Cassandre Lazar
Prof Cassandre lazar
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Tier II NSERC CANADA Research Chair in aquatic genomics
Research interests
Microbial communities in aquifer ecosystems
We study the diversity and metabolic pathways of microbial communities that live in the terrestrial subsurface (aquifer habitats), using molecular (genomic and metagenomic) methods.
Microbial communities in the very deep subsurface
We study and unravel the mysterious microbes that live buried up to 3 km below the ground. A collaboration with Jean-Sébastien Marcil and the Utica Ressources drilling company.
Microbial communities in flooded abandoned mines
Determining which microbes have adapted to conditions in old flooded ore mines in Ontario. These extreme conditions (cold, no light, no oxygen) select unique communities, some of which are yet to be discovered.
Microbial communities in dam lake sediments
We study the impact of heavy metal and particle leaching from sediments to the water column on microbial population, in the Villeret dam ecosystem in France.
Impact of salt on microbial communities in lakes
We study the impact of increasing concentrations of salt on freshwater microbial communities (water and sediment)
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Ali Inayat
Postdoctoral fellow
Ecological and molecular characterization of endolithic microbial communities impacted by meteorite collisions
Elise Lhoste
PhD candidate
Microbial communities in abandoned and submerged mines
Co-supervised with Maikel Rosabal (UQAM)
Karine Villeneuve
PhD candidate
Identifying the ultra-small microbial communities in groundwater ecosystems
Samuel Beauregard-Toussignant
PhD candidate
Primary succession of subsurface microorganisms present in sessile and planktonic communities
Nicolas Ortiz
MSc candidate
Study of the metabolism of organisms that colonize the surface of rocks
Co-supervised with Maikel Rosabal (UQAM)
Marjorie Colette
MSc candidate
Fossil microbial communities
Lucine Gonnet
Candidate Msc
Food webs in abandoned and submerged mines
Mélanie Dominique
Research associate
CO-Supervised students
Thomas Charpentier
PhD candidate
Plasticity and coexistence of mixotrophic traits in lake plankton communities
Co-supervised with Beatrix Beisner (UQAM)
Lab Alumni
Post-doctoral fellows
PhD
Msc
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Divya Patel
Riley Hughes (co)
Julia Meyer
Benjamin Groult
Jean-Christophge Gagnon
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