Publications and Presentations

Ernster, NM & Rodriguez-R, LM (2025). A practical guide on environmental genomics for prokaryotic systematics, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 48(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2025.126643

Ernster, NM. (2024, October). Metagenomics pipelines, tools, and metadata [Presentation]. Environmental Genomics and SeqCode Workshop, Chinese Association of Microbial Ecology Annual Meeting. Qingdao, China.

Ernster, NM, MH Seixas, AR Luzuriaga-Neira, D Alvarez-Ponce, NE Avalon, BJ Baker, AE Murray (2022, October). Antarctic ascidian-associated bacterial culture collection reveals genomes rich in biosynthetic gene clusters and genomes harboring signatures of cold adaptation [Presentation].The 9th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Potsdam, Germany.

Ernster, NM, MH Seixas, AR Luzuriaga-Neira, D Alvarez-Ponce, NE Avalon, BJ Baker, AE Murray (2021, July). Mining Antarctic ascidian-associated bacterial genomes reveals numerous biosynthetic gene clusters and signatures of cold adaptation [Presentation]. United States Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Science Meeting, Virtual, US. https://usscar.org/2021-us-antarctic-science-meeting

Ernster, NM, D Mars, A Ichimura, R Quinn, AE Murray (2021, April). Optical microscopy and AFM as complementary tools in detecting signs of life in ocean world analog samples [Presentation]. Nevada Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting. Virtual, Nevada.

Awards and Funding

2024   Young Researchers Fund – Tyrolean Science Fund

Project: "Investigating Microbial Communities and Evolution in Snow of the High Arctic to Examine Extremotolerance and Transport through Time Series Sampling (ICESHEETS)"

2023   Doctoral Scholarship – Universität Innsbruck

2021   Earth and Space Foundation Award – Earth and Space Foundation

Microbial nanomotion detection project

2020   Nevada NASA Space Grant Fellowship – NV NASA Space Grant

Project: “Optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy as complimentary tools in detecting signs of life in ocean world analog samples”

1st place in NV Space Grant Statewide poster competition, May 2021.

https://nasa.epscorspo.nevada.edu/2021-virtual-poster-competition/

2020   Nevada INBRE Service Award – University of Nevada, Reno/NIH

Bacterial whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatics training

2020   Raymond H. Berner Graduate Scholarship – University of Nevada, Reno