Lars Schreiber

Roles and responsibilities

Associate Research Officer: My research focuses on generating knowledge regarding the interaction between microorganisms and their environment, and then applying this knowledge within the context of microbial resource management.

Theme lead: In addition to my research activities, I also lead the theme on "Pollution Remediation Technology" within the NRC's Ocean program.

Current research and/or projects

My current research focuses on investigating the effects of spilled petroleum products, such as crude oil, on microbial communities for biomonitoring and bioremediation purposes. I am primarily investigating these effects using molecular biological tools such as marker gene and metagenomic shotgun sequencing. 

 

 

Education

  • Dr. rer. nat. Biology, University of Bremen (Germany), 2010
  • M.Sc. Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen & International Max Planck Research School (Germany), 2007
  • B.Sc. Biosystems Technology/Bioinformatics, Technical University of Applied Sciences (Germany), 2005

 

Awards

  • Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF): Funded research project on bacterial symbionts of Ascidians (2014-2015)
  • International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) MarMic: Graduate student stipend (2005-2007)
  • German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD): Stipend for B.Sc. thesis research at Queen Mary University of London, UK (2005)

Key publications

Schreiber, L., Fortin, N., Tremblay, J., Wasserscheid, J., Sanschagrin, S., Mason, J., Wright, C. Spear, D., Johannessen, S., Robinson, B., King, T., Lee, K., Greer, C. W. "In situ microcosms deployed at the coast of British Columbia (Canada) to study dilbit weathering and associated microbial communities under marine conditions". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2021, 97: fiab082

Okshevsky, M., Gautier, E., Farner, J. M., Schreiber, L., Tufenkji, N. "Biofilm formation by marine bacteria is impacted by concentration and surface functionalization of polystyrene nanoparticles in a species-specific manner." Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2020, 12: 203-213.

Kjeldsen, K. U., Schreiber, L., Thorup, C. A., Boesen, T., Bjerg, J. T., Yang, T., Dueholm, M. S., Larsen, S., Risgaard-Petersen, N., Nierychlo, M., Schmid, M., Bøggild, A., van de Vossenberg, J., Geelhoed, J. S., Meysman, F. J. R., Wagner, M., Nielsen, P. H., Nielsen, L. P., Schramm, A. "On the evolution and physiology of cable bacteria". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2019, 116: 19116

Schreiber, L., Fortin, N., Tremblay, J., Wasserscheid, J., Elias, M., Mason, J., Sanschagrin, S., Cobanli, S., King, T., Lee, K., Greer, C. W. "Potential for microbially mediated natural attenuation of diluted bitumen on the coast of British Columbia (Canada)". Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2019, 85: e00086-19

Lloyd, K., Schreiber, L., Petersen, D. G., Kjeldsen, K. U., Lever, M. A., Steen, A. D., Stepanauskas, R., Richter, M., Kleindienst, S., Lenk, S., Schramm, A., Jørgensen, B. B. Predominant archaea in marine sediments degrade detrital proteins. Nature, 2013, 496: 215-218.

Previous work experience

July 2010 - February 2017

Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Metagenomics and single-cell genomics of marine benthic microbes
  • Microbe-host interactions in marine invertebrates
  • Sulfur-cycling in aquatic sediments

Lars Schreiber

Associate Research Officer
Clean Energy Innovation
6100 Royalmount Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H4P 2R2
Preferred language: English
Other(s): English, German, Danish, French
Telephone: 514-719-1489

Expertise

Environment, Pollution & Waste, Water, Aquatic habitat/ aquatic environmental science, Marine, Technology, Biotechnology/genomics, Microbiology, Molecular biology