Paul Den Uyl

Aquatic Ecology Research Technician

4840 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719

pdenuyl@umich.edu

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Paul Den Uyl, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), collects water samples to measure their levels of microcystin, a toxin created by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.

Aquatic ecology research technician Paul Den Uyl stirring water collected from the Great Lakes to be used for invasive mussel feeding experiments. Photo Credit: Michele Wensman.

Paul Den Uyl Lake Erie HABS: Photo Credit: Holly Kelchner.

Flannel throwback: Freya Rowland, Michele Wensman, Paul Den Uyl Photo Credit: CIGLR Paul Den Uyl 2019.

Paul Den Uyl tries on the Gumby suit” on the 4108 in Toldeo Beach Marina Kent Baker. Photo Credit: NOAA GLERL Kent Baker.

CIGLR Aquatic Ecology Research Technician Paul Den Uyl retrieves 3G ESP filters for analysis of Lake Erie microbial community DNA. Photo Credit: Kelly Goodwin.

Much of Paul’s work focuses on contemporary microbiological methods, particularly collection, processing, and sequencing of genomic activity of microbial life in the Great Lakes, specifically harmful algal blooms (HABs). He has also spent considerable time investigating the movement and buoyancy of Microcystis sp, a primary member of HABs.
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He received his B.S. in Geological Science with a concentration in Oceanography from the University of Michigan in 2013 where he also continued research on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the coral disease known as black band disease (BBD). From 2015-2018, Paul worked as a research associate in the DeLong Lab at the University of Hawai’i.
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Education:
  • B.S., Geological Science – Oceanography Concentration, University of Michigan
Research Interests/Area of Expertise: 
  • Harmful Algal Bloom Ecology
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Microbiological Methods
Publications:

Beaulaurier, J., E. Luo, J.M. Eppley, P.A. Den Uyl, X. Dai, A. Burger, D.J. Turner, M. Pendelton, S. Juul, E.D. Harrington, E.F. DeLong. 2020. Assembly-free single-molecule sequencing recovers complete virus genomes from natural microbial communities. Genome Research. gr.251686.119. (DOI:10.1101/gr.251686.119). [Altmetric Score]

Den Uyl, P.A., L.L. Richardson, S. Jain, G.J. Dick. 2016. Unraveling the Physiological Roles of the Cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. BBD and Other Black Band Disease Community Members through Genomic Analysis of a Mixed Culture. PLoS One. 11(6):e0157953. (DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0157953). [Altmetric Score]

Berry, M.A., T.W. Davis, R.M. Cory, M.B. Duhaime, T.H. Johengen, G.W. Kling, J.A. Marino, P.A. Den Uyl, D. Gossiaux, G.J. Dick, V.J. Denef. 2016. Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms are a biological disturbance to western Lake Erie bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology. kiju1462-2920. (DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.13640). [Altmetric Score]

Kinsman-Costello, L.E., C.S. Sheik, N.D. Sheldon, G.A. Burton, D.M. Costello, D. Marcus, P.A. Den Uyl, G.J. Dick. 2016. Groundwater shapes sediment biogeochemistry and microbial diversity in a submerged Great Lake sinkhole. Geobiology. 1472-4669. (DOI:10.1111/gbi.12215). [Altmetric Score]

Sheik, C.S., E.I. Stevenson, P.A. Den Uyl, G.J. Dick, and S.M. Aciego. 2015. Microbial communities of the Lemon Creek Glacier show subtle structural variation yet stable phylogenetic composition over space and time. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6:495. (DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00495). [Altmetric Score]

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