# overview
I am molecular ecologist that integrates field, laboratory and computational tools to address fundamental questions surrounding interspecies interactions and their persistence in a changing world.My goal is to transform these results into applied solutions for conservation.

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QPCR, Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Nsl, No Symbionts + Light Treatment Group

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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Stem Cell Research - Nonembryonic - Non-human

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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University of North Carolina Wilmington - (Wilmington, North Carolina, United States)

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University of North Carolina Wilmington - (Wilmington, North Carolina, United States)

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Oregon State University - (Corvallis, Oregon, United States)

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Phylogenetic analysis of cell-cycle regulatory proteins within the Symbiodiniaceae.

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The coral symbiont Candidatus Aquarickettsia is variably abundant in threatened Caribbean acroporids and transmitted horizontally

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Molecular tools for coral reef restoration: Beyond biomarker discovery

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Molecular tools for coral reef restoration: beyond biomarker discovery

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Genotypic similarity among algal symbionts corresponds to associations with closely related coral hosts

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Genomic Variants Among Threatened Acropora Corals.

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Molecular evolutionary trends and biosynthesis pathways in the Oribatida revealed by the genome of Archegozetes longisetosus

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The sphingosine rheostat is involved in the cnidarian heat stress response but not necessarily in bleaching.

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Genomic comparison of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata with tropical corals yields insights into winter quiescence, innate immunity, and sexual reproduction.

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Coral larvae suppress the heat stress response during the onset of symbiosis thereby decreasing their odds of survival

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Fine scale population structure of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis in the Colombian Caribbean.

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Sphingolipid Metabolism of a Sea Anemone Is Altered by the Presence of Dinoflagellate Symbionts.

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Coral larvae suppress heat stress response during the onset of symbiosis decreasing their odds of survival.

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The coral symbiont Candidatus Aquarickettsia is variably abundant in threatened Caribbean acroporids and transmitted horizontally.

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The Role of Complement in Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis and Immune Challenge in the Sea Anemone Aiptasia pallida.

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Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system

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Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity.

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Building Consensus around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity

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STAGdb: a 30K SNP genotyping array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts

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Molecular evolutionary trends and biosynthesis pathways in the Oribatida revealed by the genome of Archegozetes longisetosus

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Juvenile corals inherit mutations acquired during the parents lifespan

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Genome assemblies and genetic maps highlight chromosome-scale macrosynteny in Atlantic acroporids

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The genomic and cellular basis of biosynthetic innovation in rove beetles.

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STAGdb: a 30K SNP genotyping array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts.

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Uptake and localization of fluorescently-labeled Karenia brevis metabolites in non-toxic marine microbial taxa.

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Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic.

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The genomic and cellular basis of biosynthetic innovation in rove beetles.

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Overcoming barriers to reef restoration: field-based method for approximate genotyping of Acropora cervicornis

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Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system.

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Phylogenetic characterization of transporter proteins in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis.

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Symbiosis-driven development in an early branching metazoan

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De Novo Assembly and Characterization of Four Anthozoan (Phylum Cnidaria) Transcriptomes.

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Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system.

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Inheritance of somatic mutations by animal offspring.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Interaction of a dinoflagellate neurotoxin with voltage-activated ion channels in a marine diatom.

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Genomic conservation and putative downstream functionality of the phosphatidylinositol signalling pathway in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis.

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Morphotype is not linked to mitochondrial haplogroups of Caribbean acroporid hybrids

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Genomic variants among threatened Acropora corals

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Genomic variation of an endosymbiotic dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium 'fitti') among closely related coral hosts.

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Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora.