Mikhail Matz Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi folks - my joining this group is long overdue! But better late than never. I am a professor at UT Austin (Department of Integrative Biology) studying genomics of coral adaptation. More info (and links to papers) here: http://matzlab.weebly.com/ Please feel free to contact me if you have difficult questions about coral biology, and especially if you observe something unusual about your corals. cheers Misha Matz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi folks - my joining this group is long overdue! But better late than never. I am a professor at UT Austin (Department of Integrative Biology) studying genomics of coral adaptation. More info (and links to papers) here: http://matzlab.weebly.com/ Please feel free to contact me if you have difficult questions about coral biology, and especially if you observe something unusual about your corals. cheers Misha MatzHi Dr. Matz,Happy to see you on here!-Ty Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 awesome, welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Mikhail Matz said: Hi folks - my joining this group is long overdue! But better late than never. I am a professor at UT Austin (Department of Integrative Biology) studying genomics of coral adaptation. More info (and links to papers) here: http://matzlab.weebly.com/ Please feel free to contact me if you have difficult questions about coral biology, and especially if you observe something unusual about your corals. cheers Misha Matz Welcome! We're glad you found the time to drop by. I saw your request for mille's, please don't be shy if there is anything the club can do to help you and your team out with their research! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 This is super, super cool. Do you guys do any work with Rowan Martindale at JSG? She's the resident coral person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Welcome to the club! Dr. Wright's presentation last summer at C4 on the different responses of genotypes to stressors was fascinating as well as your paper on holobiont immune resopnse of A. millipora! Can't wait to see what your research with captive grown specimens might show! (Your tank size is a little vague though, is it 10" x 10" or 10' x 10'? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Matz Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Haha, I have 10 tanks 10 gallons each. Our philosophy of coral keeping is quite different from typical hobbyist: the more it is like a simple bucket, the better, and there should be many small separate ones rather than one big one. Tanks are entirely independent, water quality is maintained by regular changes (we go through Instant Ocean pretty fast). Advantage - there is practically nothing in this that can break or get out of control, and we have independent replicates for good statistics. Disadvantage - it does not look too pretty. Corals can live there for years (we hand-feed them Coral Frenzy, too). Yes, we collaborated with Rowan Martindale! She is a paleontologist, though, her interest is mostly old dead coral. Which is quite opposite from mine, as an evolutionary biologist - Im interested in where and how the future coral will be. Rachel Wright was a brilliant student, yes! At Harvard now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 here's a question: how do you pronounce "Acropora"? a crop or a or acro por a or ? welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Matz Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 In the US people [mostly] say acrOpora, in Australia - acropOra. I prefer the latter, it splits the original latin parts more logically: "acro" - top, "pora" - holed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 yeah exactly what means of circulation do you provide for your corals? and lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 yeah exactly what means of circulation do you provide for your corals? and lighting?Most of his research in done in the field so they keep very little coral stock at the lab. The ones that are kept at the lab are in primitive setups as their main function is purely for survival of the frags for research and not aesthetics as a hobbyist would focus on. They are mostly in small 10 gallon tanks with a HOB filter and get daily water changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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