On Saturday, November 2, 2025 , Hamed Rastaghi presented the Oliveira Lab at the 2025 North Carolina Branch Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (NC-ASM) in Greensboro. His talk, “Microbial Community Growth and Communication in Controlled Environments,” highlighted our lab’s work and acknowledged co-authors Bukola Akindipe and Nona Hashemi . #NCASM2025 #AmericanSocietyforMicrobiology #MicrobialCommunities