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Coates, Robert

Graduate Student

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of California, Daivs

Research Interests:

  • Current research interests include cyanobacterial hydrocarbon biosynthesis. This research is focused on identifying and characterizing the genes and enzymes cyanobacteria utilize to convert fatty acids to hydrocarbons.

Honors and Awards:

  • Eagle Scout-1997
  • 2004 UC Davis IGERT Undergraduate Research Fellow - $7,000
  • 2004 John H.C. and Mary Louise Riley Scholarship Fellow - $1,000

Mentoring:

  • Shi, Rujing (Undergrad; 2010-2011)
  • Khuc, Minh (Undergrad; 2009-2011)
  • Reyes, Clarissa (Undergrad; 2008-2009)
  • Sareen, Amrit (Graduate; 2007-2008)

Home Department:
Scripps Dept

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0212

Email: rccoates@ucsd.edu


Lab Website: http://gerwick.ucsd.edu
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Publications:

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Grindberg, R.V., T. Ishoey, D. Brinza, E. Equenazi, R. Cameron Coates, W. Liu, L. Gerwick, P. C. Dorrestein, P. Pevzner, R. Lasken, W.H. Gerwick. Single Cell Genome Amplification Accelerates Identification of the Apratoxin Biosynthetic Pathway from a Complex Microbial Assemblage. PLOSOne. In Press

Sellheim, K., J. J. Stachowicz, R. C. Coates, Effects of a nonnative habitat-forming species on mobile and sessile epifaunal communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2010. 398,69-80

Engene, N., Coates, R.C., Gerwick, W.H. 16S rRNA gene haterogeneity in the filamentous marine cyanobacterial genus Lyngbya. Journal of Phycology (2010) 46(3), 591-601.

Gerwick, W.H., Coates, R.C., Engene, N., Gerwick, L. Grindberg, R.V., Jones, A.C. and Sorrels, C.M. (2008). Giant Marine Cyanobacteria produce exciting potential pharmaceuticals. Microbe (review) 3 (6) : 277-284)

Esquenazi E., Coates C., Simmons L., Gonzalez D., Gerwick W.H., Dorrestein .P.C. Visualizing the spatial distribution of secondary metabolites produced by marine cyanobacteria and sponges via MALDI-TOF imaging. Mol Biosyst. 2008 (6):562-70.

Simmons, T. L., Coates, R. C., Clark, B. R.,Engene, N. Gonzalez, D.; Esquenazi, E.; Dorrestein, P. C.; Gerwick, William H. Biosynthetic origin of natural products isolated from marine microorganism-invertebrate assemblages. PNAS. (2008), 105(12), 4587-4594.


Last Modified: Apr 11, 2011