The Cohan Laboratory

A thoughtful piece to persuade those on the fence about global warming, by my student Langston Lynch, Wesleyan ‘20
http://tinyurl.com/lvpdvuo

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? The Ultimate Heated Debate – Cohan Lab

It’s not just our personalities that make us special. Colonization resistance of gut microbiota differs among individuals, too. Interesting new data on how the resident bacteria determine who stays and who leaves.

Blog by Isaac Klimasmith, Wes '20

http://cohanlab.research.wesleyan.edu/2016/12/07/no-bacterium-is-an-island/

No Bacterium is an Island – Cohan Lab No Bacterium is an Island December 7, 2016 by Oliver By Isaac Klimasmith ’20 When John Donne proclaimed that “no man is an island”(1), he recognized the connections that bind humanity together. But just as people function socially and spiritually in a world defined by interaction and connection, s...

A new technology for scrubbing smokestack exhaust of CO2 and producing biofuel

Blog by Sam Zuniga-Levy, Wes '19

http://cohanlab.research.wesleyan.edu/2016/12/07/bacterial-conversion-of-co2-to-lipids-a-sustainable-fuel-source/

Bacterial Conversion of CO2 to Lipids: A Sustainable Fuel Source – Cohan Lab Bacterial Conversion of CO2 to Lipids: A Sustainable Fuel Source December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 by Oliver by Sam Zuniga-Levy ’19 As fossil fuel reserves decline while atmospheric CO2 levels rise, the search for methods of obtaining sustainable sources of energy continually attracts the spotlight.…