Corina Brussaard

Corina Brussaard
Nationality Netherlands
Fields Antarctic viral ecology
Institutions Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Website
https://www.nioz.nl/staff-detail?id=140024

Corina Brussaard is a leading scientist for Antarctic viral ecology[1][2] working for the Royal Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and is a Special Professor of Viral Ecology at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).[3][4]

Early life and education

Brussaard was educated at University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands, studying marine biology, and microbial ecology.[5] She defended her PhD thesis on ‘Phytoplankton cell lysis and ecological implications’ in 1997. She was awarded a Marie Curie TMR-grant supplied by the EC for 2 year Post Doctoral research at the University of Bergen, Norway.[5] In 2000 she started as Independent Research Fellow at the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research where she was involved in the EC-FP5 project BIOHAB (Biological Control of Harmful Algal Blooms - role of eutrophication) studying the growth and mortality of HAB-species, while at the same time setting up a virus ecology research program. She became a Senior Research Scientist at the NIOZ in 2003,[5] and obtained a special chair in Viral Ecology in the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in 2013.

Career and impact

Brussaard is a leading scientist for Antarctic viral ecology,[1][2] the quantitative and qualitative significance of viral mediated mortality of microbes for population dynamics, community composition, and the production and efficiency of the pelagic food web. Brussaard's research focuses on studying the interaction between viruses and their host algae in relation to climate change, and more specifically on how this interaction is affected by environmental factors, such as CO2 concentration and temperature, the availability of light and nutrients.[5][6]

Brussaard studies the ecological role viruses play in the sea, combining field work and detailed laboratory studies.[3] She investigates the importance of microbial (phytoplankton and bacteria) cell death rates[7] and its consequences for the pelagic biogeochemical cycling (carbon, nutrients including iron), as well as isolation of novel algae-infecting viruses (e.g. viruses infecting Phaeocystis belonging to the recently named large-genome Mimiviridae family).[8] She also discovered the first dsRNA virus that infects protists[9] and lipid membrane-containing Micromonas viruses.[10] Additionally she has developed methods for the rapid detection[11] and enumeration of viruses, and for measuring cell lysis[12][12] rates as a consequence of viral infections.

Brussaard is the President of the International Society of Microbes (ISVM)[13] and is also the Chair of the Netherlands Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Committee from 2006 until 2016 and its secretart from 2014-2018.[14][15] She was also a member of the Netherlands Polar Committee from 2010–2014[16] and is a Fellow of the American Academy Microbiology[17] and of the Council for Earth and Life Sciences[18] of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Brussaard’s research has received interest from radio, newspapers and magazines.[19][20][21][22] Moreover, Brussaard was a guest on the Dutch television show Pauw & Witteman on 23 January 2013 to discuss the then new Dutch Dirck Gerritsz Laboratory.[23]

In March 2016, Brussaard was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.[24]

References

  1. 1 2 "Corina Brussaard appointed professor - NIOZ". www.nioz.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. 1 2 (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Women climate scientists conquer Antarctica | Environment | DW.COM | 06.03.2013". DW.COM. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. 1 2 Amsterdam, Universiteit van. "prof. dr. C.P.D. (Corina) Brussaard - IBED - University of Amsterdam". ibed.uva.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Corina Brussaard appointed professor - NIOZ". www.nioz.nl. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Amsterdam, Universiteit van. "Prof. dr. C.P.D. Brussaard Special Chair Viral Ecology - IBED - University of Amsterdam". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. ↑ Maat, Douwe S.; Crawfurd, Katherine J.; Timmermans, Klaas R.; Brussaard, Corina P. D. (2014-05-15). "Elevated CO2 and Phosphate Limitation Favor Micromonas pusilla through Stimulated Growth and Reduced Viral Impact". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80 (10): 3119–3127. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 4018922 Freely accessible. PMID 24610859. doi:10.1128/AEM.03639-13.
  7. ↑ CPD, Brussaard; GJ, Gast; FC, van Duyl; R, Riegman (1996-12-05). "Impact of phytoplankton bloom magnitude on a pelagic microbial food web". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 144: 211–221. doi:10.3354/meps144211.
  8. ↑ Brussaard, C. P. D.; Short, S. M.; Frederickson, C. M.; Suttle, C. A. (2004-06-01). "Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Novel Viruses Infecting the Phytoplankton Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (6): 3700–3705. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 427783 Freely accessible. PMID 15184176. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.6.3700-3705.2004.
  9. ↑ Brussaard, C. P. D; Noordeloos, A. A. M; Sandaa, R. -A; Heldal, M; Bratbak, G (2004-02-20). "Discovery of a dsRNA virus infecting the marine photosynthetic protist Micromonas pusilla". Virology. 319 (2): 280–291. PMID 14980488. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2003.10.033.
  10. ↑ Martnez, Joaqun Martnez; Boere, Arjan; Gilg, Ilana; Lent, Jan W. M. van; Witte, Harry J.; Bleijswijk, Judith D. L. van; Brussaard, Corina P. D. (2015-01-12). "New lipid envelope-containing dsDNA virus isolates infecting Micromonas pusilla reveal a separate phylogenetic group". Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 74 (1): 17–28. doi:10.3354/ame01723.
  11. ↑ Brussaard, Corina P. D. (2004-03-01). "Optimization of Procedures for Counting Viruses by Flow Cytometry". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (3): 1506–1513. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 368280 Freely accessible. PMID 15006772. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1506-1513.2004.
  12. 1 2 Baudoux, AnneClaire; Noordeloos, Anna A. M.; Veldhuis, Marcel J. W.; Brussaard, Corina P. D. (2006-10-10). "Virally induced mortality of Phaeocystis globosa during two spring blooms in temperate coastal waters". Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 44 (3): 207–217. doi:10.3354/ame044207.
  13. ↑ "Officers - ISVM.org". isvm.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  14. ↑ "SCOR - Nederlandse SCOR Commissie — KNAW". www.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  15. ↑ "Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Corina Brussaard". www.scor-int.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  16. ↑ Marianne. "Organisation". www.nwo.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  17. ↑ Seglem, Erin. "Fellows Elected in 2016". academy.asm.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  18. ↑ "Brussaard, Prof. dr. C.D.P. (Corina) — KNAW". www.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  19. ↑ "Klimaat Antarctica verrast onderzoekers". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  20. ↑ "Cookies op ND.nl". Nederlands Dagblad. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  21. ↑ "Nederlands lab op Antarctica open". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  22. ↑ "Cookies op Trouw.nl". www.trouw.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  23. ↑ "Pauw en Witteman". Pauw en Witteman (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  24. ↑ "78 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology". Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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