Sarah LEMER
Harvard University - Dept. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
+1 815.334.9711 / sarahlemer@g.harvard.edu / Website: http://scholar.harvard.edu/sarahlemer
EDUCATION
December 2011
PhD in Genetic Biodiversity and Evolution with honors
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes – CRIOBE, Perpignan, France – Moorea, French Polynesia
June 2006
Master degree in Oceanography, Biology and Marine Ecology with honors
University of Aix-Marseille II - Marseille, France
June 2004
Bsc degree in Biology of Marine organisms
University of Aix-Marseille II - University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2015 - Present
Research Associate - Harvard University, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA -USA
Evolutionary Biology of marine Invertebrates
2012 – 2015
Post doctoral Fellow - Harvard University, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA -USA
Evolutionary Biology of marine Invertebrates
PI: Gonzalo Giribet
2011 – 2012
Post doctoral Fellow - French National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), Perpignan, France – Tahiti, French Polynesia
Transcriptomic processes leading to albinism and shell color variation in the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera.
PI: Serge Planes and Yannick Gueguen
March 2008 – December 2011
PhD Candidate - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Perpignan France – CRIOBE, Moorea French Polynesia
Genetic connectivity and historical demography of fragmented populations: tools to evaluate the impact of aquaculture on wild populations of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera in French Polynesia.
PI: Serge Planes
July 2006 – February 2008
Research assistant /Lab manager - Research and Development Institute (IRD), Noumea, New-Caledonia
Population genetics and phylogeography of early life stages of New Caledonian reef fishes: development of genetic tools for the identification at the species level of Lethrinidae and Siganidae larvae, barcoding, population structure and stock identification.
PI: Philippe Borsa
September 2004 – 2006
Master research thesis - Marine Station of Endoume, Marseille, France
Phylogeography of the reef fishes of the genus Siganidae in the Indo-Pacifique
PI: Didier Aurelle, Philippe Borsa.
March – July 2004
Bsc 2 nd and 3rd year research thesis - Marine Station of Endoume, Marseille, France
Histological identification of the different reproduction stages of sponges of the genus Aplysina.
PI: Jean Vacelet, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Thierry Perez.
Evolution and development: Identification of genes from the Antennapedia family in different species of Homoscleromorpha sponges
PI: Carole Borchiellini
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
S Lemer, D. Saulnier, Y. Gueguen, S. Planes,. 2015. Identification of genes associated with shell color in the black-lipped pearl ouster, Pinctada magaritifera. BMC Genomics, 16:568. DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-1776-x
S. Lemer, GY. Kawauchi, CS Andrade, MJ Boyle, G. Giribet,. Re-evaluating the phylogeny of Sipuncula through transcriptomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 83: 174-183
S. Lemer & G. Giribet,. 2014. Occurrence of a Bivalve-inhabiting marine hydrozoan (Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina, Leptothecata) in the amber pen-shell Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791 (Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia, Pinnidae) from Bocas del Toro. Journal of Molluscan Studies, DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu059
G. Giribet, S. Lemer,. 2014. On the occurrence of Tuleocaris neglecta Chace, 1969 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) in Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) (Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Echinometridae) in the archipelgos of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Crustaceana, 87: 634-638
S. Lemer & S. Planes. Effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure and connectivity of the black‑lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera populations in French Polynesia. Marine Biology, 161: 2035-2049
R. Fernandez*, S. Lemer*, G. Giribet,. 2014. Comparative phylogeography and population genetic structure of three widespread mollusc species in the Mediterranean and near Atlantic. Marine Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/maec.12178 * Co-first authors
S. Lemer, B Buge, A. Bemis, G. Giribet. 2014. First molecular phylogeny of the circumtropical bivalve family Pinnidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): evidence for high levels of cryptic species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 75: 11-23
S. Lemer & S. Planes,. 2012. Translocation of wild populations: conservation implications for the genetic diversity of the black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Molecular Ecology, 21: 2949-2962
A.C. Stier, M.A. Gil, C.S. McKeon, S. Lemer, M. Leray, S.C. Mills, C.W. Osenberg,. 2012. Housekeeping mutualisms: do more symbionts facilitate host performance? PLoS ONE 7(4):e32079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032079
S. Lemer, E. Rochel, S. Planes,. 2011. Correction method for null alleles in species with variable microsatellite flanking regions, a case study of the black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Journal of Heredity,102 (2) 243-246
S. Planes & S Lemer,. 2011. Individual-based analysis opens new insights into understanding population structure and animal behaviour. Molecular Ecology, 20: 187-189
P. Borsa, S Lemer, D. Aurelle,. 2007. Patterns of lineage diversification in rabbitfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44: 427-435.
S. Lemer , D. Aurelle, L. Vigliola, J.D. Durand, P. Borsa,. 2006. Cytochrome b barcoding, molecular systematics, and geographic differentiation in rabbitfishes (Siganidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 330 (1): 86-94.
CONFERENCES
July 2013
World Congress of Malacology, Ponta Delgada, Azores
Oral presentation: Patterns of lineage diversification in the family Pinnidae. Lemer S. & Giribet G.
Poster presentation: Transcriptomic processes leading to albinism and shell color variation in the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Lemer S., Saulnier D., Gueguen Y., Lo C., Planes S.
July 2012
International Coraf Reef Symposium (ICRS),Cairns, Australia
Oral presentation: Reconstructing the historical demography of inner reef sessile marine invertebrate populations in relation to Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations in the South Pacific. Lemer S & Planes S.
December 2010
International Society of Reef Symposium (ISRS), Wageningen, Netherlands
Poster presentation: Genetic Connectivity and Diversity of the Back Lipped Pearl Oyster, Pinctada margaritifera across the French Polynesian archipelagos: Lemer S & Planes S.
March 2009
11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, Tahiti French Polynesia
Oral presentation: Population Structure of the Black Lipped Pearl Oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, in French Polynesia. Lemer S, Rochel E, Planes S.
Poster presentation: Effect of the fragmented habitats of the French Polynesian lagoons associated with commercial exploitation on the genetic diversity and wild population structure of the pearl oyster: Pinctada margaritifera. Lemer S, Rochel E, Planes S.
WORKSHOPS
July 2014
Next-generation sequencing for phylogenetics and phylogeography - NESCent Academy, Duke University, Durham
NC - USA
August 2012
Evolution workshop - Sao Paolo School of Advance Science, Ilha Bella, Brazil
June 2010
Marine Genomics Europe Summer Course 2010 / Roscoff Biological Station, France
2009 - 2010 - 2011
Ocean Bridges Partner University Fund, Gainsville University - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Moorea, French Polynesia
HONORS AND AWARDS
2013
Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development: 1000 USD
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA-USA
2012 - 2013
Putnam Expedition Grant: 7500 USD
Putnam Expedition Grant: 10,192 USD
The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA-USA
2011
Price for outstanding young Researchers: 25,000 euros - The Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation, France
2006
Merit based scholarship: 4,000 euros - The Ministry of National Education, Advanced Instruction and Research, France
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring semester 2014 - 2015
TA for Life Science 1b: Genetics, Genomics and Evolution - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - USA
September 2013 - present
Partial supervision of a Phd student - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - USA
March 2013 - 2014 - 2015
Ta for Invertebrate Zoology OEB 51 field class in Bocas del Toro, Panama (STRI) - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA
Febuary - June 2010
Supervision of a Master student - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Perpignan, France
2009– 2011
Lecturer: Introduction to population genetics (for Master students) - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Perpignan France
2009– 2010
Lecturer: Connectivity in marine environments (for Master students) - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Perpignan France
OTHER SKILLS
Languages: English - fluent, French - mother tongue)
Laboratory techniques: PCR, Sanger sequencing, Next Generation Sequencing Illumina technologies (transcriptome, genome, RADSeq), cloning, Real time quantitative PCR.
Bioinformatics techniques: Treatment and analyses of Next Generation Sequencing data (transcriptome, genome, RADSeq) for phylogeny and population genetic analyses under linux environment. Python, Perl encrypting - familiar.
Analysis Software: Phylogeny (Geneious, MEGA, BEAST, RaxML, PhyML, ExaBayes, Mr Bayes, jModelTest, FigTree, Bucky), Species delimitation (BP&P, GMYC, bGMYC, PTT), Population genetics (Structure, Network, GeneClass, Genepop, Arlequin, DNAsp, Fstat, Genetix ), Statistics (R, SPSS, Primer 5).
Scientific reviewer for: Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Ressources, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Marine Ecology, Plos One, Journal of Molluscan studies.
Scuba diving : 2 stars CMAS, Professional scientific diver diploma
Licenses: Car, Boat, Sailboat
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