Six research grants were received by members of the Riley Lab for innovative research in Fall of 2025, provided by the Commonwealth Honors College (CHC). Kate Corey, Aiden Hu, Mathena Nguyen, and Eli Rabson were each awarded grants to support the research for Team Vibrio. Two grants were awarded to Team Salmonella: one awarded to…
Come hear Dr. Riley share her insights on the importance of caring for our microbiomes, and hear her introduce her new textbook, The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease: An Introduction, which will be released on December 9th. Her seminar will take place on December 10th at the Kestrel Land Trust office here in Amherst…
The application to join the Riley Lab in Spring 2026 is now open! The Riley Lab is looking for a handful of new researchers to join the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The application will remain open until November 4th, 2025; interviews will begin on November 7th, 2025. Those wanting to learn more about the research…
This year, two teams from the Riley Lab will be presenting at the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference is Friday, April 18th, 2025 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center Auditorium (lower level) Come check us out at the following times/locations: 3:15 – 4:00pm We hope you see you there!
Five members of the Riley Lab received research grants for the Spring of 2025, provided by the Commonwealth Honors College (CHC). Benjamin Vengalil (Team Acne), Merin Thomas (Team SciComm), Catherine Chu (Team Chicken), Tamara Turk (Team Enteric), and Ella Zhang (Team Acne) were all awarded due to their innovative research in the Riley Lab. These…
Four members of the Riley Lab received research grants for the Fall of 2024, provided by the Commonwealth Honors College (CHC). Benjamin Vengalil (Team Acne), Merin Thomas (Team SciComm), Catherine Chu (Team Chicken), and Tamara Turk (Team Enteric) were all awarded due to their innovative research in the Riley Lab. These grants fund materials relating…
In June of 2024, the Riley Lab published a pioneering paper detailing nisin as an effective antibiotic against Gram-negative bacteria, challenging the previous hypothesis that the bacteriocin was effective solely against Gram-positive bacteria due to the thick peptidoglycan wall thought to inhibit nisin’s activity in Gram-negative bacteria. This paper was many years in the making,…
This past October, Riley Lab member Ben Vengalil participated in The Minute Pitch Competition, hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship in the Isenberg School of Management here at UMass. The competition entails startups giving a 60-second pitch to compete for a $2,500 prize pool including an audience choice award. Ben’s pitch highlighting nisin as…
The application to join the Riley Lab in Spring 2025 is now open! The Riley Lab is looking for a handful of new researchers to join the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The application will remain open until November 18th, 2024; Interviews will occur starting Thursday, November 21st. Those wanting to learn more about the research…
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