Gwendolyn Stark

Assistant Research Scientist

Location Horn Point Laboratory

Education

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry – Bachelors of Science in Conservation Biology
The University of Tennessee – PhD in Microbiology

Contact Information

gstark@umces.edu

Recent Publications

ISME Communications 2025

Microcystis plasmids: the unexplored portion of the mobilome and the presence of potential phage-like plasmids (opens in a new tab)

BMC Genomics 2024

Mobilome impacts on physiology in the widely used non-toxic mutant Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 ΔmcyB and toxic wildtype (opens in a new tab)

Harmful Algae 2023

Microcystin aids in cold temperature acclimation: Differences between a toxic Microcystis wildtype and non-toxic mutant (opens in a new tab)