May 5, 2026
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Iowa State University welcomed more than 7,000 students this week for the Iowa FFA Leadership Conference, and for a group of curious young leaders, the experience included a hands-on dive into the invisible world of microbes.
Inside the Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) teaching lab and research space, Dr. Melha Mellata, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology, and her graduate student, Caleb Skow, hosted an engaging microbiology outreach event to connect classroom science with real-world agriculture and food safety.
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