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Emily Van Buren successfully defends her dissertation and gradates with her PhD!!

Laura Mydlarz, Daniela Gutierrez Andrade and Hannah Swain attended Reef Futures in Cancun, Mexico.

Former student Madison Emery is first author on a paper examining trade-offs in immunity in symbiotic and apo-symbiotic Cassiopea polyps. Read the press release and see the paper. Nov. '24

Emily VanBuren publishes a paper on phylogeny of Melanin in corals and successfully defends her PhD!  Oct. '24

Daniela Gutierrez-Andrade, Hannah Swain and new students Lorelei Ing and Lauren Valenzuela go on Texas Gulf Charters Research Cruise to the Flower Garden Banks. July '24

Laura Mydlarz and Emily VanBuren attend the European Coral Reef Symposium in Naples Italy. July '24

Kelsey Beavers graduates with her PhD and starts a job as a Research Scientist with Texas Advanced Computing Center A love of marine biology and data analysis
May '24

Madison Emery graduates with her Phd and starts a Post-doc position at Michigan State University on Squid-vibrio symbiosis. May '24

Madison Emery wins the Kennerly award for excellence in Graduate Teaching! 13 students recognized for distinction in academics, research, mentoring and teaching May '24

Emily Van Buren wins the Chad Watkins Award for Excellence in Mentorship! 13 students recognized for distinction in academics, research, mentoring and teaching May '24

Laura Mydlarz and Erinn Muller write a Perspective in Science about a new paper that identifies single-nucleotide polymorphisms that are associated with disease resistance. Oct'23

Listen to Dr. Laura Mydlarz on The Finding Genius Podcast
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