January 2024

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, and in collaboration with Citrus College, Oak Crest Institute of Science hosted Pathways to STEM undergraduate students in its student incubator.

The students, guided by a group of peer mentors, self organized to isolate strains of pseudomonas bacteria from soil collected in their local area.

The students learned microbiological and biochemical methods and were able to isolate and identify at least 6 strains of pseudomonas.