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Dr Kelly graduated with BSc (hons) in Industrial Microbiology from University College Dublin. She was subsequently awareded a PhD in Microbial Ecology from University College Cork, having studied riverine habitats. Her first Post-Doctoral experience was as a Research Associate at the University of Nottingham, investigating stochastic variability in yeast populations. Subsequent Post-Doctoral experience took her back to her roots in Microbial Ecology and Geomicrobiology, first with a position at the Open University (based within the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute), undertaking geomicrobiology research in Iceland and astrobiology research in collaboration with the European Space Agency. Following the Open University was a Post-Doctoral position at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Nancy, France, where she focused on microbe-mineral interactions and community dynamics in forest soil communities. Dr Kelly left INRA in January 2014 to join the Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology as Lecturer in Microbiology.
Why study Microbiology (research specialising in Geomicrobiology, Microbial Ecology, Astrobiology and Environmental Microbiology_?
Microbiology is such an important subdiscipline within the Biological Sciences, impacting the life of everyone, every day, whether or not they realise it. Studying microbiology doesn't just mean studying microbes that are involved in human health/medicine and food (production or spoilage), perhaps the most common areas that people associate with microorganisms. Microbiology encompasses so much more, from the degradation of pollutants in the environment, to the mining of precious metals, the search for extraterrestrial life and even the generation of energy, bacteria, archaea and fungi are essential for the functioning of the Earth and for our survival. Studying microbiology at undergraduate level will give you the opportunity to scratch the surface of the microbial world and help you understand just how amazing these (mainly) microscopic creatures are.
While my research expertise may be described broadly as microbial ecology, I particularly specialise in mineral environments, thus geomicrobiology. Geomicrobiology is itself however very broad, encompassing soil microbiology, extremophile research, astrobiology, volcanic microbiology and aquatic microbiology to name but a few, each of which I have and continue to work in. Most recently I have undertaken a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intra European Fellowship at Bangor University (Wales), where I focused on microbial communities and activities in subterranean acid mine environments using a combination of traditional culture-based methods, chemical analyses and high-throughput DNA sequencing.
S. Uroz, LC. Kelly, MP. Turpault, C. Lepleux, P. Frey-Klett (2015). The Mineralosphere Concept: Mineralogical Control of the Distribution and Function of Mineral-associated Bacterial Communities. Trends in Microbiology. 23(12), pp.751-762.
LC. Kelly, CS. Cockell, T. Thorsteinsson, V. Marteinsson, J. Stevenson (2014). Pioneer microbial communities of the Fimmvörðuháls lava flow, Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland. Microb Ecol. 68(3), pp.504-518.
CS. Cockell, LC. Kelly, V. Marteinsson (2013). Actinobacteria—An Ancient Phylum Active in Volcanic Rock Weathering. Geomicrobiology Journal. 30(8), pp.706-720.
CS. Cockell, LC. Kelly, S. Summers, V. Marteinsson (2011). Following the kinetics: iron-oxidizing microbial mats in cold icelandic volcanic habitats and their rock-associated carbonaceous signature. Astrobiology. 11(7), pp.679-694.
LC. Kelly, CS. Cockell, A. Herrera-Belaroussi, Y. Piceno, G. Andersen, et al. T. DeSantis, E. Brodie, T. Thorsteinsson, V. Marteinsson, F. Poly, X. LeRoux. (2011). Bacterial diversity of terrestrial crystalline volcanic rocks, Iceland. Microb Ecol. 62(1), pp.69-79.
CS. Cockell, D. Pybus, K. Olsson-Francis, L. Kelly, D. Petley, et al. N. Rosser, K. Howard, F. Mosselmans. (2011). Molecular characterization and geological microenvironment of a microbial community inhabiting weathered receding shale cliffs. Microb Ecol. 61(1), pp.166-181.
LC. Kelly, CS. Cockell, YM. Piceno, GL. Andersen, T. Thorsteinsson, et al. V. Marteinsson. (2010). Bacterial diversity of weathered terrestrial Icelandic volcanic glasses. Microb Ecol. 60(4), pp.740-752.
LC. Kelly, Y. Colin, MP. Turpault, S. Uroz (2016). Mineral Type and Solution Chemistry Affect the Structure and Composition of Actively Growing Bacterial Communities as Revealed by Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocapture and 16S rRNA Pyrosequencing. Microbial Ecology. 72(2), pp.428-442.
S. Summers, AS. Whiteley, LC. Kelly, CS. Cockell (2013). Land coverage influences the bacterial community composition in the critical zone of a sub-Arctic basaltic environment. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 86(3), pp.381-393.
CS. Cockell, LC. Kelly, V. Marteinsson (2013). Actinobacteria-An Ancient Phylum Active in Volcanic Rock Weathering. Geomicrobiology Journal. 30(8), pp.706-720.
LC. Kelly, CS. Cockell, S. Summers (2012). Diverse microbial species survive high ammonia concentrations. International Journal of Astrobiology. 11(02), pp.125-131.
CS. Cockell, MA. Voytek, AL. Gronstal, K. Finster, JD. Kirshtein, et al. K. Howard, J. Reitner, GS. Gohn, WE. Sanford, JW. Horton, J. Kallmeyer, L. Kelly, DS. Powars. (2012). Impact disruption and recovery of the deep subsurface biosphere. Astrobiology. 12(3), pp.231-246.
CS. Cockell, P. van Calsteren, JFW. Mosselmans, IA. Franchi, I. Gilmour, et al. L. Kelly, K. Olsson-Francis, D. Johnson. (2010). Microbial endolithic colonization and the geochemical environment in young seafloor basalts. Chemical Geology. 279(1-2), pp.17-30.
CS. Cockell, K. Olsson, F. Knowles, L. Kelly, A. Herrera, et al. T. Thorsteinsson, V. Marteinsson. (2009). Bacteria in Weathered Basaltic Glass, Iceland. Geomicrobiology Journal. 26(7), pp.491-507.
LC. Kelly, C. Cockell, S. Summers (2011). Microbiology of Volcanic Environments. K. Horikoshi, G. Antranikian, A. Bull, K. Stetter. In: Extremophiles Handbook. Springer, pp.917-933.
LC. Kelly, C. Cockell, G. Kminek, A. Perfumo In search of the limits of microbial tolerance to ammonia.

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