Paul Kirchberger joins the Boucher Lab as the first graduate student. He is originally from Graz, Austria. He holds a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and an M.Sc. in Molecular Microbiology from the University of Graz.
Paul, together with Yan, will attend the annual meeting of the Integrated Microbial Biodiversity Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research on May 8-12, 2012 in Québec City, Québec. He will present a poster entitled "Exploring integron evolution in coral reefs."