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Characterizing the Microbial Communities of Caribbean Corals
MSC PhD student Courtney Dunphy examined the natural fluctuations of Caribbean coral microbiomes over space and time to understand how these microbial communities come to inhabit coral and what factors determine the composition of microbes.
August 05, 2019
Not All Bivalve Poop is Created Equal
Each bivalve species uniquely contributes to filter water and deliver organic matter to the sediments, promoting the carbon and nitrogen cycles in an ecosystem.
February 20, 2019
These bacteria may be the key to treating clinical depression
Scientists estimate that we share our bodies with 38 trillion organisms that play an integral part in keeping us healthy and making us who we are. They crawl across our skin, cling to our intestines, and generally call our bodies home. Now, a study led by researchers at Northeastern shows that there is a potential link between the bacteria that live in our gut and clinical depression.
December 10, 2018
Service-Learning in Biology inspires curiosity in science for students of all ages
The service-learning class Inquiries in Biological Sciences offered a class of first-year students the opportunity to expand their knowledge in biology by focusing on the microbiome, while also giving them the opportunity to visit many partner locations to teach children and adults the fundamentals of biology.
December 11, 2017
Impacts of oyster farming on sediment microbial communities vary depending on technique
Research out of the Bowen Lab suggest that different oyster farming practices alter sediment carbon in different ways, though there were no differences observed in the abundance of pathogenic Vibrio across sites sampled.
November 30, 2017
Microbes of healthy coral help to understand coral disease
New research by Three Seas Alumnus Nathaniel Chu and Associate Professor Steven Vollmer provides important information about the assemblage of microbes living in association with Caribbean corals.
June 06, 2016
Identifying the culprits of coral disease
MSC Vollmer Lab researchers uses gene sequencing to identify potential disease causing pathogens in Caribbean staghorn coral.
October 27, 2015
Reassessing good versus bad microbes
The diverse assemblage of microbes that inhabit the bodies of all living organisms has been recently called the next great frontier of scientific exploration. The microbes that make up the human microbiome outnumber our own cells 10 to 1, and scientists are only just beginning to understand the role of these microbial mutualists in humans […]
October 27, 2014