Cawa Tran, PhD
@cawatran.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Biology & Director for Undergraduate Research at University of San Diego. Researches host-microbe interactions in the sea anemone Aiptasia. 🪸🦠🔬🧫🧬 usdtranlab.wixsite.com/symbiosis
If you're at #asmicrobe come check out our poster AES-799 on dinoflagellate-bacterial interactions, presented by Gavin McLaren from USD, coauthored by Morgan Farrell and Nick Shikuma from SDSU.
June 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you're at #asmicrobe come check out our poster AES-799 on dinoflagellate-bacterial interactions, presented by Gavin McLaren from USD, coauthored by Morgan Farrell and Nick Shikuma from SDSU.
Curious about what role photosynthesis has in dinoflagellate-bacterial interactions? Check out our latest paper, first-authored by undergraduate (at the time) Gavin McLaren and a collaboration with Dr. Nick Shikuma & Morgan Farrell at SDSU: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
May 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Curious about what role photosynthesis has in dinoflagellate-bacterial interactions? Check out our latest paper, first-authored by undergraduate (at the time) Gavin McLaren and a collaboration with Dr. Nick Shikuma & Morgan Farrell at SDSU: academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Ever wonder what it's like to be faculty at a primarily undergraduate institution like the University of San Diego? Check out my "Day in the Life" reel at www.instagram.com/reel/DGujBnm...
Follow @cawatran on Instagram for more!
Follow @cawatran on Instagram for more!
March 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ever wonder what it's like to be faculty at a primarily undergraduate institution like the University of San Diego? Check out my "Day in the Life" reel at www.instagram.com/reel/DGujBnm...
Follow @cawatran on Instagram for more!
Follow @cawatran on Instagram for more!
There's still time to get an abstract in by May 20th! There will be student awards for both talks AND posters! Plus, this will be the only conference my lab is presenting at this summer, and we have some big research news to unveil! 🪸🦠🔬
May 8, 2024 at 3:56 AM
There's still time to get an abstract in by May 20th! There will be student awards for both talks AND posters! Plus, this will be the only conference my lab is presenting at this summer, and we have some big research news to unveil! 🪸🦠🔬
New paper alert! Does photosynthesis actually have a role in symbiosis establishment between sea anemones and their intracellular algae? A previous study suggested not, but we found otherwise, especially when looking at anemones long-term and what's going on with their larvae!
March 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM
New paper alert! Does photosynthesis actually have a role in symbiosis establishment between sea anemones and their intracellular algae? A previous study suggested not, but we found otherwise, especially when looking at anemones long-term and what's going on with their larvae!
When you want to brag about your students giving poster presentations without leaking unpublished data...Haha! 😜 #undergraduateresearch #biology #aiptasia #symbiosis #research
December 10, 2023 at 6:40 AM
When you want to brag about your students giving poster presentations without leaking unpublished data...Haha! 😜 #undergraduateresearch #biology #aiptasia #symbiosis #research
USD Biology major Milly John designed this organism pictured called Avalora, which has a symbiosis with the Na'vi, who help disperse its buds and, in turn, it protects the Na'vi from danger, like the humans who invade Pandora. James Cameron, material for your third Avatar movie?!😜
November 29, 2023 at 7:39 AM
USD Biology major Milly John designed this organism pictured called Avalora, which has a symbiosis with the Na'vi, who help disperse its buds and, in turn, it protects the Na'vi from danger, like the humans who invade Pandora. James Cameron, material for your third Avatar movie?!😜
In my Invertebrate Zoology class, students have a final project to design an invertebrate alien inspired by real invertebrate phyla discussed in class. This semester's theme is Pandora (from Avatar), and the first student presenters set the bar high today with their creative and imaginative ideas!
November 29, 2023 at 7:30 AM
In my Invertebrate Zoology class, students have a final project to design an invertebrate alien inspired by real invertebrate phyla discussed in class. This semester's theme is Pandora (from Avatar), and the first student presenters set the bar high today with their creative and imaginative ideas!