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Dr. Cindy J. Smith, University Fellow - Marine Microbiology

Contact Information:

Microbiology,
School of Natural Sciences,
NUI, Galway,
University Road,
Galway, Ireland.

Office:  ES 106    
Lab: ES 104
E-mail: cindy.smithnuigalway.ie
Phone:    +353 (0) 91 493832
Internal ext:  3832

Career History:

2012-   Science Foundation Ireland Starting Investigator Research (SIRG) Fellow
2010-   NUI, Galway, University Fellow - Marine Microbiology
2009    PDRA, Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield
2006    Research Co-Investigator, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
2003    Senior Research Officer, Department of Biology, University of Essex
2003    Ph.D. Marine Microbiology, UCD.
1999    B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Biology. UCD. 1st Class Honours.

Available Positions:

No funded positions are currently available.

Research Interests:

My research interests are focused on accessing microbial community structure and function in the environment using molecular approaches. Research themes include:

• Marine microbial diversity and ecology.
• Biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in temperate and tropical coastal zones.
• Microbial associations with marine fish and in aquaculture.
  
• Environmental microbiology of water distribution systems.

Publications:

Dong, L.F., Naqasima-Sobey, M., Smith, C.J., Rusmana I., Phillips W, Stott, A., Osborn, A.M. and Nedwell, D.B. Dissimilatory reduction of nitrate to ammonium (DNRA) not denitrification dominates benthic nitrate reduction in tropical estuaries. Limnology and Oceanography 56 (1): 297-291.

Laverock, B., Smith C. J., Tait, K., Osborn, A. M., Widdicombe, S., Gilbert, J. A. (2010) Changes to the microbial community structure in the burrows of two species of bioturbating shrimp. The ISME Journal, 4: 1531-1544.

McKew B.A. & C.J. Smith (2010) Real-time PCR approaches for analysis of hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial communities in Hydrocarbons, Oils, Lipids, and Derived Compounds. Ed. K.N. Timmis. Springer. pp.3995 - 4009.

Smith, C.J. and Osborn A.M. (2009) Advantages and limitations of quantitative PCR (Q-PCR) based approaches in microbial ecology. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 67: 6-20.

Dong, L.F.,* Smith, C.J.,* Papaspyrou, S., Stott, A., Osborn, A.M. and Nedwell, D.B.  (2009) Profiles of benthic denitrification, anammox and nitrate ammonification; and key functional genes along an estuarine nutrient gradient; the Colne estuary, UK. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (10): 3171–3179.     *Both authors contributed equally.

Smith, C.J., Danilowicz, B.S. and Meijer, W.G. (2009) Bacteria as biological tags for marine fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 66 (5): 713–716.

Haynes, K., Hofmann, T.A., Smith, C.J., Ball, A.S., Underwood, G.J.C. and Osborn, A.M. (2007) Diatom-derived carbohydrates as drivers of bacterial community composition in estuarine sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (19): 6112-6124.

Smith, C.J., Danilowicz, B.S. and Meijer. W.G. (2007) Characterisation of the bacterial community associated with the surface and mucus layer of whiting (Merlangius merlangus). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 62: 90-97.

Smith, C.J., Nedwell, D.B., Dong, L.F., and Osborn, A.M. (2007) Diversity and abundance of nitrate reductase genes (narG and napA), nitrite reductase genes (nirS and nrfA), and their transcripts in estuarine sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (11): 3612–3622.

McKew, B.A., Coulon, F., Yakimov, M.M., Denaro, R., Genovese, M., Smith, C.J., Osborn, A.M., Timmis, K.N. and McGenity, T.J. (2007) Efficacy of intervention strategies for bioremediation of crude oil in marine systems and effects on indigenous hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 9 (6): 1562–1571.

Smith, C.J., Nedwell, D.B., Dong, L.F., and Osborn, A.M. (2006) Evaluation of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Q-PCR) based approaches for determining gene copy and gene transcript numbers in environmental samples. Environmental Microbiology 8 (5): 804-815.

Smith, C.J. (2005) Quantitative Real Time PCR in Molecular Microbial Ecology Eds. A.M. Osborn and C.J. Smith. pp. 151 – 168.
 
Smith, C.J., Danilowicz, B.S., Clear, A.K., Costello, F., Wilson, B., and Meijer. W.G. (2005) T-Align, a web based tool for comparison of multiple Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Profiles. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 54: 375-380.

Edited Text:

Molecular Microbial Ecology (2005) Eds. A.M. Osborn and C.J. Smith. Taylor and Francis Group, Oxford. pp. 381

 

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