kellymicroecolab
@kellymicroecolab.bsky.social
Dr. John Kelly's lab at Loyola University Chicago. Microbial ecology of freshwater ecosystems focused on urbanization and emerging pollutants. https://kellymicroecolab1.wixsite.com/kelly
New publication from our team doi.org/10.1002/lom3...
Cotton strips as a model substrate for analysis of leaf‐litter‐colonizing microbial assemblages in streams
Leaf-litter decomposition is a key indicator of the functional integrity of stream ecosystems and cotton strips have been employed as a standard substrate for quantification of litter-decomposition r...
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New publication from our team doi.org/10.3389/fmic...
Frontiers | Wastewater treatment plant effluent alters particle-associated bacterial assemblages in an intermittent stream
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) can be point-sources of nutrients, organic matter, anthropogenic contaminants, and microbes to lotic environments, and th...
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New publication from our team led by Ryan Krantz doi.org/10.3389/fmic...
Frontiers | Antibiotics adsorb to polyester microplastic fibers and alter bacterial communities in stream mesocosms
Antibiotics and microplastics (MPs) are anthropogenic contaminants that co-occur in wastewater and wastewater-impacted surface waters. Within these environme...
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Naomi Catalla, an undergraduate researcher in the Kelly Lab, presented her research project at the 2026 Pre-service Teacher Research Experience workshop.
Brooklyn Sims, an undergraduate researcher in the Kelly Lab, presented her research project at the 2026 Loyola University Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium.
Our paper analyzing biofilms on plastic litter in an urban river was ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2024 doi.org/10.1002/wer....
Darian Bolden, an undergraduate researcher in the Kelly Lab, presented his research project at the 2026 Loyola University Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium.
Brooklyn Sims, an undergraduate researcher in the Kelly Lab, presented her research project at the 2026 Loyola University Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium.
Brooklyn Sims, an undergraduate researcher in the Kelly Lab, did a great job presenting a poster at the 2026 Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Congratulations to Kelly Lab alum Justine Nguyen @jlotusnguyen.bsky.social who recently earned her PhD from Marquette University working with Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social and is moving on to a postdoc at the University of Georgia. We are so proud of you Dr. Nguyen!!!
New publication from our team led by Ryan Krantz www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Adsorption of the antimicrobial triclosan to microplastics impacts biofilm and planktonic microbial communities in freshwater
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous contaminants in freshwater ecosystems that could be hotspots for the interaction of antimicrobial compounds and sur…
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Recent publication from our team led by Ben Lorentz www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Frontiers | Treated wastewater effluent increases pharmaceutical concentrations and alters benthic microbial communities in streams
Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent can be a point source of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) to surface waters, and these biologica...
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Recent publication from our team led by Bizzy Berg aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Transport and retention of microplastic fibers in streams are impacted by benthic algae, discharge, and substrate
Microplastics (particles < 5 mm) are pollutants of emerging concern in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Streams are key sites of microplastic input, retention, and transport, and empirical measurements ...
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