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Post-Doctoral Scientists
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Dr. Hyun Joon La |
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Dr.
Xia Zhou |
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I will be characterizing the physiological and genetic characteristics of
microorganisms in artificial biofilms. I will use regulatory gene reporter
systems to look for spatially distinct growth strategies with changes in
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My project focuses on characterizing the composition and ecology of vaginal
microbial ecosystems using cultivation-independent methods. Using 16S rRNA
T-RFLP and sequencing of clone libraries, we plan to study the etiology of
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Doctoral Students
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Hyo-Jin Ahn
Ph.D. student in Biology
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Stephen Bent
Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
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My research interest is to determine if the changes in cellular growth rate are
correlated to mutation frequency in E.coli. We propose to examine the
patterns of mutation frequency and stress response gene expression in cells in
stationary phase of batch culture, and under low growth rate conditions in
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I am interested in the competitive dynamics of closely related bacteria
in particulate environments. I am using continuous flow glass bead microcosms
and mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the effects of spatial
heterogeneity on competitive outcomes. |
I am investigating succession in microbial communities in the glacial foreland
of a retreating glacier on Spitsbergen. I will be focusing primarily on cyanobacterial populations. I will be using T-RFLP and RT-PCR to assess
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Masters Students
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Jacob Pierson
MS student in Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
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My interest is in bacterial ecology. Within the vaginal community, Atopobium
vaginae has recently been identified as a species that is abundant. I
am trying to characterize, as well as develop, a method to easily identify A.
vaginae in order to better understand its role in the community. |
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Undergraduate Students
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Scientific Staff
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| In addition to keeping the lab organized and stocked, I am working on an
interdisciplinary project to characterize the microbial community present in
Oregon Hot Spring environments, and to determine what factors influence
community structure. |
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