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Education

  • Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 2015.
    • An Integrated Approach to Develop Unicellular Cyanobacteria for Biofuel Production.
  • B.S., Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009

Additional Training

  • Leadership, Teamwork, and Project Management Certificate, University of California San Diego, 2018.
  • Micro-M.B.A., University of California San Diego Extension, 2018. Condensed first year M.B.A program.
  • Transition to Industry Workshop, Torrey Pines Training Consortium, 2018.
  • The Datascientist’s Toolbox, R Programming, and Intermediate R Programming on Coursera, 2017

Publications

This pub list can also be viewed on Google Schlar Profile

UCSD

Review Articles

  1. Welkie DG, Rubin BE, Diamond S, Hood RD, Savage DF, Golden SS. A hard day’s night: Cyanobacteria in diel cycles. Trends in Microbiology 2019 (March) 27:3 231-242
    Links to article: DOI, Alternate, or open PDF

Research Articles

  1. Broddrick JT, Welkie DG, Jallet D, Golden SS, Peers G, Palsson BO. Predicting the metabolic capabilities of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 adapted to different light regimes. Metabolic Engineering. 2018 Nov 13;52:42-56.
    Links to article: Pubmed , DOI, oropen PDF
  2. Welkie DG, Rubin BE, Chang Y, Smith S, LiWang A, Golden S. Genome-wide fitness assessment during diurnal growth reveals an expanded role of the cyanobacterial circadian clock protein KaiA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018 July 115;30:E7174-E7183.
    Links to article: Pubmed , DOI, oropen PDF
  3. Rubin BE, Huynh TN, Welkie DG, Diamond S, Simkovsky R, Pierce EC, et al. High-throughput interaction screens illuminate the role of c-di-AMP in cyanobacterial nighttime survival. PLoS Genetics. 2018 Apr 14;4:e1007301
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI, or:open PDF
  4. Broddrick JT¹ , Rubin BE¹, Welkie DG¹ , Du D, Mih N, Diamond S, Lee JJ, Golden SS, Palsson BO. Unique attributes of cyanobacterial metabolism revealed by improved genome-scale metabolic modeling and essential gene analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Dec 113;51:E8344-E8353. ¹co-1st authorship
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI, oropen PDF

Purdue

  1. Welkie DG, Lee BH, Sherman LA. Altering the structure of carbohydrate storage granules in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 through branching-enzyme truncations. Journal of Bacteriology 2015 Dec 198:701-710.
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI, oropen PDF
  2. Welkie D, Zhang X, Markillie ML, Taylor R, Orr G, Jacobs J, Bhide K, Thimmapuram J, Gritsenko M, Mitchell H, Smith RD, Sherman LA. Transcriptomic and proteomic dynamics in the metabolism of a diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Cyanothece sp. PCC 7822 during a diurnal light-dark cycle. BMC Genomics 2014 Dec 15:1185.8
    Links to article: Pubmed,DOI, oropen PDF
  3. Welkie DG, Sherman DM, Chrisler WB, Orr G, Sherman LA. Analysis of carbohydrate storage granules in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp PCC 7822. Photosynthesis Research 2013 Nov 118(1-2):25-36.
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI, oropen PDF

UW-Madison

  1. Shade A, Read JS, Welkie DG, Kratz TK, Wu CH, McMahon KD. Resistance, resilience and recovery: Aquatic bacterial dynamics after water column disturbance. Environmental Microbiology 2011 Oct 13;10:2752-2767.
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI
  2. Welkie DG, Stevenson DM, Weimer PJ. ARISA analysis of ruminal bacterial community dynamics in lactating dairy cows during the feeding cycle. Anaerobe 2010 Apr 16;2:94-100.
    Links to article: Pubmed, DOI, oropen PDF

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Presentations

UCSD

  • Welkie DG, Golden SS, Palsson BO. “Creating a predictive metabolic model of photoautotrophic metabolism in cyanobacteria to improve bioengineering design.” Poster Presentation at the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Research Excellence Annual Symposium. University of California, San Diego, CA. October 25, 2018 view poster.

  • Welkie DG, Rubin BE, Golden SS. “Role of the cyanobacterial clock during day/night cycles.” Oral Presentation at the Center for Circadian Biology Fall Workshop on Biological Timing, University of California, San Diego, CA. November 10, 2016 view the schedule.

  • Welkie DG, Rubin BE, Golden SS. “Fitness contributions of the cyanobacterial circadian clock on diurnal physiology.” Oral Presentation at the California Center for Algae Biotechnology, University of California, San Diego, CA. Web Link

  • Rubin BE, Wetmore KM, Price MN, Diamond S, Shultzaberger RK, Welkie DG, Simkovsky R, Ota M, Lowe LC, Curtin G, Arkin AP, Deutschbauer A, Golden SS. “Massive mutant screens to develop a photosynthetic bioproduction platform.” In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant 52 (4), 441-441. World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Diego, CA. June 11, 2016. Web Link

  • Rubin BE, Wetmore KM, Price MN, Diamond S, Shultzaberger RK, Welkie DG, Lowe LC, Curtin G, Arkin AP, Deutschbauer A, Golden SS. “The essential gene set for cyanobacteria” Poster, 12th Workshop on Cyanobacteria Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2016

  • Welkie DG, Rubin BE, Golden SS. “Deletion of the circadian clock protein KaiA in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 results in impaired diurnal growth” Poster, 12th Workshop on Cyanobacteria Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2016 view poster.

Purdue

  • Welkie DG and Sherman L. “Modifying carbon storage in cyanobacteria: from glycogen to starch” Oral presentation at the 9th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, Texel, The Netherlands. 2014 view the program.

  • Welkie DG, and Sherman L. “The impact of media adjustments on growth and analysis of carbohydrate storage granules in the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. PCC 7822” Oral presentation at the 11th Workshop on Cyanobacteria. Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 2013 view the program.

  • Welkie DG, Saha R, Zhang X, Maranas CD, and Sherman LA. “Optimizing isoprene production in Synechocystis 6803 utilizing computational modeling and transcriptional regulation”. Poster 11th Workshop on Cyanobacteria. Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 2013 view poster.

  • Welkie DG, and Sherman, L. “A dual approach to better understanding Cyanothece 7822 using growth media modifications and transcriptomics to generate a more desirable chassis for bioproduction”. Poster, Indiana Branch of the ASM Annual Meeting, Spencer, IN. 1st Place Prize – Ph.D. Graduate Student Section. 2013 view poster.

  • Welkie DG, Zhang X, Sherman LA. “Metabolic and regulatory properties of the diazotrophic cyanobacterial genus Cyanothece”, Abstracts of Papers 245th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. 2013

  • Minocha U, Welkie D, McCarthy MJ, Bettasso A, Wickham G, Thompson D, Bhunia, A, Turco, R, and Applegate B. “Use of TRFLP and light scattering to characterize plant and bulk soil, rhizosphere and phyllosphere samples from different farms”. Poster presentation at the ASM General Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2010

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Review Services

Reviewer for Journal Manuscripts

I have acted as a peer reviewer to the following journals:

Reviewer for External Research Grants

I have acted as an external reviewer for the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong 2019 link to RGC of Hong Kong webpage