Lab News

 

• 15-May-2020 St. Cloud Times Article: https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/15/golden-algae-bloom-little-rock-lake-good-sign-after-drawdown/3116724001/
• 12-May-2020 New Publication: McDowell, D., Dick, J. TA., Eagling, L., Julius, M., Sheldrake, G. N., Theodoridou, K., & Walsh, P. J. 2020. Recycling Nutrients from Anaerobic Digestates for the cultivation of Phaeodactylum tricornutum: A Feasibility study. Journal of Algal Research, 48, [101893]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2020.101893.
• 4-May-2020 St. Cloud Times Article: https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/04/scientists-pivot-pandemic-research-outreach-lab-teach-st-cloud-state-university-coronavirus-covid-19/2958181001/
• 3-April-2020 New Publication: Dickey JWE, Cuthbert RN, South J, Britton JR, Caffrey J, Chang X, Crane K, Coughlan NE, Fadaei E, Farnsworth KD, Ismar-Rebitz SMH, Joyce PWS, Julius M, Laverty C, Lucy FE, MacIsaac HJ, McCard M, McGlade CLO, Reid N, Ricciardi A, Wasserman RJ, Weyl OLF, Dick JTA. 2020. On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species. NeoBiota 55: 27-60. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.55.49547
• 19-March-2020 New Publication: Ide Y, Matsukawa Y, Miyashiro D, Mayama S, Julius ML, Umemura K. 2020. Unique observation method of temperature dependence of diatom floating by direct microscope. J Microbiol Methods. 2020 Mar;172 105901. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105901. PMID: 32199876.
• 9-March-2020 TEDx St. Cloud Talk posted on youtube.com
• 2-November-2019 Julius Presented at the The Japan-US Science Forum in Boston 2019 and Wins Consular Award for Best Collaborative Research
• 14-October-2019 Julius Delivers Keynote Address at Phycological Society of Nigeria Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria
• 11-October-2019 Julius presented at TEDx St. Cloud Event in Paramount Theater, St. Cloud, MN
• 21-September-2019 Julius presented to the Little Rock Lake Association
• 19-September-2019 Julius presented to the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Lake Association Network Event
• 10-May-2019 Emily Neuman, Yer Lee, and Kendahl Chergowsky graduate and become Phytolab Alumni.
• 31-April-2019 Julius receives SCSU Veteran's Resource Center Faculty of the Year Award.
• 23-April-2019 Julius presented a talk to the Whitney Senior Center's Humanities group dealing with algal derived products.
• 17-April-2019 Julius designated as "Outstanding Educator" by Minnesota State Board of Trustees .
• 6-September-2018 Drinks and Dialogue Sponsored by St. Cloud Area League of Women Voters.  Matthew Julius: Anaerobic Digestion and Biomass Research on the St. Cloud State University Campus.
• 20-August -2018 New Publication: Walsh, P. J., Fee, K., Clarke, S. A., Julius, M., & Buchanan. 2018. Blueprints for the Next Generation of Bioinspired and Biomimetic Mineralised Composites for Bone Regeneration. Marine Drugs, 16(8), 288. http://doi.org/10.3390/md16080288
• 22-July-2018 SimRiver Workshop at Botany2018, Rochester, MN.
• 8 July to August 3-2018 The Phytolab leads the Science Discovery Program 22 students from the U.S. and abroad participated in this years camp.
• 3-May-2018 Julius presented at the AWWA Surface Water Treatment Workshop on Blue Green Algal Toxins
• 25-April-2018 Our own Josh Stepanek gets a Professorship at Colorado Mountain College
• 23-24 April-2018 Julius and Dr. Shegeki Mayama visit the Academy of Natural Sciences to gather samples for a NEW SimRiver learning activity
• 14-April-2018 Julius was inducted into the Butler University Phi Beta Kappa as the Alumni Recipient for 2018 based upon his contributions to the Liberal Arts
• 6-8 March-2018 Julius, Visitors, and Students attend The Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum (co-Hosted by SCSU)
• 1-8 March-2018 Dr. Shegeki Mayama visits the lab from Tokyo Gakugei University for the SimRiver Project
• 27-February to 15-March-2018 Mr. Kengo Satomi visits the lab from Tokyo Gakugei University for the SimRiver Project
• 6-February-2018 Julius gives keynote address for 35th Annual Innovative Approaches to Wastewater Operational Problems
• 15-November-2017 10,000L Algal Raceway Inoculated
• 8-November-2017 New Publication PloS One
• 31-October-2017 New Publication Diatom Research
• 26-October-2017 New Publication Scientific Reports
• 22-September-2017 New Publication  Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices
• 20-26 August-2017 Dr. Stepanek Visits Queen's University Belfast
• 9-25 August-2017 Dr. Julius Visits University of Lagos, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, and Queen's University Belfast
• 9-July-2017 Science Discovery Program Begins: Welcome Students!
• 20-June-2017 New Publications, Systematic Biology and Diatom Research
• 17-June-2017 Welcome Dr. Daniel McDowell from Queen's University Belfast for a short research visit to the Biomass and Extraction Laboratories
• 10-June-2017 Our own Emily Brown leads the United Media Brigade at the Northern Spark 2017 Art Festival in their presentation of "Operation: Save the Earth"
• 05-May-2017 Congratulations Paige Ross, new B.S. Biomedical Sciences and new M.S. student with Matt and Ryan Fink.
• 12-Apr-2017 Matt presents at International Biomass Symposium
• 15-Feb-2017 Welcome Dr. Josh Stepanek.  Our new applied phycology research professor.