Lab News
2026
- Awarded a three-year New York State Department of State contract to lead environmental DNA coordination across the South Shore Estuary Reserve (2026–2029)
- Guest interview on My Hometown, WHPC
- Molloy University profile: Professor Liz Suter—Advancing eDNA Research, including student research and presentations
- Developing eDNA metrics for assessing ecosystem health in Great South Bay, Molloy University Faculty Research Day
- Student research: eDNA for biodiversity monitoring and ecosystem assessment in Great South Bay, Molloy Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference
2025
- Invited talk, From microbes to megafauna: How eDNA is shaping oceanography, Friends of the Bay Environmental News and Brews Series
- Invited keynote, From microbes to megafauna: The role of metabarcoding in shaping oceanography, DNA Learning Center Urban Barcode Project Student Symposium
- Invited keynote, Becoming Human Through Research, 2nd Annual Molloy Undergraduate Research Conference
2024
- Participated in the first-of-its-kind autonomous eDNA biodiversity survey in Shinnecock Bay; see also OOR’s summary
- Contributed expert content to the eDNA Knowledge Base
- Students Dominique Di Domenico and Emily Bonacchi presented Great South Bay eDNA research at Molloy’s Undergraduate Research Conference and at the Ocean Sciences Meeting and New England Estuarine Research Society annual conference
2023
- Funded for Restoring Coastlines and Retaining Students From Underrepresented Groups
- Gino Macchio Foundation and Molloy University team up to study oyster population
- Graduate Represents Molloy on Research Cruise
- Research students, Joe and Matt, receive 1st and 2nd place for undergraduate research at the Sigma Xi conference. Congrats!
- Research students Dominique, Emily, Joe, and Matt present their undergraduate theses at the BCES Research Colloquium. Congrats!
- Blog for the MicroPro research cruise, Feb- Mar 2023, aboard the R/V Atlantis
- Grant Funds Research to Support Oyster Restoration
- Oyster Pathogen Monitoring Using Third Generation Sequencers talk for the NY WRI
2022
- Research student Matt was awarded a fellowship through the ASLO-MP program to present his work on oyster pathogens at the ASLO meeting in Mallorca, Spain. Congratulations, Matt!
2021
- Congratulations to BCES Dr. Elizabeth Suter for being recognized by the NYS Water Resources Institute for your work on urban oyster restoration!
- Early Career Faculty Research Colloquium - Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Rare Fish Species in Shinnecock Bay
- Webinar: CyVerse Roundtable (Research, Teaching, Training, Connecting with Community)
2020
- A One-Stop Science Shop: Researching, Building Tutorials, and Teaching with CyVerse
- NSURP student, Andrea, receives honorable mention for her project, Meta-Analysis of the Pacific Oyster Hemolymph Microbiome In Response to Vibrio Infection and Temperature Stress