Steven J. Hallam
CIFAR Scholar
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Genomics
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Life Sciences Institute
2.552-2350 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
e-mail: shallam@mail.ubc.ca
office phone: 604-827-3420
fax: 604-822-6041
Research interests:
- Construction and interpretation of environmental genomic libraries
- Generation of computational tools and workflows for taxonomic and functional binning, population genome assembly, and comparative community analysis
- Development of functional screens to interrogate environmental genomic libraries for bioactive small molecules and biocatalysis
Employment & Education:
| 2008 - present | Associate Professor, CIHR/UBiC Bioinformatics program, University of British Columbia |
| 2006 - 2008 | Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia |
| 2004 - 2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2002 - 2004 | Research Associate, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
| 2000 - 2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
| 1995 - 2000 | Ph.D., Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz |
| 1992 - 1995 | Research Associate, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center |
| 1988 - 1992 | B.A., Liberal Arts, focus on Religion & Biology, Sarah Lawrence College |
Fieldwork:
- Line-P Seasonal transect (2007- present)
- Saanich Inlet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada, Monthly time-series (2006- present)
- Sakinaw Lake (2007- present)
- Gulf of California (GoC) MBARI Expedition R/V Western Flyer, (2003)
- Gulf of Mexico (GoM) USGS Gas Hydrate Expedition, R/V Marion Dufresne, (2002)
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) Expedition, R/V Atlantis, (2001)
- El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas Mexico (1994)
Interviews:
- S. J. Hallam and Fanny Kiefer, Oxygen Minimum Zones. Studio 4 - Shaw Television 2010 Apr 6. [link]
- BBC World Service, "Science In Action 12/03/2010" (starting at 13 minutes into the program) [link]
- CBC "Quirks and Quarks 04/24/2010" [link]
Publications
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