Succession of Hot Lake consortia
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This investigation is designed to understand the processes and mechanisms involved in the succession of microbial communities isolated fro Hot Lake. Succession is both a natural seasonal process as well as a response to disturbance. We want to understand the general principles that are involved in this process, specifically which species drive the succession process and what roles the individual species play both early and late in succession. The influence of nutrition and environmental factors (e.g. light, temperature, salt, etc) in succession will be exored as well.
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Created: 6th Jan 2015 at 22:49
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I consider myself a "systems biologist", trained in a variety of different areas, but primarily interested in how organisms work as integrated, self-regulating systems. Trained in protein chemistry and cell biology, I have extensive experience in modeling biological systems as well as image analysis and other novel analytical technologies. Currently, my major focus is on integrating multiple types of 'omics data to provide insight into fundamental biological regulatory mechanisms.
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Public web page: http://www.pnnl.gov/biology/programs/fsfa/research.stm
