Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Phytoplankton EcoPhySi ‘omics Lab
Algal Blooms•Aquatic Continuum•Climate 🔼
Multi ‘omics 🧬🌊🦠
Brittany N. Zepernick, PhD
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Incredibly excited to work on this #meta’omics time series of the Albemarle Pamlico estuarine continuum with JGI and collaborators Hans Paerl, Nathan Hall, Ryan Paerl & @tolarchaeota.bsky.social! Stay tuned as we dig into algal-microbial interactions! 🦠 #algae #microbes
Big thank you to @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social for the science swag! Love the phytoplankton representation!
PEPSi lab directed independent studies student Brynn Shelley just completed her first growth curve using an estuarine dinoflagellate she isolated from North Carolina’s Neuse River. Needless to say - she’s #teamdinolfagellate
It was an honor to receive the Daylight Award in Research recently with @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social and Mike McKay. Daylight is the driving currency of life on Earth. Sincere thanks to the Daylight Academy - check out the write-up below if you're wanting to learn more!
uncw.edu/news/academi...
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
@laurenhart.bsky.social's terrific PhD research is out! @freep.com has a good story on it (with links to the papers):
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
great work Lauren 👏 - the product of many collaborations at @ciglrum.bsky.social, NOAA, USGS, + the Great Lakes Center for Freshwaters & Human Health
The Horizon Scan for Harmful Cyanobacteria is online at TREE. A global collective of experts charted a 5 year plan to combat toxic blooms. Understanding strains, metabolism, microbiomes, nutrients and predators are all part of the story.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lake Erie was 3.7C but full of diatoms......
A good day sampling with @zepernickbn.bsky.social and Professor McKay
Excited for this award with @zepernickbn.bsky.social and Professor McKay @uwindsor.bsky.social. Rewarding research published with @isme-microbes.bsky.social and more clearly explained in @theconversation.com.
www.uwindsor.ca/news/2026-05...
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
Research globally and act locally. Nice to see @zepernickbn.bsky.social @utkmicrobiology.bsky.social getting attention for collaborations with GLCFWHH researchers to address a local algal bloom. Just published in Harmful Algae.
artsci.utk.edu/meads-quarry...
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are increasing worldwide, threatening freshwater ecosystems, animal health, and human well-being. To guide research need…
<p><em>By Sara Elliott </em></p>
<p>As climate change strips ice from the Great Lakes, something less visible is also changing: the underwater world of light that microscopic life depends on. </p>
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UT research into a pink algae bloom that closed the popular swimming area at Ijams Nature Center in 2024 is providing insight into how the organisms thrive. Researchers from the University of Tenness...
From our FY26 New Investigators: @zepernickbn.bsky.social will use DNA, RNA and metabolite profiles to connect environmental change to microbial partnerships. @tolarchaeota.bsky.social @uncw-cms.bsky.social
More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science/science-stories/jgi-announces-2026-new-investigator-portfolio
