Alpher Aspiras
Shikuma Lab
Research:
Funded by the SDSU NIH Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program. As a researcher in the Shikuma Lab, I study to broaden scientific knowledge and diversify the tools available for genetic manipulation of marine bacteria.
Publications:
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"Draft genome sequences of ten bacteria from the marine Pseudoalteromonas group"
Amanda T. Alker, Bhumika S. Gode, Alpher E. Aspiras, Jeffrey E. Jones, Sama R. Michael, David Aguilar, Audrea D. Cain, Nicholas J. Shikuma
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"A modular plasmid toolkit to explore function in symbiotic marine bacteria"
Amanda T. Alker, Morgan Farrell, Alpher E. Aspiras, Tiffany L. Dunbar,
Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ
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Presentations:
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference (ASBMB). Seattle, Washington. March 2023. Poster presentation.
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. SDSU Student Symposium (S3). San Diego, California. March 2023. Oral presentation.
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS). Anaheim, California. November 2023. Poster presentation.
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. Seminar at Marine invertebrate Cell Biology Meeting. Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Aug. 2019.San Diego, California. November 2022. Oral presentation.
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. SDSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. San Diego, California. September 2022. Oral presentation.
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Alker AT, Farrell M, Aspiras AE, Dunbar TL, Fedoriouk A, Sama Mikail, Shikuma NJ. Developing a New CRISPRi toolkit for Marine Bacteria. SDSU Student Research Symposium. San Diego, California. March 2022. Poster presentation.
Amanda T. Alker, Bhumika S. Gode, Alpher E. Aspiras, Jeffrey E. Jones, Sama R. Michael, David Aguilar, Audrea D. Cain, Nicholas J. Shikuma. Draft genome sequences of ten bacteria from the marine Pseudoalteromonas group. SDSU Student Research Symposium. San Diego, California. March 2021. Poster presentation.
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