Dr. Suzanne Dufour
Microbiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Canada
Biography
"Dr. Suzanne Dufour Assistant Professor Department of Biology Memorial University 232 Elizabeth Ave. St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9 709-864-8025 (phone) 709-864-3018 (fax) Office: SN2086 Labs: SN2088 and SN2089 Education: PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (2003) MSc, Biologie, Université de Moncton (1998) BSc, Biologie, Université de Moncton (1996)"
Research Interest
Chemoautrophic symbioses are long-term associations between invertebrates and chemoautotrophic bacteria (sulphide or methane-oxidizers), with nutritional benefits for the animal host. Since the discovery of such associations at hydrothermal vents, chemosymbioses have been found in a variety of marine habitats, including shallower sediments that are enriched with organic matter. In my lab, we study chemosymbiotic bivalves of the family Thyasiridae; symbiotic thyasirids are often found as abundant, opportunistic colonists in sites of organic enrichment such as fjords, paper mill or sewage outfalls, aquaculture sites and offshore oil fields. Current reseach in my lab focuses on thyasirids from various sites in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.
