⁦Iliana Baums⁩ presents the next generation of coral genetic research- the role of de novo somatic mutations in adaptive evolution #icrs2022

Frontiers e-book, with articles featured in The Cellular Stress Response and Physiological Adaptations of Corals Subjected to Environmental Stressors and Pollutants has been compiled and is now available online frontiersin.org/research-topic…. Our Perspective here frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Corals don’t follow the rules. We (The Baums Lab, @KVasquezKuntz, Trinity Conn, Ph.D., Dr. Kristen Marhaver, Andie Chan, Ph.D., Sam Vohsen, Mark Vermeji, and Chris Page) are excited to share our work on somatic mutation inheritance in Elkhorn coral offspring out today Science Advances.

Congratulations Iliana Baums and team!

"This is a time when we celebrate with pride and joy our roots and commemorate the importance of our differences." — Penn State graduate student Isabel Martinez-Rugerio of Penn State Biology buff.ly/3BHKRfG

Happy #FeatureFriday! This week we have Isabel Martinez-Rugerio from Iglesias-Prieto Lab who studies light sensing in reef-building corals 🪸🌊 ☀️ Penn State Eberly College of Science

Phenotypic descriptions mark the start of a new experiment for Isabel Martinez-Rugerio at Penn State Eberly College of Science. Thanks for the help Kelly Gómez-Campo . Discovering light sensing mechanisms in reef-built corals 🌙 ☀️ | Ofav PE-curves | ICRS Student & Early Career Chapter

Our next episode of Life From All Angles, highlighting the groundbreaking #epigenetics research done by Penn State Plant Institute Director Sally Mackenzie, drops next week on YouTube. Here's a clip from her recent appearance on the Symbiotic Podcast:

I am thrilled to share that I'm starting a Postdoc position at Scripps UC San Diego in January 2023 #newPostdoc #LatinXinSTEM #NewAdventure #ecophysiology more details coming soon

📢NEW RESEARCH ALERT📢 What are the driving forces of biodiversity in coral reef ecosystems? A new paper published in Scientific Reports by Iglesias-Prieto Lab and Enríquez Lab has found a link between symbiont productivity and coral biodiversity with depth How did we find this link? 1/4 🧵

Congratulations to Prof. Virginia Weis for being selected as 2022 AAAS Fellow! 👏 She is commended her contributions in the fields of coral reef biology and coral-algal symbiosis. beav.es/5td #coralreef #symbiosis #womeninscience #TeamScience

⚠️ Sadly, the presence of the stony coral tissue loss disease #SCTLD has been reported for the first time in the Atoll Banco Chinchorro, Mexico, after 5 years when it started to spread throughout the Caribbean. 🧵1/n

Excited to share our latest research on #corals!🌊🪸🌞🔬. Our recent study reveals how colony morphology mediates light exposure, photoacclimation and energetic performance in symbiotic corals dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… #MarineBiology #ClimateChange #CoralReefs #PLOSONE

Fresh in ME -> Kelly Gómez-Campo et al discover the remarkable adaptability of reef-building corals 😮 Highlights phenotypic plasticity in light harvesting & intricate epigenomic and transcriptomic responses to strategically adjust to environmental cues. link: buff.ly/4aJiugJ

Congratulations to the three newly minted coral doctors from the The Baums Lab: Trinity Conn, Ph.D. , Cornelia Osborne and Nicolas Locatelli! You did amazing work individually and collectively. It's been wonderful to see all these insights on Caribbean corals emerge from your theses.