Margaret McFall-Ngai
American animal physiologist and biochemist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret McFall-Ngai is an American animal physiologist and biochemist[1] best-known for her work related to the symbiotic relationship between Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes and bioluminescent bacteria, Vibrio fischeri. Her research helped expand the microbiology field, primarily focused on pathogenicity and decomposition at the time, to include positive microbial associations.[2][3][4] She currently is a professor at PBRC’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory [5] and director of the Pacific Biosciences Research Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.[6]
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Margaret McFall-Ngai | |
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Born | Margaret Jean McFall-Ngai |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of San Francisco University of California, Los Angeles |
Known for | Host-bacterial symbiosis 'Design' of tissues that interact with light |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Southern California |
Thesis | (1983) |
Doctoral advisor | James Morin |
Other academic advisors | Joseph Horwitz George Somero |
Website | http://glowingsquid.org/ |
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