The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab

The CHAMP Lab: We research stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) and probiotics to treat it.
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[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

🚨 Our paper on probiotic strain McH1-7 is finally here!! 🚨 Check out our publication to see how well this strain fights and inhibits the transmission of #SCTLD!

@VibrioSoup @Kelly__Pitts @PolypProtectors @SmithsonianSMS @DrJMSneed @lebetimonas @GreenMicroLife @UfYding

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain McH1-7 shows broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against stony coral tissue loss disease, which is threatening Caribbean #coral reefs. @PolypProtectors, @lebetimonas, @DrJMSneed, @UfYding

https://t.co/w5uiLNwf2N

Image Credit: @UshijimaLab 🪸

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

https://t.co/ReUa9gqoMT

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

We have been 3D modeling our corals on the reef that were treated with probiotics to more accurately access tissue surface area remaining on each colony. This is how we better determine if probiotics can slow or stop #SCTLD. Check it out! Spin a coral around and see for yourself!

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Our CHAMP lab helped with this research investigating microbial size classes associated with #SCTLD. We are proud and excited to see this work published!

[Dr. Blake Ushijima @VibrioSoup]

Our article has been published today in @PeerJLife https://t.co/gxlanDoIkV #MicrobialEcology #MarineBiology #Microbiology #MolecularBiology
In collaboration with the @PolypProtectors and @DrChrisKellogg labs.

[Colleen Shortal @c_shortal]

An update: I am completing my masters thesis in the Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab at the Smithsonian Marine Station! @NU_ThreeSeas @PolypProtectors

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Thank you Reef Builders for this great article
https://t.co/Mv9xFI09Vt

[The Ushijima Lab @UshijimaLab]

The local Wilmington news covering a certain @UNCW_BaMB prof on the work done by his lab & collaborators to develop probiotic treatments for #SCTLD.
https://t.co/C9fjgj0hKT

[Dr. Blake Ushijima @VibrioSoup]

Our paper detailing the first coral probiotic effective against #SCTLD has been published! https://t.co/HB3q8NQIB4

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

✨ New job announcement at the Smithsonian Marine Station! ✨

@BenthicBrigade @SmithsonianSMS

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

We are trialing a few new strains of probiotics on corals in aquria. @carolinamdeclet is busy fragmenting M. cavernosa colonies, which will be dosed once weekly to determine if the strains can slow or stop #SCTLD

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

We absolutely adored spending time with Dr. Mallon while she was at SMS! We learned a ton and got to laugh a lot together along the way. We know she will smash it in her future endeavors! Way to go @underwaterjenny !!!!! 🎉🥳

[Dr Jenny Mallon @underwaterjenny]

My final day as a @SmithsonianSMS #postdoc with this wonderful team -including those not in the group photo today! Thank you all this memorable experience. Excited to continue collaborating for more groundbreaking #research on the impact of ocean deoxygenation on #coralreefs 🪸

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Probiotics Friday! 🎉😎 We are busy creating probiotic treatments for a new study being conducted in the FL Keys. We want to see if we can heal corals that consistently get reinfected with SCTLD after being treated with antibiotics! Fingers crossed! 🤞

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Tune in to our head scientist Dr. Valerie Paul 1/11/23 9 am EST to hear an overview of environmental research at the @SmithsonianSMS, focused on new research programs including Indian River Lagoon monitoring, biomedical research on marine natural products, coral disease, and eDNA

[SmithsonianMarineStn @SmithsonianSMS]

Marine Science in the Morning - https://t.co/ehotjpVZq0

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

The @SmithsonianSMS had the best holiday party- including decorate your own scientist cookies and Indian River Lagoon dirt pudding! @BenthicBrigade

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Congratulations Matteo and Aurora for successfully defending this week! What a power couple! The CHAMP lab is proud of you and happy we got to be part of your journey. Way to go! 🎉🥳🍾

We are excited to see what the next chapter brings.
Dr. & Dr.! @ScubaMettiu @AuroraGiorgi88

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Princesses, vampires, and mad scientists! This Halloween party had it all. This Marine Station surely knows how to have fun! 💀🎃🪦🧟👑🦇✈️☮️🐈‍⬛@BenthicBrigade @SmithsonianSMS @CuesClues @Kelly__Pitts @kscheue22 @jsglanz @DrJMSneed @carolinamdeclet @danek_natalie @em_chesley

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

@carolinamdeclet, @Kelly__Pitts, and @kscheue22 attended the @IRLScienceFest! They showed young scientists how we treat corals with probiotic paste, only this time using elementary school slime. It was clear they had a great day as every inch of the table was covered in goo!🧪👩‍🔬

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

Way to go Matteo! Smart and stylish!

[Matteo Monti, PhD @ScubaMettiu]

Poster ✅
Flamingo-pineapple conference shirt ✅
Ready for BioFest 2022!
@UaDeptBSC @SmithsonianSMS @PolypProtectors @CuesClues

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

@VibrioSoup @erin_papke and @Kelly__Pitts discussed the benefits of using probiotics to treat #SCTLD at an invention workshop in Grand Cayman hosted by @doecayman and the C-COT working group. Thanks for inviting us! it is wonderful to see such passion for treatments! @JNCC_UK

[The Coral Health and Marine Probiotics Lab @PolypProtectors]

@Kelly__Pitts lead a team in Grand Cayman to show how to use probiotics to treat corals with #SCTLD along their reefs! Although no bacteria was involved this time, everyone now knows how to use our bagging and paste methods! Great job, Kelly!