Paul Den Uyl
Aquatic Ecology Research Technician
4840 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719
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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.
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.
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]
In the News:
- New Technology Developed to Track and Analyze Lake Erie Microbial Communities, CIGLR Winter 2020 eNews, 03/2019