ANGELA LEDGER

aledger@hboi.edu

Research Assistant II - Molecular Genetics Research
Division of Biomedical Marine Research (DBMR)
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

Angela works as a research assistant for Dr. Jose Lopez in the Biomedical Marine Research Division of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. One focus of her research is identifying unculturable microbes from sponge, water, and sediment samples collected from the cruises. Currently, she is using molecular techniques to find rare mRNA transcripts which may code for enzymes in useful biosynthetic pathways. She received a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of South Florida in 2000, and began working for HBOI in 2002.