Masoumeh Sikaroodi, M.Sc.

Masi Sikaroodi manages the state of the art facility at the Microbiome Analysis Center. She oversees the logistics of all the projects at the center

81. D Emerson, P Gillevet, C Lydell, T Nerad, A Torzilli, A Biotic Survey of an Estuarine Saltmarsh on the Atlantic Coast of Virginia: Lessons in Microbial Population Stability. Ann. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Orlando, FL, May 2001.

82. L. Dowell, C. Lydell, D. Emerson, P. Gillevet, C. Bradburne, Population diversity of members of the Cytophaga/ Flexibacter/ Bacteroides (CFB) phylum in a coastal Virginia saltmarsh. Ann. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Orlando, FL, May 2001

83. Jerry Harasewych and Patrick M. Gillevet Molecular evidence for the origin and early radiation of the Neogastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda). World Congress of Malacology Vienna, Austria August 19-25 2001

84. Carol D. Litchfield and Patrick M. Gillevet Halophiles and Petroleum: Biodegradation in Saline Environments. Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting July 29-August 5, 2001

85. C. D. Litchfield, K. Welch, M. Sikaroodi, and P. M. Gillevet Who Goes There? Microbial Diversity Along a Salinity Gradient Halophiles Meeting, Sevilla, Spain 2001

86. R. K. Ruttala, D. K. Mills, P. M. Gillevet, K. G. Shettyl, K. Jaychandran, and K. Mathlee Monitoring Microbial Communities in Marsh Sediments by Amplicon Length Hetergeneity (ALH) and ALH-Temperature Gradient Capillary Electrohporesis (ALH-TGCE) Fingerprinting. American Society for Microbiology, ASM Conference on Biodegradation, Biotransformation, and Biocatalysis, Oct. 2-6, 2001, San Juan Puerto Rico.

Scientific Expeditions:

1. Slit Shell Expedition: Bahamas Is. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Smithsonian Institute. Expedition aboard the R/ V Edwin Link utilizing the Johnson Sealink July 1998

2. Living Fossils Expedition: Bahamas Is. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, and Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institute. Expedition aboard the R/ V Edwin Link utilizing the Johnson Sealink (see http://www.mnh.si.edu/livingfossils/) August 1999

Patent Applications:

1. Use of Cryogenic detectors for small molecules. Swiss patent application submitted in January 10 1997

2. Electric Focusing Time of Flight instrument for DNA sequencing. Provisional patent submitted in the USA on Sept 15, 1997

3. Amplicon Length Heterogeneity Analysis System. Patent Disclosure submitted to George Mason University August 2001.