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Expert Source: Laura Tuhela-Reuning, Ph.D.
Laura Tuhela-Reuning is an environmental microbiologist who studies motility in aquatic bacteria and feather degradation by bacteria native to bird plumage. She also teaches students to use Ohio Wesleyan’s scanning electron microscope. Tuhela-Reuning is a member of The American Society for Microbiology and The Microscopy Society of America.
Education:
- B.S., The Ohio State University
- M.S., The Ohio State University
- Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Areas of Expertise:
- Freshwater bacteria
- Avian microbiology
- Electron microscopy
Selected Publications and Presentations:
- Reif*, K.E., R.A. Carreno, and L. Tuhela. 2005. Observations on Leidynema portentosae van Waerebeke, 1978 (Nematoda: Oxyurida) from Gromphadorhina portentosa (Insecta: Blattodea). Acta Parasitologica. 50(4):332-335.
- G. S. Hamaoui*, Jr., L. Tuhela, M.N. Spilde, R.L. Sinsabaugh, and D.E. Northup. 2007. Identification of microbial signatures in biogenic cave ferromanganese deposits (FMD). Abstr. N-249. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet. Toronto, ON.
- D.M. Reznik*, L. Tuhela, and J.M. Ichida. 2007. Evaluation of feather damage and production of soluble oligopeptides from poultry waste by keratinases from bacilli. Abstr. I-025. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet. Toronto, ON.
- J. Brenneman*, R.A. Carreno, and L. Tuhela. 2006. Morphological analysis of abursate nematodes parasitic in the lungs of mammals. Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006, Chicago, IL.
- L. Tuhela. 2006. Conversation, Concepts, and Connections: Use of In-Class Student Discussions to Promote Student Learning and Connection of Concepts in Microbiology. Abstr. W-007. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet., Orlando, FL.
- Miller*, S.R. and L. Tuhela. 2005. Isolation and identification of wild songbird plumage microbes without the use of culture techniques. Abstr. N-121, Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet., Atlanta, GA.
- Robinson*, A.R., L.S. Corthell*, and L. Tuhela. 2005. Bacterial motility of freshwater isolates from the Kraus Wilderness Preserve. Abstr. N-003, Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Gen. Meet., Atlanta, GA.
* Indicates Ohio Wesleyan undergraduate student
