Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Activities
Molecular biology; characterization of biochemical pathways leading to biosynthesis of domoic acid in Pseudo-nitzschia species; regulation of these biochemical pathways in response to environmental stresses; molecular genetics of nitrogen assimilation in marine phytoplankton (Skeletonema costatum, Pleurochrysis spp.) and its regulation during N-source transitions associated with upwelling conditions; Pseudo-nitzschia australis; Domoic acid (DA);
Skills
biochemistry, phyiology, molecular biology, transcriptomics, algal culture, chromatography, spectroscopy