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18 Nov 2025
Join the Davy Lab to study corals in New Zealand! Two PhD scholarships are available to research potential mechanisms of symbiont loss in the coral bleaching process. Collaborators include @DavidJSuggett and @VirginiaMWeis. wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships/curr…
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3 Jul 2025
Our recent paper by characterizes the importance of different regulatory mechanisms cnidarian hosts use to control their symbiont population: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412396…
ALT Primary mechanisms hypothesized to control the resident symbiont population in the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis.
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9 Jun 2025
Handactis nutrix is a species of intertidal sea anemone that lives on brown algae. We are growing the anemones with and without their seaweed host to observe the effects of this symbiosis. Preliminary results demonstrated nutrient transport from the anemone to the host.
ALT Experimental setup.
ALT Tanks containing anemones growing on their host algae.
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13 Oct 2022
Huge congrats to @maggie_wuerz on her new paper analyzing symbiotic anemone volatiomes!
@ClintOak
@DavidJSuggett
@VirginiaMWeis
@CaitlinAlinya
@MaikenLand
journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
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7 Sep 2020
We have a new paper out comparing the metabolome profiles of a Hawaiian coral hosting different symbiont species!
@tinyscientist
link.springer.com/article/10…
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2 Jul 2020
Cool new publication from the Davy Lab! Ashley Sproles' work using #nanoSIMS studied the difference in carbon and nitrogen assimilation between a homologous and a heterologous symbiont in #Aiptasia.
@WeisLab @EPFL_en
doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15…
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18 Jun 2020
aiptasia-resource.org/ Hello World! Please check out the new website for the Aiptasia Symbiosis Resource. This portal has information for researchers, educators, and anyone else interested in the model sea anemone Aiptasia. (1/2)
@VirginiaMWeis @DavyLabNZ @CawaTran @parkinsonje
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6 Mar 2020
Come see us at the VUCEL open day today in Island Bay to talk about anemones, corals and science!
#talktoascientist @VicUniWgtn
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13 Feb 2020
A great piece in @PNAS on the current research and future directions of coral bleaching!
pnas.org/content/117/5/2232
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13 Nov 2019
Join the Davy lab! 🥼🧪🔬🌊 Two PhD scholarships are available at @VicUniWgtn to study the cellular basis of inter-partner communication in the coral-algal symbiosis. bit.ly/2QbQaNi Please share! #Aiptasia #PhD
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15 Jul 2019
After an awesome half year visit @DavyLabNZ and successful coral spawning in Okinawa, now enjoying the great hospitality of @WeisLab and getting exciting new experiences @OregonState
#symbiosis #endlesssummer
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4 Jul 2019
Successful two weeks teaching the Tropical Marine Conservation course as part of the Masters program at @VicUniWgtn. Nth Stradbroke Island and Heron Island covering seagrass, mangrove, and coral reef ecosystems.
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14 Jun 2019
A little snippet of my first coral spawn event, starring Acropora tenuis. It makes me appreciate corals even more, so beautiful! #coral
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8 Apr 2019
By popular request from @its_RWright I give you the #AstrangiaThings interpretative "dance" because science is serious #Astrangia #omnomnom
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7 Apr 2019
Check out our publication on the mass bleaching and recovery of a Sydney Harbour coral! Bit of everything in here - benthic surveys, photophys, calcification, Symbiodiniaeceae, & microbiome! doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-0… @SamanthaGoyen @DavidJSuggett @emmafcamp @UTS_Science @uts_c3
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2 Jan 2019
A diverse and unique flora of symbiotic algae at Atauro Island #TimorLeste - new #CoralReefs paper by @JoshBrian19 @DavyLabNZ now online at link.springer.com/article/10…
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An @AMPFoundation #tomorrowmaker grant helps @UTSEngage Associate Professor @DavidJSuggett with his efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef. We’ll announce our #tomorrowmakers for 2018 in #Sydney tonight.
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28 Nov 2018
Probably the best data visualization of atmospheric CO2 level rise I have seen. Clearly demonstrates how monitoring changed from a few isolated sites in the 80's to capturing global patterns youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3NsMJ-…
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