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 conducted 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 disease and 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. I currently have an active lab with four PhD students and have graduated 6 students in the past 10 years!
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, Amy Apprill, Woodshole Oceanographc Institute, Dan Holstein, Louisiana State University, Adrienne Correa, Rice University. I was an Associate Editor for the journal Marine Biology, and frequently review proposals for the National Science Foundation . I am co-PI on a LSAMP award to fund International research experiences for 2-year college students to conduct research at the Roatan Institute of Science.
I am currently an Associate Dean in the College of Science at UTA and served five years as Associate Chair of the Department of Biology. I just completed a term as the Treasurer for the UTA Women Faculty and Staff Network and work hard with the executive committee to bring career and gender specific programming to the women faculty on campus. I am the Program Officer for the Division of Eco-immunity and Disease Ecology for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.
In my spare time, I enjoy travel, scuba diving, underwater photography, and spending time with family especially my 12 year old daughter, Lilia. I also enjoy live music (especially U2 and classic and alternative rock), movies and TV with my husband, Brian.
The research interests in my lab are broadly coral disease and 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. I currently have an active lab with four PhD students and have graduated 6 students in the past 10 years!
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, Amy Apprill, Woodshole Oceanographc Institute, Dan Holstein, Louisiana State University, Adrienne Correa, Rice University. I was an Associate Editor for the journal Marine Biology, and frequently review proposals for the National Science Foundation . I am co-PI on a LSAMP award to fund International research experiences for 2-year college students to conduct research at the Roatan Institute of Science.
I am currently an Associate Dean in the College of Science at UTA and served five years as Associate Chair of the Department of Biology. I just completed a term as the Treasurer for the UTA Women Faculty and Staff Network and work hard with the executive committee to bring career and gender specific programming to the women faculty on campus. I am the Program Officer for the Division of Eco-immunity and Disease Ecology for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology.
In my spare time, I enjoy travel, scuba diving, underwater photography, and spending time with family especially my 12 year old daughter, Lilia. I also enjoy live music (especially U2 and classic and alternative rock), movies and TV with my husband, Brian.
