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Dr. Ali Saidi-Mehrabad
Temporary Faculty - Research
E-Mail 
Ali.Saidi-Mehrabad@dri.edu
Campus 
Las Vegas Campus
Office 
SNSC 104
Division 
Hydrologic Sciences
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Keywords

Microbiology, Microbial ecology of extreme environments, Deep biosphere microorganisms, Biotechnology, Microbial ecology of permafrost, Astrobiology, Astromicrobiology, Stable Isotope Probing, Omic' technologies, single cell genome sequencing.

 

Publications
2024
Lindsay, M. R., D’Angelo, T., Munson-McGee, J. H., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., McGonigle, J., Goodell, E., Herring, M., Lubelczyk, L., Mascena, C., Brown, J., Gavelis, G., Liu, J., Yousavich, D. J., Hamilton-Brehm, S. D., Hedlund, B. P., Lang, S., Treude, T., Poulton, N. J., Stepanauskas, R., Moser, D. P., Emerson, D., & Orcutt, B. N. (2024). Species-resolved, single-cell respiration rates reveal dominance of sulfate reduction in a deep continental subsurface ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(15), Article No. 230963612.10.1073/pnas.230963612

Hajihosseini, M., Amini, P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hajizadeh, N., Kozyrskyj, A., & Dinu, I. (2024). A Comprehensive Performance Comparison Study of Various Statistical Models that Accommodate Challenges of the Gut Microbiome Data. Statistics in Biosciences, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12561-024-09435-8

Ziervogel, K., Kehoe, S., Zapata de Jesus, A., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Robertson, M., Patterson, A., & Stubbins, A. (2024). Microbial interactions with microplastics: Insights into the plastic carbon cycle in the ocean. Marine Chemistry, 262, Article No. 104395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104395

2023
Hajihosseini, M., Amini, P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., & Dinu, I. (2023). Infants’ gut microbiome data: A Bayesian Marginal Zero-inflated Negative Binomial regression model for multivariate analyses of count data. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 1621-1629
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.02.027

2021
Saidi-Mehrabad, A. & Dunfield, P. F. (2021). Methylicorpusculum. Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02022
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm02022

2020
Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Kits, D. K., Kim, J. J., Tamas, I., Schumann, P., Khadka, R., Strilets, T., Smirnova, A. V., Rijpstra, W. I., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., & Dunfield, P. F. (2020). Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic methanotroph isolated from an oil sands tailings pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 70, 2499-508. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004064

Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Neuberger, P., Cavaco, M., Froese, D., & Lanoil, B. (2020). Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples. Scientific Reports, 10, Article No. 14295. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71234-0

Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Neuberger, P., Hajihosseini, M., Froese, D., & Lanoil, B. (2020). Permafrost microbial community structure changes across the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. Front environ sci.. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, Article No. 133. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00133

2019
Dubnick, A., Sharp, M., Danielson, B., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., & Barker, J. (2019). Basal thermal regime affects the biogeochemistry of subglacial systems. Biogeosciences Discussions, 9(4), 22 p. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-317

2017
Rochman, F. F., Sheremet, A., Tamas, I., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Kim, J. J., Dong, X., Sensen, C. W., Gieg, L. M., & Dunfield, P. F. (2017). Benzene and naphthalene degrading bacterial communities in an oil sands tailings pond. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article No. 1845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01845

2013
Saidi-Mehrabad, A., He, Z., Tamas, I., Sharp, C. E., Brady, A. L., Rochman, F. F., Bodrossy, L., Abell, G. C., Penner, T., Dong, X., & Sensen, C. W. (2013). Methanotrophic bacteria in oilsands tailings ponds of northern Alberta. The ISME Journal, 7(5), 908-21. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.163

An, D., Caffrey, S. M., Soh, J., Agrawal, A., Brown, D., Budwill, K., Dong, X., Dunfield, P. F., Foght, J., Gieg, L. M., Hallam, S. J., Hanson, N. W., He, Z., Jack, T. R., Klassen, J., Konwar, K. M., Kuatsjah, E., Li, C., Larter, S., Leopatra, V., Nesbø, C. L., Oldenburg, T., Page, A. P., Ramos-Padron, E., Rochman, F. F., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Sensen, C. W., Sipahimalani, P., Song, Y. C., Wilson, S., Wolbring, G., Wong, M. L., & Voordouw, G. (2013). Metagenomics of hydrocarbon resource environments indicates aerobic taxa and genes to be unexpectedly common. Environ. Sci. Technol., 47(18), 10708-717. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4020184

Conference Proceedings
2024
Moser, D. P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., Wuest, V., Robertson, M., Black, C., Gumm, J., Feuerbacher, O., Schwemm, M., Goldstein, J., & Wilson, K. (2024). DNA The desert’s silent storyteller: DNA tools for desert ecology and hydrogeology. Devils Hole and Beyond: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2024, Abstract.

Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Robertson, M., Lindsay, M., Becraft, E., Hajihosseini, M., Devlin, M., Wuest, V., Hedlund, B., Stepanauskas, R., & Moser, D. P. (2024). Dynamic evolution of microbial community structure and function in continental deep subsurface over a decade: Moving from chaos to increased stability. Devils Hole and Beyond: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2024, Abstract.

2023
Moser, D. P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., Wuest, V. R., Robertson, M., Black, C., Hershey, R. L., Becraft, E., D’Angelo, T., Lindsay, M., McGonigle, J., Orcutt, B., Stepanauskas, R., Hedlund, B., Seymour, C., Merino, N., Kersting, A., Zavarin, M., Gumm, J., Feuerbacher, O., Schwemm, M., Oh, E., & Jackson, T. (2023). DNA tools for desert ecology and hydrogeology: Updates from DRI’s Environmental Microbiology Lab. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Wuest, V. R., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devita, M. E., Black, C., Schwemm, M., & Moser, D. P. (2023). Environmental DNA (eDNA) for early detection of invasive aquatic species and endemic fish surveillance in desert spring systems. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hershey, R. L., Walker, J., McGonigle, J., Stepanauskas, R., & Moser, D. P. (2023). The impact of sampling methodology on obtaining quality microbiological samples from deep subsurface. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Robertson, M., Lindsay, M., Becraft, E., Brown, J., Devlin, M., Wuest, V. R., Hedlund, B., Onstott, T., Stepanauskas, R., & Moser, D. P. (2023). A decade of evidence for local ecological succession and evolutionary stasis in continental deep subsurface microbial lineages. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Robertson, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., & Moser, D. P. (2023). A tale of two wells: comparing microbial communities from recharge and discharge zones of the Death Valley Regional Flow System. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

Wuest, V. R., Moser, D. P., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., & Schwemm, M. (2023). Environmental DNA (eDNA) for the tracking of endangered and invasive species in the Muddy River, NV, a desert warm spring system. Devils Hole Workshop: Amargosa Valley, NV, April 26, 2023

2022
Sushenko, N., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hedlund, B., Singh, N., Venkateswaran, K., & Moser, D. P. (2022). Resistance of Klebsiella Strains from the International Space Station to Quaternary Ammonium Compound Disinfectants. 2022 Nevada NASA Programs Statewide Meeting: Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2022

Sushenko, N., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Hedlund, B., Singh, N., Venkateswaran, K., & Moser, D. P. (2022). Resistance of Klebsiella Strains from the International Space Station to Quaternary Ammonium Compound Disinfectants. 2022 Nevada NASA Programs Virtual Poster Competition: Online, May 13, 2022

Moser, D. P., Sushenko, N., Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Northup, D., Hedlund, B., Singh, N., Blank, J., & Venkateswaran, K. (2022). Deep Biosphere to Deep Space: Microbiome Insights for Life on Rocky Planets and Human Health during Long-Duration Spaceflight. 2022 Nevada NASA Programs Statewide Meeting: Las Vegas, NV, April 29, 2022

Sushenko, N., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Singh, N., Hedlund, B. P., Venkateswaran, K., & Moser, D. P. (2022). Resistance of Klebsiella strains from the International Space Station (ISS) to quaternary ammonium compound disinfectants. American Society for Gravitational and Space Research: Houston, TX, September 11, 2022

Lindsay, M. R., D’Angelo, T., Munson-McGee, J., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Devlin, M., McGonigle, J., Lubelczyk, L. C., Goodell, E., Herring, M., Yousavich, D. J., Liu, J., Hamilton-Brehm, S. D., Treude, T., Poulton, N., Stepanauskas, R., Moser, D. P., Emerson, D., & Orcutt, B. (2022). Single cell rates of microbial sulfate reduction in a deep subsurface terrestrial aquifer. AbSciCon: Atlanta, GA, May 17, 2022, Talk.

Moser, D. P., Devlin, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Stepanauskas, R., Sackett, J. D., Munson-McGee, J., Lindsay, M., D’Angelo, T., Orcutt, B., Becraft, E., & McGonigle, J. (2022). The Death Valley Regional Flow System: an analog for subsurface rock-hosted ecosystems of rocky planted. Death Valley Regional Flow System: an analog for subsurface rock-hosted ecosystems of rocky planets. Geological Society of America: Las Vegas, NV, March 16, 2022, Abstract 14-07. Talk.