Cheryl Nickerson (IMAGE) Arizona State University Caption Cheryl Nickerson is a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics and a professor with ASU’s School of Life Sciences. Credit The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.