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Baseline and Oil Spill Impacted Marine Sponge Microbial Communities and Gene Expression Analysis with Metagenomics

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12 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Jose V. Lopez

Nova Southeastern University

Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Co-Principal Investigator

Patricia Blackwelder

Nova Southeastern University

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

Peter McCarthy

Florida Atlantic University

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Rebecca Vega Thurber

Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Jack A. Gilbert

The University of Chicago - Argonne National Laboratory

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Jose V. Lopez

Nova Southeastern University

Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Post-Doc

Marie Cuvelier

Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

Research Staff

Gretchen Bielmyer

Valdosta State University

Department of Biology

Piero Gardinali

Florida International University

Department of Chemistry

David Willoughby

Ocean Ridge Biosciences

Yonggan Wu

Ocean Ridge Biosciences

Data Team

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Emily Smith

Nova Southeastern University

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

http://www.nova.edu/ocean/overview/faculty-staff-profiles/jose_lopez.html

This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org