L'Oréal USA has awarded one of five 2025 For Women in Science grants to Caltech's Georgia Squyres, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Dianne Newman , Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Merkin Institute Professor. Squyres investigates the complex world of bacterial communities, specifically biofilms. Biofilms are found in nearly every environment on Earth and have dominated the history of life on our planet. These communities often see bacteria taking on