Mary Lidstrom

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Mary E. Lidstrom
Born1951
Prineville, Oregon, USA
Alma mater University of Wisconsin
Scientific career
Fields Microbiology
Institutions University of Washington
Thesis The regulation of C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum  (1977)
Website depts.washington.edu/mllab/mLidstrom.php

Mary E. Lidstrom is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington. She also holds the Frank Jungers Chair of Engineering, in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She currently is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bacteriology and FEMS Microbial Ecology. [1]

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Education

Lidstrom received a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Oregon State University and an M.S. and PhD in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [2]

Research career

Lidstrom's work spans microbial physiology and natural complex microbial communities and has applications to biotechnology. Specifically, she has worked extensively on methylotroph bacteria that grow on one-carbon compounds. [3]

After conducting her doctorate research on C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum, [4] Lidstrom undertook post-doctoral research at University of Sheffield UK with J. Rodney Quayle on species of the methylotrophic yeasts Hansenula and Candida, [5] : 343  and then returned to the US with faculty posts at the University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the California Institute of Technology where she has taught courses on microbiology, oceanography, environmental engineering science, chemical engineering and bioengineering. While at Caltech she served as Vice-Chair of the Faculty. [6] In 1996 she moved to University of Washington and has remained there. [7]

Lidstrom is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of the National Academy of Sciences from 2013. [2] Lidstrom was the Vice Provost of Research at the University of Washington from 2005 until 2021. [8] [9] In addition, she served as Associate Dean for New Initiatives in Engineering from 1997 to 2005 and Interim Provost from 2010 to 2011. [10]

Publications

Lidstrom is the author or co-author of over 300 scientific publications. These include:

Honors

Related Research Articles

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Member Directory: Mary E. Lidstrom". National Academy of Sciences.
  3. ↑ Chistoserdova, Ludmila; Kalyuzhnaya, Marina G.; Lidstrom, Mary E. (2009). "The Expanding World of Methylotrophic Metabolism". Annual Review of Microbiology. 63: 477–499. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073600. PMC   2827926 . PMID   19514844.
  4. ↑ O'Connor, Mary Lidstrom (1977). The regulation of C-1 metabolism in Methylobacterium organophilum. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin. OCLC   609162422.
  5. ↑ Anthony, Christopher (2015). "JOHN RODNEY QUAYLE 18 November 1926 — 26 February 2006". Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc. 61: 331–349. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2015.0008 . S2CID   88245387.
  6. ↑ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Mary Lidstrom". University of Washington.
  9. ↑ Holtz, Jackson. "Mari Ostendorf named UW Vice Provost for Research". University of Washington. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mary E. Lidstrom, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Education (formerly Mary L. O'Connor)". StudyLib. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Six AAAS Members Win American Society for Microbiology Award | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  12. ↑ "Mary E. Lidstrom". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  13. 1 2 "Awards and Recognition". UW ADVANCE. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  14. ↑ "10 UW profs honored as Fellows of AAAS". UW News. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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