Dr. Koty Sharp

Marine microbial ecology, corals, symbiosis, microbiomes, Astrangia poculata. She/her/hers. @Mtholyoke @Scripps_Ocean alum. Director, @myrwu CEED/Assoc Prof.

[Jake Warner @ScientistJake]

Short video of a very gravid Northern Star coral (Astrangia poculata) colony spawning in the lab. Look at that thing go!

[Roger Williams University @myrwu]

Students created unique vertical oyster gardens on the RWU waterfront!🦪🌊

Oyster Boys Conservation recently visited the Bristol campus to demo their oyster gardens, capitalizing on the bivalves’ capacity to filter and improve water quality.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/cci0i4nckj

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

@SeanPGrace @ScientistJake @BabonisLeslie @besemer_ryan @SchickleAlicia @SCSU @UNCWilmington @myrwu @Cornell @Werth_Center Love this!! Sean, you really ought to publish a book with photos of scientists in that parking lot. What a chronicle of temperate coral science history!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Congrats @t_lindsay_sci !! Nice work!

[Taylor Lindsay @t_lindsay_sci]

I’m so excited to share my preliminary research on the #temperate coral #Astrangia in this summer’s @ICRSCoralReefs Reef Encounters! Check out pages 61-65!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

@ohmeggz @ScientistJake We have done some testing on this with collaborators and prelim results suggest that exposure to SCTLD does not result in Astrangia mortality. More on that later as we continue that work -

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

The undergrad researchers are working round the clock in the lab @myrwu with our @TxStateResearch collaborators on our @NSF BRC-BIO supported research.

Learning so much from @LaurenFuess, refining our methods for exploring cnidarian microbiomes and symbiosis! #Astrangiathings

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Fabulous week in RI @myrwu with @LaurenFuess @TxStateResearch and her group. Undergrads from both institutions learning more about local marine ecosystems and #Astrangiathings!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

So excited to be working with this crew this week!! 🪸🧫🪸🧫🪸🧫

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

It’s a joy to coordinate these with @SeanPGrace and @RandiRotjan - this year we are generating new shared resources/protocols for culturing, husbandry, and public awareness campaigns. This community is as mighty as the #temperatecorals it studies!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Another Temperate Coral Research Conference @myrwu in the books! Exciting to be watching this field move forward so quickly, and to discuss how we can apply the #astrangiathings we’ve learned to address climate change threats on our temperate and tropical marine ecosystems alike!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Beautiful day at RWU Commencement yesterday.

Thrilled to have celebrated our newest grads @myrwu!!

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My senior research students this year are so dear to me - these two are fantastic scientists, thinkers, and humans! So excited to see what they do next!!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

@tylercarrier_ @adam_reitzel @unccharlotte @UNCCBiology Congrats Adam!!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

🦪🦪We are hiring!!! 🦪🦪

Come work @myrwu on CEED’s Shellfish team! We are hiring a full-time Hatchery Technician! Never been a better time to join our growing team. It’s such a fun, dynamic group!

Check out the job posting below, and please RT:

[Hisham Abdelrahman @hishamhygiene]

🚨 Job Announcement! 🚨

🐚 Exciting opportunity: Shellfish Hatchery Technician Position at Roger Williams University!

✨ Develop & oversee the Shellfish Hatchery
���‍🔬 Train & supervise students/staff
🌊 Produce bivalve seeds for research, education & more
#ShellfishHatchery

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Any questions about RWU or the program, hit me up!!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

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Have a background in marine microbes, marine natural products, and/coral ecology? Looking for teaching experience? Dynamite opportunity here!

Come work with me at @rwusciences !!

https://t.co/CFX51fUrXM

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Terrific colleagues, waterfront lab with a legendary wet lab, coastal campus….

Visiting Asst. Prof. position - we’re looking for marine microbe. ecol., marine natural products, or coral ecology expertise. It’s a temp replacement of my teaching now that I’m in a Directorship.

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

@jbaumann3 Thrilled for you!!! Glad you’ll be here in New England! See you soon!
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