NPR covers the unusually warm 2023 summer temperatures in New England, and the impact on Astrangia poculata, aired on NPR “Where We Live” with Dr. Koty Sharp, Dr. Amy Apprill from WHOI, Dr. Sean Grace from Southern Connecticut State University, and Long Island SoundKeeper Bill Lucey from Save the Sound.
The Astrangia dormancy microbiome study (Brown et al., 2022) in Applied and Environmental Microbiology was spotlighted by the journal.
Read the Press Release for more information about the work here!
Some coverage of our work on the 2021 designation of Astrangiapoculata as the #OfficialStateCoral of Rhode Island!
We participated in a large, collaborative publication synthesizing data and information from bacteria cultured from corals around the globe. This work was led by Dr. Michael Sweet of the University of Derby and includes data from RWU undergraduate co-author Nate Zaccardi! Find the article here.
In Nature Lab Animal, Ellen Neff considers the value of cnidarian model organisms, including Astrangia and Aiptasia:
Collaborated on a paper (Klinges et al., 2019) with a detailed identification of a microbe that is likely a significant threat to corals. ScienceNews describes how this shapes what we know about coral disease:
Astrangia made the evening news, on an especially gorgeous day in the field. And wow, that drone!! Thanks, TJ DelSanto from WPRI News - check out the spot here.
NSF collaborative EPSCoR grant funded, supporting research on viral-bacterial interactions in a variety of aquatic ecosystems, including within the temperate coral Astrangia poculata and local picoplankton (in RWU Professor Dr. Marcia Marston's lab).
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is enthusiastic about Astrangia research: he mentioned it as a study organism that will be valuable for addressing the timely issue of climate change, speaking at the launch of the new Rhode Island Shellfish Initiative. He even put an A. poculata skeleton (a gift from Koty) in the time capsule!
Providence Journal highlights our work with Astrangia and how we can translate our findings to understanding resilience in corals and coral microbiomes - see the article here.
EcoRI covered our work on Astrangia and microplastics pollution, in collaboration with Dr. Randi Rotjan, Dr. Sean Grace, and Dr. Juanita Urban-Rich. Article here.
Christian Science Monitor article discussing the role that coral microbiomes can play in resilience to climate change and other threats to tropical corals.
Heading to the 2016 International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu, HI - Press coverage here.