We are very pleased to share that Nic submitted her thesis on June 3! Her research used next generation sequencing technology and novel culturing techniques to identify polar soil bacterial communities with novel biosynthetic potential.
Her research had three main objectives: To identify polar soil bacterial communities with novel biosynthetic potential, establish a culture collection of Antarctic isolates with demonstrated bioactive capabilities and to perform whole genome sequencing on biotechnologically promising isolates for biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) mining.
Check out her first publication here.
Congratulations Nic!