Steve Vollmer Assistant Professor of Biology s.vollmer@neu.edu 781.581.7370, x312 Expertise Evolutionary Ecology, Genetics and Speciation, molecular biology, Reef-Corals Steve Vollmer in the Press Hawaiian coral evolution sparks worldwide debate Some of the reservations others raise about Gates’s work is purely because of the science. Large-scale transplantation is not economically feasible, Miller and others say, and as with other species, breeding coral to be resistant to the effects of global warming may narrow the genetic base and make it vulnerable to other things. It also […] Nature News Climate-change adaptation: designer reefs Off the coast of American Samoa, the tropical sun beats down on a shallow tidal lagoon, heating the water to a sizzling 35 °C for a few hours each day. Such temperatures would kill off most coral reefs, and yet the Samoan lagoon hosts courtyards of antler-like branching corals and mound corals the size of […] Steve Vollmer for Northeastern Global News Can reefs be designed for immunity? Genetic research is identifying disease-resistant super corals in the Caribbean Can reefs be designed for immunity? Genetic research is identifying disease-resistant super corals in the Caribbean Scientist Steven Vollmer has new research that rates staghorn corals from Panama and Florida on their genetic resistance to disease. 3Qs: What coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef means for the world 3Qs: What coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef means for the world Marine scientists in Australia recently reported that 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef is now bleached. Northeastern’s Steven Vollmer explains why the condition, typically the result of warming ocean temperatures, could lead to “the ocean’s equivalent of a rainforest with no trees.” What’s wiping out the Caribbean corals? What’s wiping out the Caribbean corals? Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn and Felicia Aronson, two student-researchers at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center, turned to crowdfunding to support their work on examining white-band disease, which has killed up to 95 percent of the Caribbean’s reef building corals. Snail travels unknown evolutionary path Snail travels unknown evolutionary path A biology graduate student collaborates on a DNA study of a marine periwinkle that offers new insight into how some species evolve.
Hawaiian coral evolution sparks worldwide debate Some of the reservations others raise about Gates’s work is purely because of the science. Large-scale transplantation is not economically feasible, Miller and others say, and as with other species, breeding coral to be resistant to the effects of global warming may narrow the genetic base and make it vulnerable to other things. It also […]
Nature News Climate-change adaptation: designer reefs Off the coast of American Samoa, the tropical sun beats down on a shallow tidal lagoon, heating the water to a sizzling 35 °C for a few hours each day. Such temperatures would kill off most coral reefs, and yet the Samoan lagoon hosts courtyards of antler-like branching corals and mound corals the size of […]