Laura D. Mydlarz
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I am a Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, in the Department of Biology. I received my BS and MS from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL, and my PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Marine Science in 2004. After graduating, I did a 2 post-doctoral training with Drew Harvell at Cornell University. I joined the faculty at University of Texas, Arlington in 2007.
The research interests in my lab are broadly coral immunity, I am particularly interested in the pathways that confer disease resistance and what life-history trade-offs have caused variation in investment in immunity. My lab uses many tools to decipher and quantify immune pathways, such as gene expression using Next-gen sequencing, proteomics and specific protein activity to determine immune effectors.
My lab has been funded by several awards from the National Science Foundation to me and my collaborators, Marilyn Brandt - University of Virgin Islands, Erinn Muller, Mote Marine Lab, Ernesto Weil - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, C. Drew Harvell - Cornell University, John Bruno - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Andrew Baker - University of Miami. I also collaborates with Peter Edmunds - California State University Northridge, Ruth Gates - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and Deb Gochfeld - University of Mississippi.
I am an Associate Editor for the journal Marine Biology, and frequently sit on grant review panels for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. I am co-PI on a LSAMP award to fund International research experiences for 2-year college students. I was a Co-PI on the NSF funded Noyce Fellowship that awards competitive grants to students majoring in science fields that would like to teach High School science. I have also served on several Departmental and University level committees for changes and improvements to the Undergraduate Curriculum. I am also serving as the Associate Chair of the Department of Biology.
In my spare time, I enjoy travel, scuba diving, underwater photography, and spending time with family especially my 8 year old daughter, Lilia. I also enjoy live music (especially U2 and classic and alternative rock), movies and Game of Thrones with my husband, Brian.
The research interests in my lab are broadly coral immunity, I am particularly interested in the pathways that confer disease resistance and what life-history trade-offs have caused variation in investment in immunity. My lab uses many tools to decipher and quantify immune pathways, such as gene expression using Next-gen sequencing, proteomics and specific protein activity to determine immune effectors.
My lab has been funded by several awards from the National Science Foundation to me and my collaborators, Marilyn Brandt - University of Virgin Islands, Erinn Muller, Mote Marine Lab, Ernesto Weil - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, C. Drew Harvell - Cornell University, John Bruno - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Andrew Baker - University of Miami. I also collaborates with Peter Edmunds - California State University Northridge, Ruth Gates - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and Deb Gochfeld - University of Mississippi.
I am an Associate Editor for the journal Marine Biology, and frequently sit on grant review panels for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. I am co-PI on a LSAMP award to fund International research experiences for 2-year college students. I was a Co-PI on the NSF funded Noyce Fellowship that awards competitive grants to students majoring in science fields that would like to teach High School science. I have also served on several Departmental and University level committees for changes and improvements to the Undergraduate Curriculum. I am also serving as the Associate Chair of the Department of Biology.
In my spare time, I enjoy travel, scuba diving, underwater photography, and spending time with family especially my 8 year old daughter, Lilia. I also enjoy live music (especially U2 and classic and alternative rock), movies and Game of Thrones with my husband, Brian.
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