Biodesign features Delgado Lab’s efforts to transform waste into wealth

In a 2/17/21 Biodesign news article, Waste into wealth: harvesting useful products from microbial growth, Richard Harth describes the Delgado Lab’s research projects focused on using microbial chain elongation to process waste streams, including food waste and fuels, by extracting useful products from organic waste.  

“Microbial remedies target chemical threats in the environment”

Anca Delgado, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, and Srivatsan Mohana Rangan were all featured in a current issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Their study revealed novel ways to remove very toxic chemicals from our environment. You can check out the description of this study on the ASU Biodesign Institute site or also the full text… Continue reading “Microbial remedies target chemical threats in the environment”

Aide Robles Wins First Place in Geosyntec 2020 Groundwater Student Paper Competition

Aide Robles has won the 11th Annual Geosyntec Student Paper Competition! She is a PhD student here at Arizona State, her advisor is Anca Delgado. You can check out the call for submission web page which shows the details of the competition. We are all so proud of Aide and all of her hard work!

Swette Center Good News Updates, January – April 2019

Krajmalnik-Brown Featured in Ask A Biologist Podcast In April, Dr. Rosy was featured in the Microbes Living Inside Us podcast. Podcast Notes: On this program we talk a lot about cells. In particular plant, animal, and microbial cells. But did you know there is a world of microbes that make their home inside and on… Continue reading Swette Center Good News Updates, January – April 2019

Anca Delgado Honored as Outstanding Faculty Mentor for 2018

The ASU Graduate College has awarded BSCEB faculty member Anca Delgado with the 2018 Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor award in the category Outstanding Masters Mentor for 2018. The committee received many exceptional nominations but her portfolio, which included strong letters of support from her students and faculty chair, impressed them the most. There will be… Continue reading Anca Delgado Honored as Outstanding Faculty Mentor for 2018