Dr. J. Cameron  Thrash  is currently working as a Assistant Professor  in the Department of Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , USA. His research interests includes relationships between microorganisms and biogeochemical cycles, particularly in marine systems. The lab takes a two-pronged approach to understanding these relationships. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. J. Cameron  Thrash  is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to relationships between microorganisms and biogeochemical cycles, particularly in marine systems. The lab takes a two-pronged approach to understanding these relationships.

I'm always excited to understand the relationships between microorganisms and biogeochemical cycles, particularly in marine systems. The lab takes a two-pronged approach to understanding these relationships: 1. Using cultivation independent techniques (e.g., metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and single-cell genomics) to make observations about a system and develop hypotheses about which organisms are doing what, and 2. cultivation of microorganisms using a variety of methods to try and obtain the bugs identified by cultivation independent techniques as being numerically dominant, capable of important metabolisms, highly active, or containing genes of interest. The lab uses modern high-througput, dilution-to-extinction culturing techniques and maintains a culture collection established from source waters in the region. Work is ongoing in coastal southern Louisiana and the northern Gulf of Mexico "dead zone", and the lab is also involved with projects investigating the genomic basis for deep ocean SAR11 subclade differentiation.