Sheila A. Kitchen, Ph.D.
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    • Environment & Symbiosis
    • Omics Resources
    • Coral Hybridization
    • Previous Research
    • CV
  • Publications
  • More
    • Teaching Experience

Exploration of Genotypic and Phenotypic
​Variation in Symbiosis

NEWS
  • Oct 2020: SNPchip highlighted on NSF “4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About” 
  • Sept 2020:  We present a new draft genome assembly of Symbiodinium  fitti  that we used for SNP analysis in a new pre-print. We reveal symbionts first partition by host, not geography, in an highly specific coral-symbiont association. Work led by Hannah Reich, a bright and persistent scientist that kept us going even when we were utterly confused by the results.
  • July 2020: All the nitty-gritty details of our SNPchip is available in recent Scientific Reports publication.
  • Jan 2020: New pre-print up on the first coral SNPchip!
  • May 2019: Genomic variants in acroporids published in G3.
  • Oct 2018: I've joined the lab of Joe Parker at Caltech to study convergence of rove beetle-ant symbioses. More soon...
  • Sept 2018: Collaborative paper on fluorescent-labeled brevetoxin interaction with phytoplankton is up at Journal of Phycology
  • June 2018: Preprint of our work on the Caribbean acroporid genomic data is up on bioRxiv
  • April 2018: Paper out on the limited effect of a harmful algal toxin on diatom voltage gated channels. Full text link: PeerJ
  • Jan 2018: Draft A. palmata and A. cervicornis genomes released, go to baumslab.org for more details
  • Jan 2018: Paper on the role of sphingolipids during symbiosis onset in Exaiptasia sp. accepted by Biological Bulletin: Online Now!
  • Dec 2017: Collaborator Ashely Sproles publishes on transporter proteins in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis
  • ​Nov 2017: NOAA Coral Reef Conservation project FUNDED!!! New SNV marker development for genotyping Caribbean Acroporids.
  • Feb 2017: New paper out on sphingolipids and heat stress in J. Experimental Biology
  • Feb 2016: Started  postdoctoral position in Dr. Iliana Baums's lab
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