Tseng Lab Group Photos

May 2026 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Our activities on the Microbes on You and Your Stuff, Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria, Microbes under the Microscope, and Petri Dish Pompom Art.

Apr 2026 Science Cafe

Erin giving her talk

Apr 2026 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Clockwise from upper left: at Zion on the way to the meeting, at the conference (with a new lab mascot, Powell the bat), in Flagstaff on the way home from the meeting, Riley answering questions after her talk

Dec 2025 The Tseng Lab turns 10!

Mia, Nicolas, Erin, Nasibeh, Amanda, Boo, Riley, Cierra, Austin, and Daniela

Nov 2025 ASM Conference on Biofilms

Nasibeh and Erin give talks. Riley and Austin present posters.

Aug 2025 Parsek-Wozniak Retreat

Riley, Austin, Nasibeh, and Boo

May 2025 Congrats to Dr. Erin Cassin!

Image credit: Josh Hawkins

May 2025 UNLV GPSA Forum

Left: Erin receives a Grad College Medallion from Dean Crittenden
Right: Nasibeh gives a selected talk at the "Inspiration, Innovation, Impact" showcase

May 2025 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Our activities on the Microbes on You and Your Stuff, Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria, Microbes under the Microscope, Desert Cyanobacteria, and Petri Dish Pompom Art.

Apr 2025 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Nasibeh, Boo, Riley, Austin, Nicolas

Dec 2024 Lab Lunch

Top: Nasibeh, Riley, Austin, Cierra, Boo, and Nicolas
Bottom: Monika (honorary member), Erin, Cierra, Austin, Nicolas, Boo, and Nasibeh

Oct 2024 Erin's dissertation defense

CONGRATS DR. CASSIN!!!

Aug 2024 Parsek-Wozniak Retreat

Riley, Boo, and Austin

Aug 2024 Nassi's Visit to UNC

Giant thank you to Adam Rosenthal and his lab for hosting Nassi at UNC

Aug 2024 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages

Riley and Nassi presenting posters
Congrats to Nassi for winning a poster prize!

Jun 2024 Going Away Brunch for Mia

Nic, Riley, Boo, Mia, Leo, Cierra, Erin, and Austin

Jun 2024 Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology

Top: View from Little Mountain
Bottom Left: Boo, Erin, and Austin in Breckenridge
Bottom Right: Erin and Austin presenting their talks

May 2024 Congrats to Dr. Melissa Londono!

Image credit: Josh Hawkins

May 2024 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Top/Bottom: the morning/afternoon teams
Rows 2-5: Our activities on the Microbes on You and Your Stuff, Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria, Microbes under the Microscope, Desert Cyanobacteria, and Agar Art.

Apr 2024 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Austin, Erin, Mia, Nasibeh, Boo, Riley

Dec 2023 Lab Lunch

Austin, Riley, Boo, Erin, and Mia

Aug 2023 Parsek-Wozniak Retreat

Aug 2023 UNLV OUR Summer Symposium

Mia at her poster

Jun 2023 Lab Lunch

Biraj, Austin, Riley, Vanessa, Mia, Melissa, Boo, Erin, and Nasibeh

Jun 2023 Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology

Top: Nasibeh and Erin
Bottom: Nasibeh giving her poster and Erin presenting her talk

May 2023 Melissa's dissertation defense

CONGRATS DR. LONDONO!!!

May 2023 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Top: the morning team
Row 2 & 3: Our activities on the Microbes on You and Your Stuff, Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria, Microbes under the Microscope, and Desert Cyanobacteria
Row 4: Our new Agar Art event
Row 5: Students from Knudson Middle School showing off their Agar Art
Row 6: Agar Art created by the kids at the Giant Expo

Apr 2023 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Vanessa, Mia, Erin, Nasibeh, and Boo (left to right)

Feb 2023 Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM

Mia presenting her poster

Jan 2023 New Lab Photo

Vanessa, Boo, Melissa, Erin, Mia, Nasibeh, and Biraj (left to right)

Dec 2022 Lab Lunch

Vanessa, Nasibeh, Boo, Melissa, and Mia

Dec 2022 UNLV OUR Fall Symposium

Mia at her poster

Nov 2022 ASM Conference on Biofilms

Top: Nasibeh, Boo, Erin, and Biraj
Bottom: Biraj, Nasibeh, and Erin at their posters

Nov 2022 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Left: NACFC is back in person!
Right: Melissa at her poster

Aug 2022 Parsek-Wozniak Retreat

Celebrating Boo's Tenure

Aug 2022 UNLV REU Summer Symposium

Mia at her posters

Jul 2022 Visit to Bimczok lab

Erin learning now to inject organoids with bacteria

May 2022 UNLV Graduation

Congrats to Vanessa

Boo and Vanessa at the Honors Reception

May 2022 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Left: Morning Team (Cody, Taylor, Hilda, and Biraj)
Right: Afternoon Team (Vanessa, Deb, Biraj, and Eduardo)

Apr 2022 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Top: Nasibeh giving her talk
Middle: Melissa and Erin at their posters
Bottom: Erin, Boo, Melissa, Nasibeh, Vanessa, and Biraj(left to right)

Feb 2022 BTI Cell Culture Techniques Course

Melissa and Erin travel to Baltimore to gain some tissue culture skills

Nov 2021 New Lab Photo

Top: Daniela, Vanessa, Nasibeh, and Kenesha (left to right)
Bottom: Melissa, Erin, and Boo (left to right)

Nov 2021 UNLV 3-Minute Thesis Competition

Melissa wins second place in the finals!

Aug 2021 Boo's Tenure Talk

Thank you to all members past and present for all their hard work in the lab!

Aug 2021 UNLV REU Summer Symposium

Dena (top) and Vanessa (bottom) at their posters

Jun 2021 Farewell Lunch for Leo

Melissa, Kenesha, Erin, Dena, Vanessa, and Leo (left to right)

May 2021 Lab Lunch

Dena, Vanessa, Daniela, Erin, Melissa, Leo, Kenesha, and Boo (left to right)

May 2021 CFF Great Rides/Strides

CFF Las Vegas Great Rides in Boulder City

Top: Melissa, Erin, and Daniela preparing for Great Rides by making posters for the car
Bottom (L to R): Front of car, everybody in their purple shirts for the ride, back of car

CFF National Great Strides in Sloan Canyon

Lab and Family at the trailhead and on the trail

Dec 2020 Happy holidays from the Tseng Lab

Image credit: Erin Cassin and Josh Hawkins

Oct 2020 Lab Picnic

Daniela, Dena, Melissa, Erin, and Leo (with his family)(left to right)

Aug 2020 New Lab Photo

Apr 2020 Donating PPE to local hospital

Left: Dr. Aude Picard prepping boxes
Right: Boo unloading boxes
Image credit: Josh Hawkins

Apr 2020 Virtual Lab Meetings

Journal Club

New Lab Photo

Dec 2019 End of semester lab lunch

Daniela, Dena, Amanda, Jessica, Boo, Melissa, Erin, and Sophia (left to right)

Dec 2019 UNLV Winter Commencement

Congratulations to UNLV Outstanding Graduate, Daniela Rodriguez!

Left: Daniela and Boo
Right: President Meana's introduction of Daniela
Image credit: Josh Hawkins

Nov 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

Daniela at her poster

Oct 2019 Dr. Hoang's Visit

Tra-My and Erin imaging flow biofilms

Oct 2019 Inquiry II: The Art of Scientific Discovery Exhibit

Amanda with her artwork of Galleria autofluorescence

Sep 2019 Lab Photo

Time for an updated lab photo!

Boo, Amanda, Erin, Jessica, Daniela, Melissa, and Dena (left to right)

Sep 2019 Outreach event at Durango High School

Thanks to Erik Andrus for letting us come into his 9th grade biology class to each his students about microbes!

Aug 2019 Parsek-Wozniak Retreat

Explorations of Black Canyon during the afternoon off

Aug 2019 Science Cafe

Us at McMullan's (left) and Boo giving her talk (right)

Aug 2019 UNLV OUR Summer Symposium

Daniela at her poster

Sunny at her poster

Jun 2019 ASM Microbe

Left: Daniela at her poster
Right: Us in front of the ASM Microbe photo op display in the convention center

Jun 2019 End of Semester Lab Lunch and Activity

Fun at an indoor trampoline park followed by lab lunch at Yard House

May 2019 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Apr 2018 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Top: Chatting before the keynote (left) and group discussion during Early Career Development Workshop (right)(image credit: Paul Phillips)
Bottom: Daniela (left) and Erin (middle) giving their talks, and Melissa (right) receiving her first place talk prize

Mar 2019 Dr. Doran's Visit

Thanks to Kelly for coming to Vegas!

Oct 2018 ASM Conference on Biofilms

Hanging out at the National Zoo before the conference starts

Amanda, Boo, Melissa, and Erin (left to right)

Oct 2018 UNLV Diversity Research and Mentorship Reception

Daniela at her poster

Aug 2018 OUR Research Skills Academy: Research/Resource Fair

Our booth about the lab

Top: The Tseng Lab
Bottom: Erin (left) and Amanda (right) describing how we study biofilms
Image credit: Josh Hawkins

Aug 2018 UNLV OUR Summer Symposium

Alexi with her poster

Sophia with her Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award

May 2018 UNLV Graduation

Congrats to Sophia, Ken, and Erin

May 2018 Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival Giant Expo Outreach Event

Our booth on "The Bacteria All Around Us"

Apr 2018 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

Group Photo (image credit: Josh Hawkins)

Amanda, Melissa, Erin, Boo, Sophia, and Alex (left to right)

Sophia explaining her poster to Dr. Beronda Montgomery (image credit: Josh Hawkins)

Melissa with her first place prize for her talk (left) and Amanda at her poster (right)

Apr 2018 Dr. Harrison's Visit

Thanks to Joe for coming to Vegas!

Hanging out on Fremont Street: Joe, Alex, Erin, Amanda, Melissa, and Boo (left to right)

Feb 2018 Boo's Birthday

Thanks to the lab for the birthday decorations!

Dec 2017 Lab Lunch

After lunch at Mint

Boo, Daniela, Melissa, Amanda, Sophia, and Morgan (left to right)

Aug 2017 Lab Lunch

After some dim sum at Chang's

Sophia, Melissa, Katie, Amanda, and Matt (left to right)

Aug 2017 Lab Hike at Mt Charleston (Mary Jane Falls)

Before the hike

Melissa, Sophia, Amanda, and Matt (left to right)

In the middle of the hike

Sophia, Amanda, Matt, and Melissa (left to right)

At the top

Boo, Amanda, Sophia, Melissa, and Matt (left to right)

Aug 2017 UNLV OUR Summer Symposium

Group Photo at the Symposium

Melissa, Sophia, Boo, and Amanda (left to right)

Sophia giving her lightning talk and receiving her award

Jul 2017 Christy and Lia’s Going Away Party

Group Photo

Amanda and Christy (front); Boo, Matt, Sophia, Lia, and Melissa (back)

Christy and Lia with their gifts and cake

May 2017 Lab Lunch

After lunch at Baby Stacks

Qiret, Lia, Melissa, Sophia, Ken, Christy and Sujata (left to right)

Nothing is better than cake after a pancake lunch

Sujata, Christy, Qiret and Melissa (left to right)

May 2017 UNLV Graduation

Congrats to Melissa (left) and Christy (right)

Apr 2017 UNLV OUR Spring Symposium

Melissa and her poster

Christy and her poster

Sophia and her poster

Apr 2017 ASM Arizona/Southern Nevada Branch Annual Meeting

After the conference, outside the University of Arizona (left) and at Borderlands Brewing (right)

Boo, Melissa, Lia, and Christy

Mar 2017 Stuckey Elementary School Outreach Event

Us with Ms. Julie Tacker’s 4th grade class at Stuckey Elementary School

The team

Lia, Melissa, Carmen, Jillian and Boo (left to right)

Feb 2017 Boo’s Birthday

A big thank you to all involved in this great surprise for Boo on her birthday!

Dec 2016 Lab Lunch

Pre-lunch in lab

Sujata, Lia, Cai, Sophia, Ken, and Melissa (left to right)

During lunch at Doh Korean BBQ

Lia, Melissa, and Sophia (left image) & Cai, Sujata, and Ken (right image)

All smiles after our all-you-can-eat lunch

Melissa, Sophia, Cai, Ken, Boo, Sujata, and Lia (left to right)

Oct 2016 Pumpkin Carving for UNLV Boo Bash

Truly scary... a dispersing biofilm!

Ken, Lia, Cai, and Sophia

Oct 2016 Cake for Christy

Congrats to Christy for receiving a UNLV CSUN Research Award!

Aug 2016 Lab Hike at Mt Charleston (Cathedral Rock)

Pre-hike

Ken, Sujata, Christy, Lia, Cai, and Sophia (left to right)

Along the way

Lia, Cai, Sophia, and Sujata (left to right)

At the top

Boo, Sujata, Cai, Lia, Christy, Ken, and Sophia (left to right)

Aug 2016 REU and INBRE Undergrad Research Symposium

Jennie at her poster

The lab at the poster session

Ken, Sophia, Jennie, and Lia (left to right)

Aug 2016 Jennie’s Farewell Party

After lunch at SkinnyFats

Ken, Sophia, Jennie, Lia, Cai, and Boo (left to right)

Jennie cutting her cake

Jun 2016 Lab Lunch

After lunch at Mr. Lucky’s

Sophia, Jennie, Lia, Cai, Ken, and Boo (left to right)

Apr 2016 UNLV Rebel STEM Academy Outreach Workshop

The students and us

The team

Carmen, Amanda, Tatiana, Lia, Boo, and Sara

Feb 2016 Lab Photo

Ken, Lia, and Boo (left to right)