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Mark Silby

faculty

Mark Silby, PhD he/him/his

Professor / Chairperson

Biology

Silby Laboratory

Contact

508-999-8364

mark.silby@umassd.edu

Science & Engineering 321

Education

2002University of Canterbury, New ZealandPhD

Teaching

  • BIO 321 General Microbiology
  • BIO 408 Microbial Genetics

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.

Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature culminating in an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of Integrative Biology. Doctoral research contributes to the student's dissertation and should be presented at major conferences and ultimately published in refereed journals. A written dissertation must be completed and defended in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the Integrative Biology PhD Program.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 737,449 awarded by MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER for SouthCoast Biomanufacturing Training Program

Research

Research interests

  • Microbial Communities
  • Bacterial Interactions
  • Cocoa fermentation
  • Bacterial Genomes

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