Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
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Biography

Dr. Debra W. Jackson received her B. S. in Microbiology from Louisiana State University in 1991 and her M.S. in Biology from Southern University in 1993. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences- Microbiology and Immunology in 2001 at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center at Fort Worth. She went on to Post-doctoral fellowships at both the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center and Tulane University Health Sciences Center. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe where she is the Pre-medical Advisor and the Microbiology Laboratory Coordinator. She is a member of American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Microbiology.

Research Interest

My overall interest is in bacterial biofilms, and the research questions currently being addressed in my laboratory are: 1. Identification and characterization of biofilm forming bacteria in aquatic environments and their role in the aquatic ecosystem. 2. Identification novel antimicrobial and quorum sensing factors in native Louisiana plants. 3. Characterizing the effects of biomarkers on microbial biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo.

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Using Metagenomics to Teach Biodiversity

Debra W Jackson

Editorial: J Ecosyst Ecogr 2013, 3:e117

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7625.1000e117