A5050254470- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Career Development and Diversity
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
- Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
University of Miami
2016-2025
Marine Ecology Research Institute
2020
Pacific University
2011-2017
Stanford University
2011-2017
Boston University
2008-2011
Portland VA Medical Center
2010
Zero to Three
2008
Johns Hopkins University
2006
Recent advances in DNA-sequencing technologies now allow for in-depth characterization of the genomic stress responses many organisms beyond model taxa. They are especially appropriate such as reef-building corals, which dramatic declines abundance expected to worsen anthropogenic climate change intensifies. Different corals differ substantially physiological resilience environmental stress, but molecular mechanisms behind enhanced coral remain unclear. Here, we compare transcriptome-wide...
Reef corals are highly sensitive to heat, yet populations resistant climate change have recently been identified. To determine the mechanisms of temperature tolerance, we reciprocally transplanted between reef sites experiencing distinct regimes and tested subsequent physiological gene expression profiles. Local acclimatization fixed effects, such as adaptation, contributed about equally heat tolerance reflected in patterns expression. In less than 2 years, achieves same that would expect...
Success and impact metrics in science are based on a system that perpetuates sexist racist “rewards” by prioritizing citations factors. These flawed biased against already marginalized groups fail to accurately capture the breadth of individuals’ meaningful scientific impacts. We advocate shifting this outdated value advance through principles justice, equity, diversity, inclusion. outline pathways for paradigm shift values multidimensional mentorship promoting mentee well-being. actions...
Within microeukaryotes, genetic variation and functional sometimes accumulate more quickly than morphological differences. To understand the evolutionary history ecology of such lineages, it is key to examine diversity at multiple levels organization. In dinoflagellate family Symbiodiniaceae, which can form endosymbioses with cnidarians ( e.g ., corals, octocorals, sea anemones, jellyfish), other marine invertebrates e.g. , sponges, molluscs, flatworms), protists foraminifera), molecular...
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event was officially confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) International Reef Initiative (ICRI) on April 15, 2024, with press releases a coordinated call
Wound healing is the first stage of a series cellular events that are necessary to initiate regenerative response. Defective wound can block regeneration even in animals with high capacity. Understanding how signals generated during promote lost structures highly important, considering virtually all have ability heal but many lack regenerate missing structures. Cnidarians phylogenetic sister taxa bilaterians and animals. To gain greater understanding early generate response, we examined...
Comparative analysis of the expanding genomic resources for scleractinian corals may provide insights into evolution these organisms, with implications their continued persistence under global climate change. Here, we sequenced and annotated genome Pocillopora damicornis, one most abundant widespread in world. We compared this genome, based on protein-coding gene orthology, other publicly available coral genomes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), as well from anthozoan groups (Actiniaria,...
The issues facing academic mothers have been discussed for decades. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is further exposing these inequalities as womxn scientists who are parenting while also engaging in a combination of related duties falling behind. These inequities can be solved by investing strategically solutions. Here we describe strategies that would ensure more equitable academy working now and the future. While data clear being disproportionately impacted COVID-19, many groups could...
In recent decades coral gardening has become increasingly popular to restore degraded reef ecosystems. However, the growth and survivorship of nursery-reared outplanted corals are highly variable. Scientists trying identify genotypes that show signs disease resistance leverage these in restoring more resilient populations. a previous study, field grafting assay was conducted on Acropora cervicornis palmata quantify relative susceptibility. this we further evaluate by investigating putative...
Sessile animals, like corals, frequently suffer physical injury from a variety of sources, thus wound-healing mechanisms that restore tissue integrity and prevent infection are vitally important for defence. Despite the ecological importance reef-building little is known about cells processes involved in wound healing this group or phylogenetically basal metazoans general. A histological investigation into scleractinian coral Porites cylindrica at 0 h, 6 24 h 48 after revealed differences...
Corals respond to heat pulses that cause bleaching with massive transcriptional change, but the immediate responses stress lead up these shifts have never been detailed. Understanding early signals could be important for identifying regulatory mechanisms responsible and how vary between more less resilient corals. Using RNA sequencing (RNAseq) sampling every 30 minutes during a short-term shock, we found components of transcriptome were significantly upregulated within 90 min after...
Since 2014, corals within Florida’s Coral Reef have been dying at an unprecedented rate due to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Here we describe the transcriptomic outcomes of three different SCTLD transmission experiments performed Smithsonian Marine Station and Mote Laboratory between 2019 2020 on Orbicella faveolata Montastraea cavernosa. Overall, diseased O. had 2194 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) compared with healthy colonies, whereas M. cavernosa 582 DEGs colonies. Many...
Abstract The formation of extracellular DNA traps (ETosis) is a first response mechanism by specific immune cells following exposure to microbes. Initially characterized in vertebrate neutrophils, capable ETosis have been discovered recently diverse non-vertebrate taxa. To assess the conservation between evolutionarily distant phyla, we observed and quantified using model ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi oyster Crassostrea gigas . Here report that ctenophores – thought diverged very early from...
Salt marshes are challenging habitats due to natural variability in key environmental parameters including temperature, salinity, ultraviolet light, oxygen, sulfides, and reactive oxygen species. Compounding this variation, salt often heavily impacted by anthropogenic insults eutrophication, toxic contamination, coastal development that alter tidal freshwater inputs. Commensurate with variability, estuarine animals generally exhibit broader physiological tolerances than freshwater, marine,...
Abstract Background Motivated by the precarious state of world's coral reefs, there is currently a keen interest in transcriptomics. By identifying changes gene expression that are triggered particular environmental stressors, we can begin to characterize stress responses at molecular level, which should lead development more powerful diagnostic tools for evaluating health corals field. Furthermore, identification genetic variants or less resilient face stressors will help us develop...
The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis is the leading developmental and genomic model for phylum Cnidaria, which includes anemones, hydras, jellyfish, corals.In insects vertebrates, NF-B pathway required cellular organismal responses to various stresses, including pathogens chemicals, as well several processes.Herein, we have characterized proteins that comprise core in Nematostella, homologs of NF-B, IB, Bcl-3, IB kinase (IKK).We show N. (Nv-NF-B) can bind B sites activate transcription...
Generalized methods for understanding the cell biology of non-model species are quite rare, yet very much needed. In order to address this issue, we have modified a technique traditionally used in biomedical field ecological and evolutionary research. Fluorescent activated sorting (FACS) is often identifying populations. study, developed method identify isolate different populations corals other cnidarians. Using fluorescence-activated (FACS), coral suspension were sorted into cellular using...
Abstract Corals are important models for understanding invertebrate host–microbe interactions; however, to fully discern mechanisms involved in these relationships, experimental approaches manipulating coral–bacteria associations needed. Coral‐associated bacteria affect holobiont health via nutrient cycling, metabolic exchanges and pathogen exclusion, yet it is not understood how bacterial community shifts physiology. In this study, a combination of antibiotics (ampicillin, streptomycin...