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Holly M. Simon

E-mail:  simonh@ebs.ogi.edu
Phone:  503-748-1873
Fax:  503-748-1273
Alt Phone:  503-748-1126 (lab)
Web Site: http://www.ebs.ogi.edu/simonh/

Education
B.S., (magna cum laude) Biology/Chemistry, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado
Ph.D., Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
Biography
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Plant pathology; Research Associate 1996-2000, Assistant Scientist, 2000-2004
  • OHSU/OGI School of Science & Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Biolecular Systems, 2004

Research Interests
Microbial interactions and ecology; environmental genomics; ecophysiology of mesophilic Crenarchaeota.
Selected Publications

Smith, M. W.; Herfort, L.; Tyrol, K.; Campbell, V.; Crump, B. C.; Peterson, T. D.; Zuber, P.; Baptista, A. M.; Simon, H. M. Seasonal changes in bacterial and archaeal gene expression patterns across salinity gradients in the Columbia River coastal margin. Submitted.

Ghindilis, A. L.; Smith, M. W.; Schwarzkopf, K. R.; Zhan, C.; Evans, D. R.; Simon, H. M. 2009. Sensor array: impedimetric label-free sensing of DNA hybridization in real time for rapid, PCR-based detection of microorganisms. Electroanalysis 21: 1459-1468.

Simon, H. M.; Jahn, C. E.; Bergerud, L. T.; Sliwinski, M. K.; Weimer, P. J.; Willis, D. K.; Goodman, R. M. (2005) Cultivation of mesophilic soil crenarchaeotes in enrichment cultures from plant roots. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71(8), 4751-4760.

Simon, H. M.; Smith, K. P.; Dodsworth, J. A.; Guenthner, B.; Handelsman, J.; Goodman, R. M. (2001) Influence of tomato genotype on growth of inoculated and indigenous bacteria in the spermosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67(2), 514-520.

Simon, H. M.; Gosink, M. M.; Roberts, G. P. (1999) Importance of cis determinants and nitrogenase activity in regulated stability of the Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase structural gene mRNA. Journal of Bacteriology, 181(12), 3751-3760.

Simon, H. M.; Homer, M. J.; Roberts, G. P. (1996) Perturbation of nifT expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae has limited effect on nitrogen fixation. Journal of Bacteriology, 178(10), 2975-2977.

Simon, H. M; Jahn, C. E; Bergerud, L. T.; Sliwinski, M. K.; Weimer, P. J; Willis David K; Goodman Robert M. (2005) Cultivation of mesophilic soil crenarchaeotes in enrichment cultures from plant roots. Applied and environmental microbiology, 71(8), 4751-60.

Simon, H. M.; Smith K. P.; Dodsworth J. A.; Guenthner, B.; Handelsman, J.; Goodman R M (2001) Influence of tomato genotype on growth of inoculated and indigenous bacteria in the spermosphere. Applied and environmental microbiology, 67(2), 514-20.

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Current and Upcoming Classes (through Spring 2009)

Class Number CRN Title Term
EBS 505A 20702 Reading Group: Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Winter 2007
EBS 505A 22056 Reading Group: Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Winter 2008
EBS 507A 22349 Division Seminar Winter 2009
EBS 507A 31986 Division Seminar Spring 2009
EBS 515 12467 Environmental and Biomolecular History of the Earth Fall 2008
EBS 517 31603 Environmental Systems and Human Health Spring 2008
EBS 517 31978 Environmental Systems and Human Health Spring 2009
EBS 605A 22057 Reading Group: Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Winter 2008
EBS 607A 22350 Division Seminar Winter 2009
EBS 607A 31987 Division Seminar Spring 2009
EBS 615 12468 Environmental and Biomolecular History of the Earth Fall 2008
EBS 617 31604 Environmental Systems and Human Health Spring 2008
EBS 617 31979 Environmental Systems and Human Health Spring 2009