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My research interests are in the areas of genome evolution, the evolution of photosynthesis and the physiology of harmful algae. Part of my research investigates how eukaryotes acquire plastids through endosymbiosis and how this process influences genome evolution through gene transfer. Another main area of research is the ecology and physiology of harmful algae. My lab is using microarrays to determine global gene expression patterns of harmful algae under various growth conditions. These gene expression profiles will be used to determine the factors that lead to harmful algal blooms in the oceans.

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Courses
  • IPP
    Internship Presentation and Planning

  • REE
    Research in Ecology and Evolution

  • FE
    Fundamentals of Evolution

  • BTL
    Biodiversity and the Tree of Life

  • EID
    Evolution of Infectious Disease

  • G
    Genomics

  • TDL
    The Diversity of Life

  • IBII
    Introductory Biology II

  • EM
    Evolutionary Medicine

Grants
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    Collaborative Proposal: ABI Innovation: Rapid, Interactive, Visual Mining of Biological Motion

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2013

    $276.1K
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    Dissertation Research: Determining the role of horizontal gene transfer in Plastid Acquisition and Endosymbiosis

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2010

    $15.0K
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    Dissertation Research: Structured Groups and the Evolution of Cooperation in Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2010

    $14.9K
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    En-Gen: Gene Expression and Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2007

    $995.4K
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    A Comprehensive Comparative Genomic Approach for Identifying the Saxitoxin in Synthesis Genes

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2007

    $234.0K
News
  • Golden Algae: They Hunt, They Kill, They Cheat

    2013

  • How Volvox Got Its Groove

    2009

Publications (54)
Recent
  • Behavioural differences underlie toxicity and predation variation in blooms of Prymnesium parvum

    2023

  • Detection of Phase Shifts on Coral Reef Ecosystems: Lessons from the Remediation of the World’s Largest Ocean Mesocosm, Biosphere 2

    2023

  • Eco-evolutionary feedbacks between private and public goods: evidence from toxic algal blooms

    2016

  • Insights into transcriptional changes that accompany organelle sequestration from the stolen nucleus of Mesodinium rubrum

    2015

  • Metatranscriptome analysis of fig flowers provides insights into potential mechanisms for mutualism stability and gall induction

    2015

  • The impact of automated filtering of BLAST-determined homologs in the phylogenetic detection of horizontal gene transfer from a transcriptome assembly

    2014

  • Horizontal gene transfer is a significant driver of gene innovation in dinoflagellates

    2013

  • Private and public benefits of toxin-mediated mixotrophy in the bloom-forming microalga Prymnesium parvum

    2013

  • Evolution of saxitoxin synthesis in cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates

    2013

  • Allelopathy as an emergent, exploitable public good in the bloom-forming microalga Prymnesium parvum

    2013

  • ALLELOPATHY AS AN EMERGENT, EXPLOITABLE PUBLIC GOOD IN THE BLOOM‐FORMING MICROALGA PRYMNESIUM PARVUM

    2013

  • Bio-crude transcriptomics: gene discovery and metabolic network reconstruction for the biosynthesis of the terpenome of the hydrocarbon oil-producing green alga, Botryococcus …

    2012

  • Bio-crude transcriptomics: gene discovery and metabolic network reconstruction for the biosynthesis of the terpenome of the hydrocarbon oil-producing green alga, Botryococcus braunii race B (Showa)

    2012

  • ANALYSIS OF ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE (DINOPHYCEAE) GENES REVEALS THE COMPLEX EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF A MICROBIAL EUKARYOTE1

    2012

  • 6 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PRIMARY PRODUCERS IN THE SEA

    2011

  • LEVELS OF SELECTION AND ADAPTIVE HYPOTHESES FOR TOXIN PRODUCTION IN MICROALGAE

    2011

  • Dinoflagellate genome evolution

    2011

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ALEXANDRIUM TRANSCRIPTOME REVEALS UNIQUE NUTRIENT UTILIZATION STRATEGIES IN THE DINOFLAGELLATE

    2011

  • Research article Transcriptome analysis reveals nuclear-encoded proteins for the maintenance of temporary plastids in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata

    2010

  • Transcriptome profiling of a toxic dinoflagellate reveals a gene-rich protist and a potential impact on gene expression due to bacterial presence

    2010

  • Comparative genomics of saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates

    2010

  • Transcriptome analysis reveals nuclear-encoded proteins for the maintenance of temporary plastids in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata

    2010

  • Expressed sequence tags: normalization and subtraction of cDNA libraries expressed sequence tags\ normalization and subtraction of cDNA libraries

    2009

  • Triassic origin and early radiation of multicellular volvocine algae

    2009

  • Eukaryotes (eukaryota)

    2009

  • DSP toxin production de novo in cultures of Dinophysis acuminata (Dinophyceae) from North America

    2009

  • Origin of saxitoxin biosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria

    2009

  • Expressed sequence tags: normalization and subtraction of cDNA libraries

    2009

  • Plastid endosymbiosis: sources and timing of the major events

    2007

  • Phylogenomic analysis supports the monophyly of cryptophytes and haptophytes and the association of rhizaria with chromalveolates

    2007

  • Phylogenomic analysis identifies red algal genes of endosymbiotic origin in the chromalveolates

    2006

  • Cyanobacterial contribution to algal nuclear genomes is primarily limited to plastid functions

    2006

  • A genomic and phylogenetic perspective on endosymbiosis and algal origin

    2006

  • The genomes of dinoflagellates

    2006

  • Insights into a dinoflagellate genome through expressed sequence tag analysis

    2005

  • MBE Advance Access published December 15, 2005

    2005

  • Tertiary endosymbiosis driven genome evolution in dinoflagellate algae

    2005

  • Endosymbiosis and genome evolution

    2005

  • Migration of the plastid genome to the nucleus in a peridinin dinoflagellate

    2004

  • Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots

    2004

  • Dinoflagellates: a remarkable evolutionary experiment

    2004

  • A molecular timeline for the origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes

    2004

  • PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR THE CRYPTOPHYTE ORIGIN OF THE PLASTID OF DINOPHYSIS (DINOPHYSIALES, DINOPHYCEAE)1

    2003

  • Phylogenetic evidence for the cryptophyte origin of the plastid of Dinophysis (Dinophysiales, Dinophyceae)

    2003

  • The Monophyletic Origin of the Peridinin‐, and Fucoxanthin‐Containing Dinoflagellate Plastid Through Tertiary Replacement

    2002

  • The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids

    2002

  • The Plastid of Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): Phylogenetic Evidence for a Permanent Replacement

    2002

  • A single origin of the peridinin-and fucoxanthin-containing plastids in dinoflagellates through tertiary endosymbiosis

    2002

  • Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    2002

  • Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    2001

  • erratum Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157: H7

    2001

  • Shotgun optical maps of the whole Escherichia coli O157: H7 genome

    2001

  • Erratum: Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (Nature (2001) 409 (529-533))

    2001

  • Comparative analysis of intra-individual and inter-species DNA sequence variation in salmonid ribosomal DNA cistrons

    2000

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