Dr. Cuellar-Gempeler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University.
We are looking for new members for our team. Check our opportunities page! |
Research in our lab focuses on the assembly and function 0f microbial communities associated with plants and animals. Our research questions relate to microbial metacommunities, ecosystem function and eco-evolutionary dynamics. To tackle these questions, we use three approaches: (1) ecological theory, (2) natural microcosms and experimental manipulations and (3) cutting-edge molecular and bioinformatic tools.
Check out our research page: You will find crabs, bacteria and protozoa, pitcher plants, and more. There is something for everyone. Meet the Team! And check out what everyone is up to. In my free time, I sing songs about science. |
NEWSJan 11: Great time at AmNat2020! caught up with friends and academic family. Stimulating science and motivating conversations. Cannot wait to get this semester started!
Welcome to the lab to Robyn Botsch, Lindsay Nelson and Esmeralda Villarreal! Welcome back to Megan Williford! Dec18. Wrapping up the semester! we are all rushing to get samples plated/DNA extracted and some writing done before the Holidays. All teams did great this semester! Hope to get things analyzed soon so we can share our progress with everyone. Have a wonderful break! May all the good microbes be with you. Nov25. So bad at updating the news! Fall is almost over... but things are happening! - Sandrine is well into her sampling of the Arcata Marsh. - One of my old projects was finally published! - The mycorrhizae team has been working on staining methods of quantification - The pitcher plant team is almost done with our big experiment in biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships. Summer has started! Great plans including Banana Slug sampling, pitcher plant degradation experiments, anemone microbiomes and more! Check the People tab to meet the team! January New paper out! Very excited to see the key colonist story in Ecology! https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2628 September: Welcome to Kekoa Blaisdell! he will be exploring the possible associations between bacteria and the Pacific Banana Slug (Arilomax columbianus). August: The new lab is open! May: Very excited to announce I will be starting the CG lab at Humboldt State University in August 2018. Soon: opportunities to join and work in the lab! My interview with Ciencia café is out! (spanish with English subtitles):
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