Cameron completed his Hon. B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2012, before working for two years in the area of functional metagenomics under Dr. Steven Hallam. Here, he studied aromatic compound modifying activities from microbial communities inhabiting coal beds. In 2014 he founded a company called Prospect Bio that leveraged functional metagenomic tools to develop genetic reporter assays in E.coli, which he worked on until 2018. In 2018, he started his PhD in the Selberherr Lab where he is studying microbial genomics in the rumen. Specifically, in collaboration with the Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFoQSI), he is studying the effects of mycotoxins on the rumen microbiome. Additionally, he is examining antibiotic resistance genes that are highly conserved between the rumen microorganisms and clinical pathogens, and exploring the physiology of recently cultivated commensal Campylobacter from the rumen epithelial wall.

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