Microbiology BS, MS, PhD
Biochemistry MS, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Genetics
Undergraduate students: (1996-97) 96 (1997-98) 109Web address
www.uri.edu/cels/bmmg
Marine Degree Programs
Microbiology BS, MS, PhD
Biochemistry MS, PhD
Areas of Expertise
Pathogenic bacteriology and rapid detection of bacteria
Marine pathogens, metabolism, survival, growth, mortality of a variety of organisms
and species
Biological indicators of smoltification in salmon
Parr-smolt transformation of salmonid fish
Funding Agencies
Lonza, Inc.
National Fisheries Institute (NFI)
RI Sea Grant College Program
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Marine Research
Impact of sodium tripolyphosphate on commerically treated scallops, L.R. Pivarnik
and J.F. Sperry, 5/97-8/97, NFI, $10,000
Heat-shock proteins and osmotic stress in salmon, G. Tremblay and T. Bradley,
10/94-9/97, USDA, $215,000
Unrestricted gift, G. Tremblay, 1997, Lonza, Inc., $11,000
Unrestricted gift, G. Tremblay, 1998, Lonza, Inc., $11,000
Influence of dietary supplements of carnitine and lactate on survival and growth
of juvenile atlantic salmon transferred from freshwater to seawater, G. Tremblay
and T. Bradley, 5/96-4/97, Lonza, Inc., $ 36,840
Dietary manipulation of metabolism in salmon smolts, G. Tremblay, 11/97-11/99,
USDA, $120,000
Role of mucus-induced genes and proteins in Vibrio anguillarum virulence,
D. Nelson, 9/97-9/98 USDA, $50,000
Marine Publications
Ji, H., T. Bradley, and G.C. Tremblay. 1996. Lactate-Dependent Gluconeogenesis
and Atractyloside-Sensitive Flux through Pyruvate Carboxylase Are Reduced During
Smoltification of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Experimental
Zoology 276: 375-386.
Garcia, T., K. Otto, S. Kjelleberg, and D.R. Nelson. 1997. The growth of Vibrio anguillarum in salmon intestinal mucus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63: 1034-1039.
Nelson, D.R., Y. Sadlowski,
M. Eguchi, et al. 1997. The Starvation-stress Response of Vibrio anguillarum.
Microbiology 143: 2305-2312.