Colleen Cavanaugh

Faculty Support: Karen Manning
Our research primarily involves the study of symbioses of bacteria in marine invertebrates from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, methane seeps, and coastal reducing sediments. Specific emphasis is placed on the characterization of metabolic and genetic capabilities of symbionts, evolutionary relationships with free-living bacteria, and co-evolution of host and symbiont.
Recent Publications
Boller, AJ, PJ Thomas, CM Cavanaugh, KM Scott. Isotopic Discrimination and Kinetic parameters of RubisCO from the Marine Bloom-Forming Diatom, Skeletonema Costatum. Geobiol 2015 13: 33-43.
Courses Taught
Freshman Seminar 24Q: Biology of Symbiosis: From the Deep-Sea to the Human Microbiome
OEB 277 In Sickness and in Health: Topics in Symbiosis
OEB 343 Microbial Ecology and Symbiosis
Contact Information
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138