Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Dr. Nicole Poulton

60 Bigelow Drive

P.O. Box 380

East Boothbay, ME 04544

USA

Phone: +1 (207) 315-2567 ext. 513

Fax : +1 (207) 315-2329

email: npoulton@bigelow.org

Research Scientist

B.S. 1993, Biology, Virginia Tech

B.A. 1993, Chemistry, Virginia Tech

Ph.D. 2001, Biological Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program

Selected Publications

Karsenti, E., S. G. Acinas, P. Bork, C. Bowler, C. De Vargas et al. and the TARA Consortium (N. J. Poulton – member). 2011 A Holistic Approach to Marine Ecosystems Biology. PLoS Biol 9(10): e1001177. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001177

Swan, B. K., M. M. Martinez-Garcia, C. M. Preston, A. Sczyrba, T. Woyke, D. Lamy, T. Reinthaler, N. J. Poulton, E. D. P. Masland, M Lluesma-Gomez, M. E. Sieracki, E. F. DeLong, G.J. Herndl, and R. Stepanauskas. 2011. Potential for chemolithoautotrophy among ubiquitous bacteria lineages in the dark ocean. Science. 333 (6047): 1296-1300.

Martinez-Martinez, J, N. J. Poulton, R. Stepanauskas, M. E. Sieracki, and W. H. Wilson. 2011. Targeted sorting of single virus-infected unicellular marine algae. PLos ONE http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022520

Fleming, EJ, AE Landgon, M Martinez-Garcia, R. Stepanauskas, N. J. Poulton, D. Masland, D. Emerson. 2011. What’s new is old: resolving the identity of Leptothrix ochracea using single cell genomics, pyrosequencing and FISH. PLoS ONE 6(3): e17769. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017769

Poulton, N. J. and J. Martin. 2010. Imaging flow cytometry for quantitative phytoplankton analysis — FlowCAM. In: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of ©UNESCO. Karlson, B., Cusack, C. and Bresnan, E. (editors). Microscopic and molecular methods for quantitative phytoplankton analysis. Paris, UNESCO. (IOC Manuals and Guides, no. 55.) (IOC/2010/MG/55), 110 pages.

Poulton, N. J., B. A. Keafer, and D. M. Anderson. 2005. Toxin variability in natural population of Alexandrium fundyense in Casco Bay, Maine – evidence of nitrogen limitation. Deep Sea Research II. 52: 2501-2521.

Heywood, JL, ME Sieracki, W Bellows, N.J Poulton, R Stepanauskas. 2010. Capturing diversity of marine heterotrophic protists – one cell at a time. ISME Journal DOI: ISMEJ.2010.155

Yenstch, C. S., B. E. Lapointe, N. Poulton, D. A. Phinney. 2008. Anatomy of a red tide bloom off the southwest coast of Florida. Harmful Algae. 7: 817-826.

Rose, J. M., D. A. Caron, M. E. Sieracki and N. J. Poulton. 2004. Counting heterotrophic nanoplanktonic protists in cultures and in aquatic communities by flow cytometry. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 34: 263-277.