The CHAMP Lab: We research stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) and probiotics to treat it. | The opinions here are our own.
Fort Pierce, FL
Joined October 2019
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The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
An update: I am completing my masters thesis in the Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab at the Smithsonian Marine Station! @NU_ThreeSeas @PolypProtectors
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
The local Wilmington news covering a certain @UNCW_BaMB prof on the work done by his lab & collaborators to develop probiotic treatments for #SCTLD.
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The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Our paper detailing the first coral probiotic effective against #SCTLD has been published! nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Hundreds attended Cayman’s 1st ever “Coral Fest”. Premier & I gave remarks. I applaud the unprecedented work regionally to tackle Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Many thanks to DoE, the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee & the cross OT coral working group for their hard work
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
The C-COT working group is putting into practice yesterday’s theory session by Dr Greta Aeby on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease monitoring in today’s field session on Grand Caymans’ coral reefs. Thank you @doecayman for all the field support during the C-COT workshop!
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
The 1st in-person meeting (after 27 virtual sessions!) for members of the Coral Conservation in the Overseas Territories (CCOT) working group is underway!
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Scientists, regional gov’ts to collaborate on coral disease at Cayman workshops caymancompass.com/2022/08/07… via @cayCompass
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Brainstorming solutions to stony coral disease caymancompass.com/2022/08/09… via @cayCompass
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
This model coral reef is made up of hundreds of overlapping photos using a technique called photogrammetry. At yesterday's C-COT workshop, Will Green @perryinstitute explained how to gather data from imagery to better understand how reefs are changing and inform their management.
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Our lab loves coming down to @SmithsonianSMS to work with coral! Special thanks to @PolypProtectors and @ZachFerris_ for helping our student @erin_papke take some mucus samples! Mucus samples help us test for a known coral pathogen and help narrow down the pathogen(s) for SCTLD!
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
It sure was a blast celebrating World Oceans Day with everyone who came out to the aquarium yesterday! IMO every day is #WorldOceansDay and a chance to take care of the ocean and admire the beauty of everything it offers, like the Cirratulid worm @gtodonnell is displaying here.
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Super honored to be apart of such important work with the @PolypProtectors and many others!
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Marine biologists scramble to stop a deadly epidemic decimating coral reefs pbs.org/newshour/show/marine…
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
What a first week at the @SmithsonianSMS!
#coral larvae settlement experiments, chemical compounds extractions from #octocorals and #probiotic trials fighting #SCTLD!
So honored to work with and learn from all the amazing people of @CuesClues and @PolypProtectors 🪸🌊🪸
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Recently, the benthic lab’s very own @gtodonnell had the pleasure of introducing 3rd grade students at The Benjamin School @BenjaminBucs to the beautiful and strange world of infauna. Special thanks to @SmithsonianSMS for providing the critters on display!
#Science #Outreach
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Shoutout to sampling superSTARS @jsglanz and @gtodonnell! Checkout this nine-armed sea star (Luidia senegalensis) found during our April sampling of the Indian River Lagoon.
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Our hunt for the pathogen(s) of SCTLD includes virus work! We are getting up close and personal through TEM images! You can see chloroplasts in the zoox (A) and mitochondria in the coral cells (D)!! Stay tuned as we continue our search 🔍
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
Northern Star Coral meets Great Star Coral! Disease experiments are set up and running. Excited to see what we may find! Could not do this amazing work without the help of all my fellow CHAMPions @PolypProtectors!
The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab retweeted
New coral disease methods paper is finally out! Proud to support this work as part of the effort against #SCTLD cc co-author @VibrioSoup academic.oup.com/biomethods/…
