Coral Health and Disease (Sarasota) URE
Internship Mentors: Dr. Sara Williams and Grace McDermott
The Coral Health & Disease Research Program focuses on understanding the susceptibility and resilience of corals to major global threats such as climate change, ocean acidification and disease as well as local impacts. Specifically, coral disease is one of the greatest threats to reefs around the world and disease dynamics within our oceans are still poorly understood. This program is based at our City Island campus, located in Sarasota, Florida. Projects within this program will be laboratory and/or computer based and may include wetlab exposure experiments as well as molecular applications. Daily duties will include care and maintenance of wetlab space and participation in currently funded research projects. Laboratory assays may include DNA extractions, PCR, photophysiology, and morphometric analyses of coral health states.
