Université du Québec à Montréal
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Steven Kembel
Start: 2026-09-08
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Project

Temporal dynamics and climate change responses of the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) leaf and root microbiome
Study of the effect of time, across seasons and developmental stages of sugar maple trees, on their root and foliar microbial associations, through the sampling of leaves and roots from sugar maple trees at different developmental stages and during several seasons throughout the year, followed by metagenomic analyses of these samples. The study of the impact of climate change on the microbiome of sugar maple trees will focus on the effects of increased temperature on microbiome structure and composition, using experimental setups in greenhouses and in the field, followed by metagenomic analyses.

Keywords

environmental microbiology, AMF, symbiosis, Microbiome, microbial ecology, mycorrhizae

Publications

1- How much confidence do you have in your digital droplet PCR assays for root and soil samples?
M.Hart, Miranda, Emily Payne, Cassandra Bruce, Joylea Carson Austin, Joana Larrère, Caitlyn Mulvey, Jérémie Poitras, Brontë Shelton, Selina Spence, Kuselah Tayaban, Diego Yusta Belsham
2026 Applied Soil Ecology