About

Eric Alva Webb
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Contact Information
Office: AHF 331
Phone: (213) 740-7954
E-mail: eawebb@usc.edu

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website
 

Education
B.S. Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 6/1994
Ph.D. Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6/1999
 

Postdoctoral Training
Postdoc Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1999-2001  
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 07/16/2006-  
Associate Scientist without Tenure, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 02/01/2006-07/15/2006  
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 10/01/2001-01/31/2006  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Marine cyanobacterial physiology, ecology, and genomics. Development of molecular methods to monitor nutrient and trace metal stress in situ in marine cyanobacteria; Molecular characterization of the Fe scavenging system of marine cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria; secondary metabolite production (antibiotics and toxins) by marine and estuarine cyanobacteria.
 

Research Keywords
Marine Cyanobacteria, Physiology, Genomics, Microbial Ecology, Fe scavenging strategies
 

Publications

Journal Article
Chappell, P. D., Webb, E. A. (2009). A Molecular Assessment of the Iron Stress Response in the Two Phylogenetic Clades of Trichodesmium. Environ Microbiol. Vol. in press
Orchard, E. D., Webb, E. A., Dyhrman, S. T. (2009). Molecular analysis of the phosphorus starvation response in Trichodesmium spp. Environ Microbiol. Vol. in press
Sohm, J. A., Edwards, B. R., Wislon, B. G., Webb, E. A. (2009). Analysis of extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production in cultures of Crocosphaera watsonii. Limnol Oceanogr. Vol. submitted
Hynes, A. M., Chappell, P. D., Dyhrman, S. T., Doney, S. C., Webb, E. A. (2009). Cross-basin comparison of phosphorus stress and nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium. Limnol Oceanogr. Vol. In press
Rivers, A. R., Jakuba, R. W., Webb, E. A. (2009). Iron stress genes in marine Synechococcus and the development of a flow cytometric iron stress assay. Environ Microbiol.
Van Mooy, B. A., Fredricks, H. F., Pedler, B. E., Dyhrman, S. T., Karl, D. M., Lomas, M. W., Mincer, T., Moore, L. R., Moutin, T., Rappe, M. S., Webb, E. A. (2008). Phospholipid substitutions by phytoplankton are a universal adaptation to P-limitation. Nature. Vol. in press
Webb, E. A., Ehrenreich, I. M., Brown, S., Valois, F. W., Waterbury, J. B. (2008). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Multiple Strains of the Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium, Crocosphaera watsonii, isolated from the Open Ocean. Environ Microbiol. Vol. in press
Rose, A. L., Webb, E. A., Waite, T. D., Moffett, J. W. (2008). Measurement and Implications of Steady-State Superoxide Concentrations in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Environ Sci Technol. Vol. 42 (7), pp. 2387–2393.
Webb, E. A., Rachel, J., Moffett, J. W., Dyhrman, S. T. (2007). Molecular Assessment of Phosphorus and Iron Physiology in Trichodesmium Populations from the Western Central and Western South Atlantic. Limnology and Oceanography/ASLO. Vol. 52(5), pp. 2221–2232.
Dyhrman, S. T., Chappell, P. D., Haley, S. T., Orchard, E. D., Waterbury, J. B., Webb, E. A. (2006). Phosphonate utilization by the globally important marine diazotroph Trichodesmium. Nature. Vol. 439, pp. 68-71.
Ehrenreich, I. M., Waterbury, J. B., Webb, E. A. (2005). The Distribution and Diversity of Natural Product Genes in Marine and Freshwater Cyanobacterial Cultures and Genomes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology/ASM. Vol. 71, pp. 7401-7413.
Orchard, E. D., Webb, E. A., Dyhrman, S. T. (2003). Characterization of Phosphorus-Regulated Genes in Trichodesmium spp. Biological Bulletin/Marine Biological Laboratory. Vol. 205, pp. 230–231.
Webb, E. A., Waterbury, J. B. (2001). Iron Stress in Open Ocean Cyanobacteria (Synechococcus, Trichodesmium, and Crocosphaera): Identification of the IdiA protein. Applied and Environmental Microbiology/ASM. Vol. 67, pp. 5444-5452.
 

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2000-  
American Society for Microbiology, 1995-  
 
 
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