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How Coral Hybridization in the Caribbean Could Change Our Understanding of Disease and Genetics
Professor Steven Vollmer and his co-authors discussed the fossil and genetic context that proves the long-term existence of a specific coral hybrid.
July 29, 2019
Researchers inhibit transmission of disease affecting tropical corals
Recent PhD graduate Rebecca Certner and her advisor, Steve Vollmer, are contributing to the emerging field of quorum sensing as mechanism for coral disease development.
January 30, 2018
Zooplankton may transmit white band disease to an endangered coral
A team of Marine Science Center researchers working in Panama are studying disease in tropical corals investigate whether the disease may be spread by microscopic marine animals living in the water.
January 23, 2018
Immunity on the reef: Staghorn coral, its symbionts, and white band disease
Many coral reefs around the globe suffer from white band disease. Researchers at the MSC are looking into the innate immune system of some of these Acroporid corals.
February 11, 2014