Research in the Suttle laboratory is primarily focussed on viruses and their role in the environment. The work ranges from the characterization of viruses isolated from the environment to quatifiying the role of viruses in microbial mortality and nutrient cycling. The techniques employed range from nucleic-acid sequencing to oceanographic sampling. Some current projects are examining viruses and their roles in the oceans, high Arctic, deep mines, aeolian dust, lakes and migratory-bird ponds. Please check out the lab web page for more information on activities, people and publications.

RECENT PROJECTS

Projects dealing primarily with algae/algal viruses and cyanobacteria/cyanophage:

• Diversity in Marine Algal Viruses and Cyanophage [Detailed version]
• Effect of Carbon Limitation on Cyanophage Production
• Isolation and Characterization of Novel Viruses Infecting Heterosigma akashiwo
• Molecular Probe Design and Phylogeny of Heterosigma akashiwo

Projects dealing primarily with heterotrophic bacteria/bacteriophage:

• Viral Ecology of Hydrothermal Vent Systems
• Viral Ecology of Permafrost and Arctic Systems
• Distribution and Diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its Viruses
• Phage-Typing: Using Viruses to Identify Marine Microorganisms [Detailed version]
• Photoreactivation and UV-Mediated Damage in Marine Viruses [Detailed version]

Research Team

Post-Doctoral Fellows:

• Renat Adelshin
• Danielle Winget

Graduate Students:

• Jérôme Payet (Ph.D. student, Oceanography)
• Matthias Fischer (Ph.D. student, Microbiology)
• Caroline Chénard (Ph.D. student, Oceanography)
• Jessica Labonté (Ph.D. student, Microbiology)
• Emma Brownlee (M.Sc. student, Oceanography)
• Julia Gustavson (M.Sc. student, Oceanography)

 

Undergraduate Students:

• Christina Charlesworth

Emeritus Graduate Students:

• Sean Brigden
• Feng Chen
• Jessie Clasen
• Matt Cottrell
• André Comeau
• Alex Culley
• Helen Drost
• Cindy Frederickson
• Randy Garza
• Nicole McLearn
• Alice Ortmann
• Karen Reid
• Kristen Rodda
• Steven Short
• Tanya St. John
• Vera Tai

Emeritus Post-Doctoral Fellows:

• Azeem Ahmad
• Hudson DeYoe
• Emma Hambly
• Janice Lawrence
• Clemens Pausz
• Marku Weinbauer
• Steven Wilhelm