Jeremy Koenig, B.Sc.
Curriculum Vitae
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Current Position:PhD. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, in progress |
Education:BSc. Combined Honours in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biology, Dalhousie University, 2003 PhD. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, in progress |
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Doctor's of Nova Scotia Award (2003-2005) Microbial Diversity NSF Fund (2006) Edwin Grant Conklin Memorial Fund (2006) Horace W. Stunkard Fund (2006) Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Canadian Graduate Scholarship (CGS) (2006-2009) American Society for Microbiology travel grant award (2008) |
Posters, Presentations and Abstracts:2008 J. E. Koenig, C. Sharp, Y. Boucher, W. F. Doolittle. Environmental Assessment of Integron Gene Cassettes Present in a Tar Pond, American Society for Microbiology general meeting, Boston, MA. 2008 Sharp, C., Doolittle, W.F., and Koenig, J. E. Discovery of a novel integron in the Arthrobacter genus: a potential agent of xenobiotic degradation? Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Barcelona, Spain. 2007 J. E. Koenig, Christine Sharp, Camilla Nesbø, and Ford Doolittle Microbial Ecology of the Sydney Tar Ponds, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Halifax, NS, Canada. 2006 Diversity and Distribution of a Mobile Gene Pool in Bacteria: Analysis of Wild Integron Gene Cassettes in Nova Scotia. Dalhousie University: Annual Environmental Research Symposium. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2006 The Integron: diversity of a mobile gene pool. Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. 2006 The Integron: diversity of a mobile gene pool. Faculty of Chemistry, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 2005 Diversity and distribution of a mobile genome: metagenomic analysis of the integron. Faculty of Biochemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. 2005 Capturing 'hidden DNA' from the environment: the environmental genomics revolution. Biochemistry Graduate Student Symposium, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Canada. 2004 Using metagenomics to assess the promiscuity of mobile introns. Lateral Gene Transfer Symposium, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. 2004 Chew, J.S.K., Koenig, J., Renault, N. and Dobson, M.J. Modification of a yeast plasmid segregation protein in a ulp1 protease mutant. Genetics Society of Canada Meeting, Toronto, June 2004. 2003 R. Thane Papke, Jeremy E. Koenig, and W. Ford Doolittle. Evidence for Recombination within a Natural Population of Closely Related Haloarchaea. Annual meeting of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, White Point, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2003 The Yeast 2um Plasmid: the role of Rep2 in plasmid segregation. Honour’s thesis defense, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. |
Professional Activities:2003-present Teaching assistant in introductory biochemistry and biology courses. 2003-present Lab demonstrator in introductory biochemistry and biology courses. 2006 Microbial Diversity Course. Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole Massachusetts |
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1. J. E. Koenig, Yan Boucher, Robert L. Charlebois, Camilla Nesbø, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Eric Bapteste, Matthew Spencer, Michael J. Joss, H. W. Stokes and W. F. Doolittle (in press 2008). Integron-associated gene cassettes in Halifax Harbour: assessment of a mobile gene pool in marine sediments. Environmental Microbiology: 10(4), 1024-1038. 2. Y. Boucher, M. Labbate, J.E. Koenig and H.W. Stokes (in press, 2007). The Integron: an adaptable and mobilizable platform that promotes genetic diversity in bacteria. Trends in Microbiology . 3. Papke, R. T., Koenig, J. E., Rodríguez-Valera, F. & Doolittle, W. F. Frequent recombination in a saltern population of Halorubrum. Science 306, 1928-9 (2004). |
You can reach Jeremy at:
Work Phone: (+1) 902-494-2968
Fax: 902-494-1355
E-mail: jkoenig[at]dal.ca
Last updated July 4, 2008.