DY/ECT.png News Gallery April 2018: USC press release about our recent PNAS paper on the ultrastructure of Shewanella membrane nanowires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1510813499338-Q49EF97V9O9DQ8Q1DFCD/MohEl-Naggar_LR1.jpg News Gallery September 2017: Quanta Magazine article on microbial electrochemical communication. Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1510813892056-4OIKRMKVQLFHE5E5OI8D/CypherESBillboard.jpg News Gallery August 2017: Our lab has been awarded a generous grant from AFOSR through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). The newly acquired Asylum Research high-speed Atomic Force Microscope was successfully installed in August 2017! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1510813210983-MU6MC9GNRIQWTF49DD7I/2017_national_finalists_composite_image_1200_x_460_for_annoucements_page.jpg News Gallery June 2017: Moh is named a finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards (Life Sciences) category! Press release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1510812866376-3PTGT4V02TVAPRG4CKEP/IMG_20170327_124642.jpg News Gallery March 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Hyesuk Byun on passing her Ph.D. defense! Thesis title: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations for Electron Transport in Redox Proteins: From Single Cytochromes to Redox Networks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1479425466621-4E17TCL5I15RDS3526FR/BBC+Focus+Article.png News Gallery October 2016: BBC Focus Magazine article about our work on extracellular electron transfer in deep subsurface microbes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1471324676004-XUUCBJI12M0EAE93CSPT/ElectricMicrobe_1K.jpg News Gallery June and July 2016: Coverage of our NASA Astrobiology work by Quanta Magazine and the Atlantic Monthly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1466029705502-1ZU0U5AZ6NC7QQO7JCKB/Microbial+Electrochemistry.jpg News Gallery June 2016: Postdoctoral position available to work on extracellular electron transfer in novel microbes, as part of our collaborative NSF DIMENSIONS project. 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Ben Gross, Ian McFarlane, and Sahand Pirbadian on receiving their PhDs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1463176526401-BFT7N164RPESVTX72OEL/PBS+NewsHour.png News Gallery A PBS NewsHour feature about our lab! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a4fcc2eeb81322c5a2b97/1463176506470-P1AUI0Z9CQ6CSASTE6RE/PECASE.png News Gallery Moh receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama. White House Release. 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