PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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Nicholas J. Shikuma, PhD
Associate Professor Cell and Molecular Biology Department of Biology San Diego State University nshikuma@sdsu.edu EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Postdoc - California Institute of Technology with Dr. Dianne Newman PhD - University of California, Santa Cruz with Dr. Fitnat Yildiz MS - University of Hawai'i with Dr. Michael Hadfield |
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Shikuma is an Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and co-founded the genetic engineering startup, Metamorphotech. He has made foundational scientific contributions to the fields of marine microbiology and symbiosis.
Dr. Shikuma's research combines microbiology, genetics and developmental biology to study how bacteria stimulate the metamorphic development of marine animals and Contractile Injection Systems (CIS) in human gut bacteria that promote host-microbe associations.
Dr. Shikuma is a Sloan Foundation Fellow and recipient of an NSF CAREER award, NIH R35 MIRA grant, multiple Office of Naval Research (DOD, USA) grants and a Moore Foundation Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems grant.
Dr. Shikuma is an Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and co-founded the genetic engineering startup, Metamorphotech. He has made foundational scientific contributions to the fields of marine microbiology and symbiosis.
Dr. Shikuma's research combines microbiology, genetics and developmental biology to study how bacteria stimulate the metamorphic development of marine animals and Contractile Injection Systems (CIS) in human gut bacteria that promote host-microbe associations.
Dr. Shikuma is a Sloan Foundation Fellow and recipient of an NSF CAREER award, NIH R35 MIRA grant, multiple Office of Naval Research (DOD, USA) grants and a Moore Foundation Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems grant.