Kathleen Cusick
Assistant Professor
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410-455-5621
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kcusick@umbc.edu | |
Education |
Postdoc, US Naval Research Laboratory, Chemistry Division (2016)
Postdoc, University of Tennessee (2013)
Ph D, University of Tennessee (2009)
MS, Florida Institute of Technology/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (2000)
BS, Dickinson College (1997)
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CV | View CV |
About
I have a Master's in Marine Biology and PhD in Microbiology. Combining these backgrounds, I use molecular tools to study the microbial ecology of marine microbes.
Research Interests
the mechanisms bu which marine microbes sense and respond to environmental challenges; genetics and ecology of harmful algal blooms; bioluminescence
Teaching Interests
Microbiology
Selected Classes
Spring 2019 | BIOL 275 – Microbiology |
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BIOL 602 – Intro Lab/Field Research | |
Fall 2018 | BIOL 739 – Res Sem in Molecular Biology |
Spring 2018 | BIOL 739 – Res Seminar in Molecular Biology |
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Summer Research Faculty Fellowship Fellowship (Funded) Sponsored by UMBC Office of the Vice President for Research (Jun 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2018)
National Academies Post-doctoral Fellowship Fellowship (Funded) Sponsored by National Academies/National Research Council (Nov 1, 2013 – Nov 30, 2016)
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship Fellowship (Funded) Sponsored by NASA (Aug 1, 2005 – Aug 31, 2008)
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid Grant (Funded) Sponsored by Sigma Xi (Jan 1, 1998 – Dec 31, 1999)
Early Career Travel Grant Grant (Funded) Sponsored by Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Intellectual Contributions
(2017) Adaptation to copper stress influences biofilm formation in Alteromonas macleodii BIOFOULING
(2017) Gene Expression Changes in Long-Term In Vitro Human Blood-Brain Barrier Models and Their Dependence on a Transwell Scaffold Material JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING
Multiple megaplasmids confer extremely high levels of metal tolerance in Alteromonas strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
Bioluminescence and Toxicity as Driving Factors in Harmful Algal Blooms: Ecological Functions and Genetic Capacity Harmful Algae
Research in Progress
Toxin Production in Harmful Algal Bloom Species: Genetics or Environment? Aug 1, 2019
Horizontal gene transfer as a driver of copper resistance in marine bacteria Scholarly (On-Going) Mar 1, 2018
Intracellular Signaling in Alteromonas Scholarly (On-Going) Nov 1, 2017
Development of a genetic system for Alteromonas Scholarly (On-Going) Sep 1, 2017
Presentations
ASM Microbe Poster Novel Mechanisms of Copper Tolerance in the Marine Bacterium Alteromonas macleodii American Society for Microbiology San Francisco, CA (Jun 1, 2019)
Gordon Research Conference on Phycotoxins and Mycotoxins Poster The Effects of Copper on Growth and Saxitoxin Production in the Harmful Algal Bloom Dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense Gordon Research Conference Stonehill College, MA (Jun 1, 2019)
6th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria Poster Comparative genomics of cyclic di-GMP signaling in strains of the globally-distributed marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii ASM Athens, GA (Oct 1, 2017)
2nd American Society for Microbiology Conference on Experimental Microbial Evolution Poster Adaptation and evolution of a marine microbe following long-term exposure to elevated copper ASM Washington, DC (Aug 1, 2016)
Ocean Sciences Meeting Poster Genomic and transcriptomic analyses to identify pathways involved in nanoparticle generation in the ubiquitous marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii under elevated copper conditions ASLO New Orleans, LA (Feb 1, 2016)
7th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Biofilms Poster Adaptation to copper stress promotes biofilm formation in Alteromonas macleodii ASM Chicago, IL (Oct 1, 2015)
115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology Oral Presentation Molecular mechanisms associated with anaerobic metal reduction in a thermophilic bacterium (Thermus sp.) ASM New Orleans, LA (Jun 1, 2015)