Kelsy Cain

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Research Scientist

kcain97@uw.edu

Technically skilled biological oceanographer with over 25,500 nautical miles traveled aboard research vessels. Both in the lab and at sea, I generate and analyze flow cytometry data of picophytoplankton and bacterial communities. Expert at operating the BD Influx Cell Sorter and field operation specialist for SeaFlow, a custom-built continuous flow cytometer. I also assist with testing and deployment of new flow cytometers being developed in the lab.

Education

BSc, Magna Cum Laude, Oceanography, University of Washington (2019)

Oceanographic Research Cruise Participation

  • TN428 Transit Cruise, American Samoa to Australia, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, January 13 - January 24, 2024

  • 2023 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Cruise, Hawaii to Fiji, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, February 24 - March 13, 2023

  • Gradients 5, Equatorial Pacific Ocean, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, January 22 - February 18, 2023

  • NCDC, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, R/V Kilo Moana, June 5 - July 5, 2022

  • 2022 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Cruise, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, December 18, 2021 - January 1, 2022

  • Gradients 4, Equatorial Pacific Ocean, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, November 10 - December 17, 2021

  • POMZ 2019, Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, R/V Kilo Moana, October 1 - 22, 2019

  • VISIONS 2017, OOI Regional Cabled Array, R/V Roger Revelle, July 27 - August 6, 2017

Participant in 6 additional cruises.

Publications

  • Jones-Kellett, A. E., J. C. McNichol, Y. Raut, K. R. Cain, F. Ribalet, E. V. Armbrust, M. J. Follows, and J. A. Fuhrman. 2024. Amplicon sequencing with internal standards yields accurate picocyanobacteria cell abundances as validated with flow cytometry. ISME Communications. doi:10.1093/ismeco/ycae115

  • Hynes, A. M., J. Winter, C. T. Berthiaume, E. Shimabukuro, K. Cain, A. White, E. V. Armbrust, and F. Ribalet. 2024. High‐frequency sampling captures variability in phytoplankton population‐specific periodicity, growth, and Productivity. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.12683

  • Bartolek, Z., S. G. Creveld, S. Coesel, K. R. Cain, M. Schatz, R. Morales, and E. Virginia Armbrust. 2022. Flavobacterial exudates disrupt cell cycle progression and metabolism of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. The ISME Journal 16: 2741–2751. doi:10.1038/s41396-022-01313-9

  • Morris, R. M., K. R. Cain, K. L. Hvorecny, and J. M. Kollman. 2020. Lysogenic host–virus interactions in SAR11 marine bacteria. Nature Microbiology 5: 1011–1015. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0725-x

  • Durham, B. P., A. K. Boysen, L. T. Carlson, R. D. Groussman, K. R. Heal, K. R. Cain, R. L. Morales, S. N. Coesel, R. M. Morris, A. E. Ingalls, and E. V. Armbrust. 2019. Sulfonate-based networks between eukaryotic phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the surface ocean. Nature Microbiology 4: 1706–1715. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0507-5