Courtney Cameron, M.S.
Pronouns: she, her
Doctoral Student
Department of Biology
SDSU/ UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Cell and Molecular Biology
College of Sciences
SDSU / UC San Diego
Primary Email: [email protected]
Building/Location
Life Science North - 406
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego,
CA
92182
Bio
My research focuses on understanding non-model methantrophic bacteria from arid ecosystems and how they interact with plants to combat abiotic stress.
Education
M.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology
San Diego State University
B.S. in Microbiology and Biotechnology
South Dakota State University
Areas of Expertise
Methanotrphic Bacteria, Molecular Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Fun Facts
In my free time I enjoy hiking, reading, knitting and baking.
Mentors
Awards & Honors
2025: Plant Scholars Program for Section Meetings: Supporting Exceptional Talent to Solve 21st Century Agricultural Problems Awardee
2022: University of Washington Online Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (SISG) Scholarship
2022: CSUPERB Student Travel Grant (Fall)
2022-2023: Mabel Myers Memorial Scholarship (Academic Year)
2021-2022: Elliott Family Fund Scholarship (Academic Year)
Presentations
Cameron CC, Gebbie W, Delherbe N, Waters E, Kalyuzhnaya MG. Deciphering Plant Methanotroph Interactions: Microcosms to Short Talk and Poster Presentation at Advancing Mechanistic Microbial Science Using Fabricated Ecosystems Meeting; 2025 August 6-9; Pacific Grove, CA, United States of America.
Cameron CC, Delherbe N, Waters E. Kalyuzhnaya MG. Cryptic Atmospheric Methane Consumption in Arid Ecosystems: First Insights. Talk at Euro C1 Meeting; 2025 May 7-8; Bremen, Germany.
Delherbe, N.A., Cameron, C., Bowman, C., Baldwin, O., Awasthi, D., Waters, E., Kalyuzhnaya M.G. (2025 April 18). BER-RENEW iSAVe: New Energy Sciences Workforce to Advance Innovations in Sustainable Arid Vegetation. Second Annual Edufam symposium. Poster presentation at Experimenting, Diversifying and Understanding Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources. San Diego, CA, United States of America.
Cameron CC, Baldwin O, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Waters E. Understanding Transcriptomic Changes during Beneficial Plant Methanotroph Interactions. Poster Presentation at the Bay Area Plant Hub Symposium; 2025 April 16; San Francisco, California, United States.
Cameron CC, Bowman CR, Delherbe N, Waters E. Kalyuzhnaya MG. Understanding methane capturing biomes of arid ecosystems. Poster Presentation at the EMSL User Meeting on Atmospheric Processing of Terrestrial, Coastal, and Anthropogenic Aerosols ; 2024 October 8-10; Richland, Washington, United States.
Cameron CC, Bowman CR, Delherbe N, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Waters E. Studies to Elucidate Plant-Methanotroph Interactions. Poster Presentation at the Gordon Research Conference for C1 Metabolism; 2024 August 11-16; Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States.
Delherbe N, Cameron CC, Bowman C, Waters E, Kalyuzhnaya MG. Lessons from the desert: Tackling Methane Emissions Through Arid Vegetation and Microbes. Poster Presentation at the DOE GSP and ECR PI Meeting; 2024 April 01; Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Cameron CC, Baldwin O, Bowman CR, Delherbe N, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Waters E. Studies to Elucidate Plant-Methanotroph Interactions. Short Talk and Poster Presentation at the American Society for Plant Biology Western Meeting; 2024 March 23; Long Beach, California, United States.
Cameron CC, Bowman CR, Delherbe N, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Waters ER. Studies to Elucidate Plant-Methanotroph Interactions. Poster Presentation at the International Society of Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions Meeting; 2023 July 14; Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Bowman CR, Cameron CC, Delherbe N, Kalyuzhnaya MG, Waters ER. Studies to Elucidate Plant Methanotroph Interactions. Poster Presentation at the SDSU Student Symposium; 2023 March 01; San Diego, California, United States.
Publications
C.C. Cameron, C. Bowman, R.M Happs, M.T. Guarnieri, O.L. Baldwin, R. Epstein, I. Niesman, M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, E.R. Waters. Evidence for a plant-methanotroph interaction that supports plant health. Communicating Biology (2025) In Submission.
Cameron CC, Gebbie W, Bowman C, Waters E. Kalyuzhnaya MG. Characterization and description of plant-growth-promoting methanotrophic bacteria belonging to the genus of Methylocaldum. Systematic and Applied Microbiology (2025) In Submission.
Deter HS, Dies M, Cameron CC, Butzin NC, Buceta J. A Cell Segmentation/Tracking Tool Based on Machine Learning. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;2040:399-422. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9686-5_19. PMID: 31432490.
Service
SDSU CMB JDP Student Rep (January 2023-Present)