I am a Research Scientist in Invertebrate Zoology at California Academy of Sciences. I work in the Coral Regeneration Lab, and I collaborate with Steinhart Aquarium biologists on sea star husbandry and genomics.
Access the chromosome-level Acropora hyacinthus genome assembly and annotation files here!
Read our paper on the genomics of aquarium-spawned corals and their wild-caught parents.
I plan to select for heat-tolerant larvae to be raised into heat-tolerant adult corals.
Read our paper on differences in bleaching recovery in two Acropora species here.
Read our paper on somatic mutations and genome stability maintenance in corals here.
I study the effects of nuclear testing on the genomes of wildlife.
Read our paper on mutation inheritance in coral soma and sperm, and what it suggests about coral stem cells and evolution.
Image Credit: Dr. Shayle Matsuda ©2021 California Academy of Sciences
