Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Aubrey Davis, Ph.D., Research Scientist, has worked extensively on microalgae genetics and physiology in the laboratories of Dr. Brian Palenik and Dr. Mark Hildebrand at UCSD-Scripps Institution of Oceanography, including the cultivation of green algae and diatoms in various types of photobioreactors. Dr. Davis is Principal Scientist on the US DOE BETO funded project Algae Biomass Yield 2.
Education and Training:
1995, B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz, Marine Biology
1999, Certificate. Toxic Substances Research & Training Program - Univ. of Cal., Davis, Environ. Toxicology
2005, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology
Appointments
2017 – present, Senior Scientist, MicroBio Engineering Inc., San Luis Obispo, California
2017 – present, Scientist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
2016, Lecturer, Allan Hancock College. Course: Introductory Biology
2013 – 2016, Asst. Project Scientist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
2013 – 2016, Academic Coordinator, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
2010 – 2013, Postdoctoral Scholar, Univ. Calif., San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
2006 – 2010, Lecturer, Biology & Chemistry Department, University of California, San Diego
2006 – 2007, Postdoctoral Scholar, Univ. Calif., San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
1998 - 1999, Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz. Laboratory of Dr. Lynda Goff
Selected Publications:
A. K. Davis, R. Abbriano, S. R. Smith, M. Hildebrand. 2017. Clarification of photorespiratory processes and the role of malic enzyme in diatoms. Protist. 168:134-153.
S. R. Smith, C. Glé, R.M. Abbriano, J. C. Traller, A. K. Davis, E. Trentacoste, M. Vernet, A. E. Allen, and M. Hildebrand. (2016). Transcript level coordination of carbon pathways during silicon-starvation induced lipid accumulation in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. New Phytologist 210: 890 – 904.
M. Hildebrand, A. Davis, R. Abbriano, H. R. Pugsley, J. C. Traller, S. R. Smith, R. P. Shrestha, O. Cook, E. L. Sanchez-Alvarez, K. Manandhar-Shrestha, and B. Alderete. (2016). Applications of Imaging Flow Cytometry for Microalgae. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. (Clifton, N.J.), 1389, 47-67. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3302-0_4
M. Hildebrand, R.M. Abbriano, J. Polle, J.C. Traller, E.M. Trentacoste, S.R. Smith, A.K. Davis. 2013. Metabolic and cellular organization in evolutionarily diverse microalgae as related to biofuels production. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 17:1-9.
M. Hildebrand, A.K. Davis, S.R. Smith, J.C. Traller, R. Abbriano. 2012. The place of diatoms in the biofuels industry. Biofuels 3(2):221-240.
A.K. Davis, L.T. Crum, L.B. Corbeil, M. Hildebrand. 2017. Expression of Histophilus somni IbpA DR2 protective antigen in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI 10.1007/s00253-017-8267-8. http://rdcu.be/q8V1
M. Hildebrand, L. Frigeri, A.K. Davis. 2007. Synchronized growth of Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae) provides novel insights into cell wall synthesis processes in relation to the cell cycle. J. Phycol.43:730-740.
A.K. Davis, M. Hildebrand, B. Palenik. 2006. Gene expression induced by copper stress in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Eukaryotic Cell 5:1157-1168.
A.K. Davis, Hildebrand, M., and Palenik, B. 2005. A stress-induced protein associated with the girdle band region of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. J. Phycol. 41: 577–589.
E.V. Armbrust, J.A. Berges, et al. 2004. The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Ecology, Evolution, and metabolism. Science, 306:79-86.
Patent
International Patent # WO 2103/063388 A1 (2015)
Inventors: Corbeil, L.B., Hildebrand, M., Shrestha R.P., Davis, A.K., Schrier, R., Oyler, G.A., Rosenberg JN.
“Diatom-based vaccines”.