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Penny Chisholm

Penny Chisholm

Education

  • B.A. 1969, Skidmore College
  • 1970, Cornell University
  • Ph.D. 1974, S.U.N.Y. Albany

Research Interests

  • General areas
    • Biological oceanography
    • Microbial ecology
    • Ecological Genomics
  • Current interests
    • Ecology, evolution, and comparative genomics of marine cyanobacteria and viruses that infect them
    • The ecological and policy dimensions of large-scale ocean fertilization

Teaching Interests

  • Ecology
  • Microbial Oceanography

Awards and Honors

  • 2013 Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Government of Catalonia, Spain
  • 2013 Resident Scholar – Bellagio Conference and Study Center, Italy
  • 2013 Awarded 2011 National Medal of Science, the White House
  • 2013 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 2012 Elected Fellow, Ecological Society of America
  • 2012 Ruth Patrick Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  • 2011 Darbaker Prize: Botanical Society of America
  • 2010 Agassiz Medal in Oceanography:  National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science
  • 2004-2012 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Investigator
  • 2003 Member the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 Resident Scholar, Bellagio Study Center, Lake Como, Italy
  • 1997 Guggenheim Fellow
  • 1996 Fellow American Geophysical Union
  • 1993 Fellow American Academy of Microbiology
  • 1992 Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 Rosensteil Award in Ocean Sciences

Selected Publications

  1. 2023: Berta-Thompson, J. W. , Thomas, E. , Cubillos-Ruiz, A. , Hackl, T. , Becker, J. W. , Coe, A. , et al. (2023). Draft genomes of three closely related low light-adapted ProchlorococcusBMC Genom Data24(1), 11. presented at the 2023 Feb 24. doi:10.1186/s12863-022-01103-4
  2. 2023: Hackl, T. , Laurenceau, R. , Ankenbrand, M. J. , Bliem, C. , Cariani, Z. , Thomas, E. , et al. (2023). Novel integrative elements and genomic plasticity in ocean ecosystemsCell186(1), 47-62.e16. presented at the 2023 Jan 05. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.006
  3. 2022: Kearney, S. M. , Coe, A. , Castro, K. G. , & Chisholm, S. W. . (2022). Filter Plating Method for Rendering Picocyanobacteria Cultures Free of Heterotrophic Bacterial Contaminants and ClonalFrontiers in Microbiology13. presented at the Apr-02-2023. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.821803
  4. 2022: Acker, M. , Hogle, S. L. , Berube, P. M. , Hackl, T. , Coe, A. , Stepanauskas, R. , et al. (2022). Phosphonate production by marine microbes: Exploring new sources and potential functionPNAS119(11).
  5. 2022: Hogle, S. L. , Hackl, T. , Bundy, R. M. , Park, J. , Satinsky, B. , Hiltunen, T. , et al. (2022). Siderophores as an iron source for picocyanobacteria in deep chlorophyll maximum layers of the oligotrophic oceanThe ISME Journal, (Mar). presented at the Mar-03-2022. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01215-w
  6. 2021: Coe, A. , Biller, S. J. , Thomas, E. , Boulias, K. , Bliem, C. , Arellano, A. , et al. (2021). Coping with darkness: The adaptive response of marine picocyanobacteria to repeated light energy deprivationLimnology and Oceanography6610(9), 3300 – 3312. presented at the Jan-09-2021. doi:10.1002/lno.v66.910.1002/lno.11880
  7. 2021: Kearney, S. , Thomas, E. , Coe, A. , & Chisholm, S. W. . (2021). Microbial diversity of co-occurring heterotrophs in cultures of marine picocyanobacteriaEnvironmental Microbiome16(1). doi:10.1186/s40793-020-00370-x
  8. 2020: Coe, A. , Biller, S. J. , Thomas, E. , Boulias, K. , Bliem, C. , Arellano, A. , et al. (2020). Coping with darkness: The adaptive response of marine picocyanobacteria to repeated light energy deprivationbioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.10.15.341503
  9. 2020: Laurenceau, R. , Raho, N. , Forget, M. , Arellano, A. A. , & Chisholm, S. W. . (2020). Frequency of mispackaging of Prochlorococcus DNA by cyanophageISME J. presented at the 2020 Sep 14. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00766-0
  10. 2020: Hackl, T. , Laurenceau, R. , Ankenbrand, M. J. , Bliem, C. , Cariani, Z. , Thomas, E. , et al. (2020). Novel integrative elements and genomic plasticity in ocean ecosystemsbioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.12.28.424599

To view entire publications list, please visit the Chisholm Lab website.