
{"id":449,"date":"2025-11-23T14:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/?p=449"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:57:16","slug":"lots-to-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/blog\/2025\/11\/23\/lots-to-be-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots to be Thankful for!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Ruth Wright<\/strong> presented a poster at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacnas.org\/\">SACNAS<\/a>&#8216; NDiSTEM meeting, representing the UNC Charlotte chapter which many lab members are involved in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A woman posing in front of her poster\" class=\"wp-image-452 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;width:247px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_8490-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Alison Moore<\/strong> presented a poster at the North Carolina chapter meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A woman posing in front of her poster\" class=\"wp-image-451 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;width:382px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_5040-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dallas Moses<\/strong> and <strong>Bhuwan Abbot<\/strong> both gave talks at NC ASM, but in bigger news, they also both passed their candidacy exams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A woman giving a talk in front of a powerpoint slide that says &quot;Identifying novel EHB&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-455 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9180-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, we had a blast at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcarolinaasm.org\/\">NC ASM<\/a> meeting and are looking forward to UNC Charlotte hosting next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Selfie of smiling meeting attendees from the Carter lab and UNC Charlotte\" class=\"wp-image-450 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;width:601px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2025\/11\/IMG_9177-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Wright presented a poster at SACNAS&#8216; 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