Rebecca Vega Thurber Lab

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Protocols

Symbiodinium ITS2 PCR and library prep for MiSeq sequencing
Common Reagents
DNA Extraction from Coral Mucus
16S PCR for 454 Sequencing
454 Library Cleanup
Viral Metagenome Generation - Nature Protocols 2009
TFF Manual
TEM Fixation
QIIME 16S Analysis Pipeline - see various versions by project on our data server
Illumina Library Generation
Viral Isolation Protocols

Recent Vega Thurber Lab Publications

Multiple stressors interact primarily through antagonism to drive changes in the coral microbiome
Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral
Surgeonfish feces increase microbial opportunism in reef-building corals
Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov
Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG)

Feature Stories

New paper from the Global Coral Microbiome Project

New paper from the Global Coral Microbiome Project

Becca Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Becca Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

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Becky receives prestigious university award

Becky was the 2016 recipient of the OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship.

Parrotfish photo by Corrine Fuchs

HERBVRE: The effects on corals of overfishing and nutrient pollution

The efforts of the entire HERBVRE project team are rewarded with a fascinating publication in Nature Communications.

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New paper out linking viruses with coral bleaching

The lab has published a new paper describing new viruses that are associated with a coral bleaching event in Australia.

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GCMP Documentaries

A major goal of the Global Coral Microbiome Project is to produce educational and entertaining media for the public.

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Harbor Seal Brain Pathogens

The lab discovers bacterial pathogens involved with harbor seal deaths

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Saudi Arabia 2015

Jesse and Ryan traveled to the Saudi Arabian Red Sea to continue work on the Global Coral Microbiome Project.

bridge in Australia

Ryan has received a fellowship to work and study in Australia for the summer. Check out his blog or a video filmed there.

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The lab's work on coral viruses was recently featured on NSF's Science Nation!