Charmaine attended the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Marine Microbes again in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. This year, she brought along four graduate students: Yangbing, Wenqian, Ruixian, and Shara. The conference emphasized the importance of cross-disciplinary approaches in understanding the relationships between genetic composition, microbial identity, and functionality. It also explored how to scale microbial processes to the global ocean level.
In addition to networking with numerous talented scientists, Charmaine had the opportunity to reunite with her PhD advisor, Dana Hunt from Duke University. As a memorable highlight of their trip, the Yung lab embarked on an excursion to Glacier 3000, a stunning alpine attraction in the nearby Bernese Alps.
