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Author: Connor LaMontagne

I'm a fourth-year PhD student in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, focusing on environmental microbiology. I study how antibiotic resistance arises, travels, and changes in the environment. When not working on research, I can be found playing drums for a variety of local bands!

Blog / The Isolated Organism: An Ecosystem Made of Only One Species!

April 20, 2021 / Connor LaMontagne /

Every environment around you – from the ground outside to the screen you’re staring at – is covered with life. Bacteria and other microbes have been found just about everywhere…

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Blog / Why microbes are so good at evolving

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 / Connor LaMontagne /

How have creatures as simple as microbes managed to colonize every corner of the world, resist our weapons against them, and eat electricity? Turns out, they’re ridiculously good at evolution.

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Blog / Bacteria Don’t Have to Be Single Cells: Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 / Connor LaMontagne / 2

We usually define bacteria as being single-celled organisms. But with microbes, there’s always an exception to the rule.

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Academia / Molds, Mealworms, and Missed Opportunities: How We Think About Young Scientists

August 1, 2019February 2, 2021 / Connor LaMontagne /

It is extremely important for science to be open for everyone but is it open to those who are young? Are we missing out on discoveries because we do not listen to the questions that children ask about science?

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Blog / I Love Microbiology, and You Can Too

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 / Connor LaMontagne / 1

There is this notion that people who study science had a lifelong fascination with it, implying that those who lack this history should pursue another career. Let me tell you:…

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