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Contact information Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Email: gilbert36@llnl.gov
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2022
B.S. Biotechnology, James Madison University, 2017
RESEARCH
I am an aquatic microbial ecologist that uses experimental and computational techniques to understand the role of top-down (e.g. viral infection) and bottom-up (e.g. nutrient limitation) factors on microbial communities. Specifically, I am interested in understanding the interactions between phytoplankton and their heterotrophic bacterial partners that influence the productivity of algal biofuels. My current projects focuses on characterizing the role of iron limitation on community phycosphere dynamics and determining how virus infection alters the interactions between bacteria and diatoms.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Gilbert, N. E., LeCleir, G. R., Pound, H. L., Strzepek, R. F., Ellwood, M. J., Twining, B. S., ... & Wilhelm, S. W. (2023). Giant Virus Infection Signatures Are Modulated by Euphotic Zone Depth Strata and Iron Regimes of the Subantarctic Southern Ocean. Msystems, 8(2), e01260-22.
Gilbert, N. E., LeCleir, G. R., Strzepek, R. F., Ellwood, M. J., Twining, B. S., Roux, S., ... & Wilhelm, S. W. (2022). Bioavailable iron titrations reveal oceanic Synechococcus ecotypes optimized for different iron availabilities. ISME Communications, 2(1), 54
Sofen, L. E., Antipova, O. A., Ellwood, M. J., Gilbert, N. E., LeCleir, G. R., Lohan, M. C., ... & Twining, B. S. (2022). Trace metal contents of autotrophic flagellates from contrasting open‐ocean ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 7(4), 354-362
Hoke, A. K., Reynoso, G., Smith, M. R., Gardner, M. I., Lockwood, D. J., Gilbert, N. E., ... & Steffen, M. M. (2021). Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere. Plos one, 16(9), e0257017.