Traylor-Knowles Laboratory at RSMAS

Nikki Traylor-Knowles is giving a free public talk tomorrow! Sign up to learn about immunity!!

Sea Secrets Lectures 2021

Lots of great opportunities currently available in the Cnidarian Immunity Lab!!!

We are hiring a post doc for a two year position in coral disease transcriptomics Please apply here:

https://forms.gle/5onbHaUhzyk9koPWA

Also, I am recruiting two graduate students find out about the opportunities at the RSMAS MBE Recruitment Cafe, Nov 17th, 5-6PM. Register here: https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EdfLVbd3QJee6QoumoYUyw

Press release about new paper!

Elkhorn coral actively fighting off diseases on reef, study finds MIAMI—As the world enters a next wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are aware now more than ever of the importance of a healthy immune system to protect ourselves from disease. This is not only true for humans but corals too, which are in an ongoing battle to ward off deadly diseases spread...

New Paper Alert! NEW PAPER ALERT: and ... we can still see a conserved immune response-despite different diseases! Have a read! and shout out to Ben Young for publishing his FIRST-first author-paper!!! Yippeeee!!!

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228514

Meet our newest graduate student, Ashley Gonclaves. She is interested in coral ecology and disease.

https://cnidimmunitylab.com/meet-ashley-gonclaves-cnid-immunity-labs-newest-phd-student/

Very cool documentation of coral spawning of UM restored corals off of Miami!

Restored corals observed spawning for the first time in waters off Miami Restored Corals Observed Spawning for the First Time in Waters Off Miami UM Scientists Hopeful for Sustained Reef Recovery MIAMI— Staghorn corals grown in a ...

awesome depiction of anemones!

Sabemos que son el hogar de Nemo, pero también son las compañeras de viaje de los cangrejos ermitaños, los guantes de boxeo del cangrejo porrista y la estación de limpieza de algunos camarones.

También son las campeonas de los X-Games cnidarios.

Más infografías como esta en bdmy.org.mx

Awesome initiative!!

Big news! We are officially launching the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Restoration Hub, a collaborative team and platform of partners working together to research, restore, and conserve the services and value of Florida’s Coral Reef.

The “Restoration Hub” will be led by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science with partners from Nova Southeastern University, Secore International, The Florida Aquarium, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, and University of Miami - College of Engineering, bringing together world-class scientists at the forefront of coral research, reef restoration, coastal resilience, and community engagement. This first-of-its-kind collaboration will develop, test, and implement an arsenal of approaches to build ecosystem and community resilience through reef restoration, coral reproduction, disease mitigation, herbivore reintroduction, stress hardening, managed relocation, and wave modeling!

Over the course of this 3-year project, the Restoration Hub team will restore 125 acres of reef habitats in Miami-Dade and Broward counties by growing and planting >150,000 colonies of several threatened coral species, greatly enhancing coral cover, genetic diversity, and reef connectivity! The impact of this project will be broadened through direct community engagement via social media, public lecture series, museum exhibits, and hands-on citizen science opportunities. Please follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to stay updated and engaged as these are and responsibility to restore!

To learn more: https://news.miami.edu/stories/2019/12/working-to-revive-floridas-barrier-reefs.html

This project is funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Coastal Resilience Fund: https://www.nfwf.org/programs/national-coastal-resilience-fund

Interesting chance to learn about coral reef restoration and conservation.

Dive into this Coral Conversation!
Join us for a discussion featuring our Program Director, Dr. Diego Lirman!

The webinar will include short presentations on coral reef restoration, the impact of citizen science, and how we use science communication to champion conservation with Q&A to follow.

This is your opportunity to meet our team and talk corals!

Thursday, July 30th (6-7pm)

Click the link below to RSVP!
https://miami.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y1liLgoTTkWwFZhB7kphXg

University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

COVID-19 UM updates. Classes suspended till Mar 22nd, and online classes from Mar 23-Apr 4 (or beyond). Stay safe, wash your hands and isolate!

Updates and messages | Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information | University of Miami Below are communications sent to the University of Miami community—ordered chronologically, beginning with the most recent—with information and resources regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.