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Clint Oakley
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Integrative Biologist and Principal Investigator specializing in coral reef biology. 🇳🇿
These scholarships fully fund the three-year PhD program.
To apply, send the following to Prof. Simon Davy simon.davy@vuw.ac.nz:
- Cover letter
- CV
- Copies of academic transcripts
- Writing sample (e.g. Publication, MSc thesis chapter)
- Names of two academic referees (inc. a thesis supervisor)
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My suspicion is that it contributes heavily to its ability to quickly recolonize post-bleaching, and potentially to its infection of a broad diversity of hosts in the Caribbean.
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Possibly. We've got a previous paper showing that Durusdinium is better at acquiring nitrogenous compounds from the host, which may be a mechanism of how it escapes host control: enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sub‐cellular imaging shows reduced photosynthetic carbon and increased nitrogen assimilation by the non‐native endosymbiont Durusdinium trenchii in the model cnidarian Aiptasia
Hosting different symbiont species can affect inter-partner nutritional fluxes within the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. Using nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS), we measured t....
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
But of course you're familiar with Aiptasia! :)
November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Exaiptasia diaphana ('Aiptasia'), a symbiotic anemone and model for the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Great in the lab and you can do lots of good undergrad work with it. aiptasia-resource.org
Aiptasia Symbiosis Resource
Supporting a collaborative understanding of the mechanisms behind coral symbiosis
aiptasia-resource.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Hi, yes please, thanks for organizing.
November 25, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hi, I'd love to be included!
November 14, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Hi Monica, please add me and thanks for setting this up.
November 13, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Looks like a good list to be on! Please add me when you have a chance.
November 13, 2024 at 4:35 AM