Education
|
 B.A. Bioloby, Maryville College, 1987
|
|
Ph.D. Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences, University of Maryland, 1997
|
| |
Description of Research
|
Summary Statement of Research Interests
|
|
Dr. John Heidelberg’s research interests are the field of microbial genomics. Specifically, he is studying the metabolic potential of the common and abundant marine bacteria by sequencing these organisms’ DNA. Because we are unable to bring the vast majority of bacteria into a pure culture, we are unable to use more common microbiological techniques to study these uncultured bacteria. Therefore, Dr. Heidelberg employs on of the newest DNA sequencers to look at the genomes of these bacteria without the need of first growing the bacteria in pure culture.
|
| |
Research Specialties
|
|
Marine Metagenomics
Marine Metatranscriptomics Marine Microbilogy
Microbial Genomics
|
| |
Service to the Profession
|
Editorships and Editorial Boards
|
|
Senior Editor, The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, 08/10/2006-
|
| |
| |
|
Faculty may update their profile by logging into the College portal from a computer on campus or off-campus via a VPN connection.
|
