Laura Hug
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Laura Hug is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Dr. Laura Hug Research in the Hug lab seeks to define microbial diversity and function at contaminated sites (primarily municipal landfills). To that end, our lab sequences the total DNA, RNA, and protein (meta-omics) of a microbial community from a contaminated site to identify which species are there, and which pathways are active. We use enrichment culturing to explore microbial community interactions and to develop new bioremediation tools. The combination of genome-enabled metabolic modelling with tracking contaminant degradation in the laboratory clarifies how microbes are shaping the environment.
Publications
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Leger MM, Eme L, Hug LA, Roger AJ. Corrigendum Correction to “Novel hydrogenosomes in the microaerophilic jakobid Stygiella incarcerataâ€. Molecular biology and evolution. 2017 Feb 2;34(4):1027-.
