May 2024: Sophie Stumbo, Juan Guerrero, Wybie Warmbold, Zach Ong, and Jonathan Raper join the lab. Welcome!
May 2024: Ryan, Jonathan, Kenny, and Clayton graduate with their BAs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Congratulations!
May 2024: Ryan passes his honors thesis defense and will graduate with honors in Biochemistry. Congratulations!
February 2024: Emma Rowe, Emma Reinhart, Linda Pham, and Catherine present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Philadelphia, PA.
September 2023: Ryan and Jonathan participate in the Rally for Medical Research. They met with staffers from Iowa’s congressional delegation to speak about funding medical research.
July 2023: Catherine is promoted to Associate Professor of Biochemistry with tenure. She is also named the Biology Department Chair and the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program Director.
June 2023: Diya Patel joins the lab. Welcome!
May 2023: Charlie Link, Clayton Schultschik, Eddie Banda, Ella McLaughlin, Emma Reinhart, Emma Rowe, Ilyana Caceres, Linda Pham, and Nick Lala join the lab. Welcome!
May 2023: Ana, Annika, Alexander, and LeCaine graduate with their BAs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Congratulations!
March 2023: Cornell College is awarded a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, on which Catherine is the PI.
March 2023: Collaborative research out of Megan Ferguson’s lab at SUNY New Paltz is published in Langmuir.
February 2023: Ryan, Kenny, Jonathan, and Catherine present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Diego, CA.
October 2022: Catherine travels to Brown University to present the Volle lab’s research.
October 2022: Ryan, Kenny, and Jonathan present at the Midwest Regional ACS meeting in Iowa City.
July 2022: The AFM finally arrives!
May 2022: Ryan Zurick, Kenny Lutz, and Rai Jacobs join the lab. Welcome!
May 2022: Frank graduates with his BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Congratulations!
April 2022: Frank and Jonathan present at Cornell’s Student Symposium.
February 2022: Ana, LeCaine, and Catherine present at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco, CA.
August 2021: Catherine is awarded a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to purchase an atomic force microscope.
May 2021: Alexander Bajoon, Ana Schurr, Annika Sutter, Frank Vega Velasquez, Jonathan Azenon, and LeCaine Barker join the lab. Welcome!
May 2021: The Volle Lab publishes a paper about the interaction between Magainin 2 and biofilms.
May 2021: After closing down for a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Volle Lab is up and running again!
January 2020: The Volle Lab publishes its first research article on the biophysical changes that occur in bacteria attacked by Magainin 2.
December 2019: The Volle Lab publishes its first paper, a review of AFM force analysis and microbes.
August 2019: The Volle Lab relocates to the brand new Russell Science Center at Cornell College.
May 2019: Melanie, Ciara, Michaela, Whitli, and Celestine graduate with their BS in Biology. Sophie and Sarah graduate with their AS. Congratulations all!
May 2019: Several lab members are honored at the Honors and Awards Convocation. Congratulations!
March 2019: Celestine, Melanie, Yustinah, and Catherine attend the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore, MD.
January 2019: Eyerusalem Teffera, Rose Atukunda, and Brittany Simpson join the lab. Welcome!
December 2018: Catherine accepts a position at Cornell College. The Volle Lab will be moving this summer.
August 2018: Catherine presents a talk at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Boston, MA.
August 2018: Yustinah Ndambakuwa and Sophie Weiss join the lab. Welcome!
May 2018: Ciara and Melanie start summer research at Cottey.
May 2018: Thelma, Henrietta, Aneth, Gina, and Tori graduate with their BS in Biology. Congratulations all!
May 2018: Several lab members are honored at the Honors and Awards Convocation. Congratulations!
May 2018: Catherine is awarded the Class of 1960 Excellence in Education award.
April 2018: Whitli is accepted to the University of Missouri summer research program in the department of chemistry. Congratulations!
April 2018: Michaela is accepted to the University of Kansas Medical School summer research program in the department of pulmonology. Congratulations!
February 2018: Whitli, Michaela, Henrietta, Thelma, and Catherine attend the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco, CA.
February 2018: Catherine gives a talk at Occidental College.
January 2018: Tiffany Winter, Sara Calderon, and Hailey Lovgren join the lab. Welcome!
October 2017: Catherine gives a talk at the University of Missouri.
August 2017: Tori Kehler, Gina Inthasit, Aneth Garrido, and Tiffany Carriker join the lab. Welcome!
June 2017: Catherine heads to Wellesley to use their AFM.
May 2017: Whitli and Michaela are Cottey's first summer research students! They'll continue to work on their research for four weeks.
May 2017: Peace graduates summa cum laude with her BS in Health Sciences. Congratulations!
May 2017: Several lab members are honored at the Honors and Awards Convocation. Congratulations!
February 2017: Peace, Ciara, and Catherine attend the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
January 2017: Thelma Mashaka, Melanie Dillon, and Helen Greer join the lab. Welcome!
September 2016: Kanesha Overton, Ciara Dwyer, Peace Olaoluwa, and Dee Finley join the lab. Welcome!
May 2016: Catherine heads to Wellesley to use their AFM for the summer.
January 2016: The Volle lab is officially started! Whitli Thomas, Michaela Norbury, Henrietta Ehirim, and Holly Long join the lab. Welcome!