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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Environmental and General Applied Microbiology

Overview

Gary S. Sayler is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on several specialized subfields including Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Research
  • Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Energy and Environmental Impacts
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks

Frequent publication venues for Gary S. Sayler include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Engineering
  • BMC Biology
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Waste Management

Coauthors with whom they have collaborated extensively are:

  • Jie Zhuang
  • Steven Ripp
  • Frank E. Löffler
  • Peter S.K. Knappett
  • Alice C. Layton

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gary S. Sayler include:

  • Real-time tracking of stem cell viability, proliferation, and differentiation with autonomous bioluminescence imaging, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Food-Energy-Water Crises in the United States and China: Commonalities and Asynchronous Experiences Support Integration of Global Efforts, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Closing transdisciplinary collaboration gaps of food-energy-water nexus research, 2021, Environmental Science & Policy
  • Domestic plant food loss and waste in the United States: Environmental footprints and mitigation strategies, 2022, Waste Management
  • Screening for Androgen Agonists using Autonomously Bioluminescent HEK293 Reporter Cells, 2021, BioTechniques

Their career includes recognition through several awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, 1994
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 1991, in Environmental and General Applied Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The extraction and purification of microbial DNA from sediments

    Andrew Ogram;Gary S. Sayler;Tamar Barkay

  • Real-time PCR quantification of nitrifying bacteria in a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

    Gerda Harms;Alice C Layton;Hebe M Dionisi;Igrid R Gregory

  • Development of Bacteroides 16S rRNA Gene TaqMan-Based Real-Time PCR Assays for Estimation of Total, Human, and Bovine Fecal Pollution in Water

    Alice Layton;Larry McKay;Dan Williams;Victoria Garrett

  • Recovery of DNA from soils and sediments.

    R J Steffan;J Goksøyr;A K Bej;R M Atlas

  • Rapid, Sensitive Bioluminescent Reporter Technology for Naphthalene Exposure and Biodegradation

    J. M. H. King;P. M. DiGrazia;B. Applegate;R. Burlage

  • Quantification of Nitrosomonas oligotropha-Like Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Nitrospira spp. from Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants by Competitive PCR

    Hebe M. Dionisi;Alice C. Layton;Gerda Harms;Igrid R. Gregory

  • In vivo biosensor apparatus and method of use

    Gary S. Sayler;Michael L. Simpson;Bruce M. Applegate;Steven A. Ripp

  • Field applications of genetically engineered microorganisms for bioremediation processes

    Gary S Sayler;Steven Ripp

  • Gene network shaping of inherent noise spectra

    D. Austin;D. Austin;M. Allen;J. Mccollum;R. Dar

  • Optical biosensor for environmental on-line monitoring of naphthalene and salicylate bioavailability with an immobilized bioluminescent catabolic reporter bacterium.

    A Heitzer;K Malachowsky;J E Thonnard;P R Bienkowski

  • Mineralization of Steroidal Hormones by Biosolids in Wastewater Treatment Systems in Tennessee U.S.A.

    A. C. Layton;B. W. Gregory;J. R. Seward;T. W. Schultz

  • Attributing Effects of Aqueous C60 Nano-Aggregates to Tetrahydrofuran Decomposition Products in Larval Zebrafish by Assessment of Gene Expression

    Theodore B. Henry;Fu-Min Menn;James T. Fleming;John Wilgus

  • An Overview on the Marine Neurotoxin, Saxitoxin: Genetics, Molecular Targets, Methods of Detection and Ecological Functions

    Kathleen D. Cusick;Gary S. Sayler

  • A chromosomally based tod-luxCDABE whole-cell reporter for benzene, toluene, ethybenzene, and xylene (BTEX) sensing

    B. M. Applegate;S. R. Kehrmeyer;G. S. Sayler

  • Catabolic plasmids of environmental and ecological significance.

    G. S. Sayler;S. W. Hooper;A. C. Layton;J. M. H. King

  • Frequency domain analysis of noise in autoregulated gene circuits

    Michael L. Simpson;Chris D. Cox;Gary S. Sayler

  • Environmental Application of Nucleic Acid Hybridization

    G. S. Sayler;A. C. Layton

  • In vivo bioluminescent imaging (BLI): noninvasive visualization and interrogation of biological processes in living animals.

    Dan M. Close;Tingting Xu;Gary S. Sayler;Steven Ripp

  • Estrogen content of dairy and swine wastes.

    D. Raj Raman;Elizabeth L. Williams;Alice C. Layton;Robert T. Burns

  • Application of DNA-DNA colony hybridization to the detection of catabolic genotypes in environmental samples

    G S Sayler;M S Shields;E T Tedford;A Breen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Simpson
Michael L. Simpson University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jie Zhuang
Jie Zhuang University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Larry D. McKay
Larry D. McKay University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Theodore B. Henry
Theodore B. Henry Heriot-Watt University
John P. Bowman
John P. Bowman University of Tasmania
Jay L. Garland
Jay L. Garland Environmental Protection Agency
Jennifer M. DeBruyn
Jennifer M. DeBruyn University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Brian J. Mailloux
Brian J. Mailloux Barnard College

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