Leigh Lab : People

J o h n    L e i g h    L a b

University of Washington Department of Microbiology

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Methanococcus maripaludis

The Lab

Email the Director :
John Leigh, Ph.D.
leighj@u.washington.edu

People

From left to right - Andy, Erik, Jeremy, John, Tom, and Aaron Not Pictured: Brian, Neil, Pete W.

Jeremy

I joined the Leigh lab in the summer of 2001. My thesis project involves understanding post-translational regulation of nitrogen fixation in M. maripaludis. I am also involved in the UW-Seattle Astrobiology program: http://depts.washington.edu/astrobio/ Top

Brian

I am a Research Scientist and Lab Manager in John Leighs lab. I have recently developed a set of genetic tools that will allow us to make markerless mutations, lac fusions and to complement by utilizing a negative selection strategy in Methanococcus maripaludis. I have since used this new genetic tool to determine the roles of alanine dehydrogenase, alanine permease and alanine racemase in M. maripaludis. As lab manager, I oversee the labs daily operations including, lab safety, purchasing and making sure we are in compliance with University and State policies concerning chemical safety and disposal. Top

Tom

I am a postdoc in John's lab working on transcriptional regulation in Methanococcus mariapludis. More specifically, I am working towards understanding how the nitrogen repressor (NrpR) controls expression of some nitrogen genes. Top

John

John Leigh received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois working with Ralph Wolfe. He did a postdoc with Graham Walker at MIT, then moved to his faculty position at the University of Washington. John's lab has been working on regulation in Methanococcus maripaludis since 1994, and this remains his main passion. He also enjoys hiking and Astrobiology field trips. Recently, for his 50th birthday, the lab presented him with a large birthday "card" written in luminescent bacteria, picturing his favorite coenzyme, methanofuran. Top

Erik

I received my bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvey Mudd College and my PhD in genetics from Harvard. My post doctoral work in John Leigh's lab focuses on transcriptional regulation by hydrogen as well as the genome sequencing and RNA array projects. Top

Aaron

I received my undergraduate degree in 2003 from Swarthmore College, where I majored in Biology and minored in Astronomy. For the last three years, I was a Biology and Physics teacher at the Princeton Science Academy. I have just joined the Microbiology Department here at UW as a graduate student and have been working in this lab since June. Top

Andy

I am currently an undergrad here at the university. I am studying transcriptional regulation in m. maripaludis and will be graduating this fall (06). In my spare time I try make sure the people below me don't screw up too much. Top

Quy

Name: Dong Quy Nguyen
Major: microbiology
Year: senior
Hobbies: enjoy playing anything that can get more oxygen into my brain!!
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Pete

I'm a senior undergrad majoring in cellular, molecular, and developmental biology with a minor in chemistry. I'll be done with UW after winter, and will be checking out graduate school. Top

Neil

I am a current undergrad studying biochemistry, I am looking into continuing my education in graduate studies. You can reach me at neilw@u.washington.edu Top