Liberal Arts and Sciences
Durham Lab
Led by Bryndan Durham · Biology
What we study
The Durham Lab studies how ocean microbes interact with each other and their environment to affect carbon, sulfur, and energy cycles. They use lab experiments with model microbes and field observations, applying techniques like microscopy, LC‑MS metabolomics, DNA sequencing, and isotopic measurements.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Marine organisms
- Bacteria & microbes
- Projects
- 5
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Characterizing organic sulfur genetic pathways and their metabolic regulation in phytoplankton and bacteria
Identifying genes and regulation of sulfur metabolism in ocean phytoplankton and bacteria.
Analyzing the impact of environmental variables and intercellular interactions with bacteria on marine phytoplankton, including both model‑s
Studying how environment and bacterial interactions affect marine phytoplankton and HAB species.
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Examining the structure and function of microbial‑associated metabolic networks in natural communities over space and time to determine thei
Mapping microbial metabolic networks in the ocean to understand ecosystem effects.
Determining the impacts of terrestrial moss‑cyanobacterial interactions on boreal community dynamics and biogeochemistry
Investigating how moss and cyanobacteria together influence boreal ecosystems.
Developing authentic research‑based course experiences for undergraduates and investigating how these opportunities influence their relation
Creating undergraduate research courses and studying their effect on students' view of science.
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Recent papers, explained
- Balancing photosynthesis and respiration in North Pacific protist communities
2026 · The ISME Journal
Creates a tool to measure how plankton balance energy from sunlight and food.
- Picophytoplankton implicated in productivity and biogeochemistry in the North Pacific Transition Zone
2026 · mSystems
Shows how tiny plankton influence ocean productivity and chemistry in the North Pacific.
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- Ocean literacy knowledge in informal education: a systematic literature review
2026 · Frontiers in Marine Science
Reviews how informal education teaches ocean science to the public.
- Induced pathogenicity toward open-ocean diatoms by a filterable bacterium Ekhidna algicida sp. nov
2026 · The ISME Journal
Finds a new ocean bacterium that kills diatoms, the base of marine food webs.
- Conserved pathway for homarine catabolism in environmental bacteria
2026 · Nature Microbiology
Finds a common way bacteria break down a marine chemical in different environments.
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How to reach out
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