Congratulations to Mariana Rius on the publication of a big chunk of her dissertation work! Very exciting to have this out. The fruit of long efforts supported by the Experimental Model Systems program of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and a wonderful collaboration with Josh Rest’s lab at SBU and John Archibald’s group at Dalhousie.
https://academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evad029/7048456?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=gbe&utm_medium=email
Mariana did a terrific job defending her dissertation
Evolutionary origins, regulation, and function of carotenoid biosynthesis in the marine heterotrophic eukaryote, Aurantiochytrium limacinum
this January*, and has cool papers coming out soon.
I’m happy to have her staying as a postdoc in the lab for a few months, and then am eager to see where she lands next. Way to go, Mariana!
*I’m much less late with this one than with Kylie’s. But still some catching up to do!
The first publication from her dissertation work – part of a collaborative manuscript involving the whole Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Model Systems crew – is now out!
SBU Researchers Collaborate on Genetic Tool Development in Marine Protists
The Collier Lab is looking for a postdoctoral scholar, preferably with experience in genetic engineering of a model organism, to help develop new genome editing tools for the thraustochytrid Aurantiochytrium. Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Experimental Model Systems initiative.
https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/2018/11/07/postdoctoral-associate-1803048/
A nifty little paper describing the unique – and really fun and productive – model of collaborative science I’ve been privileged to experience as part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Marine Microbiology Initiative Experimental Model Systems program.
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