Collaborations

Stanford University

We are working on the stress proteome of several species of the intertidal marine mussel genus Mytilus with Dr. George Somero at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University.  Dr. Somero (with Dr. Peter Hochachka) is the author of “Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution (2002),” an important synthesis about how organisms are adapted to environmental stress.   

University of California, Davis

Dr. Dietmar Kültz in the Department of Animal Science works on the stress proteome of several model and non-model organisms, specifically in response to osmotic stress.  Our labs work together to merge technological platforms and benefit from each others expertise in different proteomic technologies.  Dr. Kültz wrote an important review on the “Molecular and evolutionary basis of the cellular stress response (2005)” (Annual Review of Physiology 67, 225-257).

Franklin and Marshall College

Dr. Peter Fields investigates the molecular changes that accompany protein evolution to different thermal environments in marine invertebrates (mussels of the genus Mytilus) and in Antarctic notothenioids fish.  We collaborate on the application of mass spectrometry to investigate the response of the mussel Mytilus to heat stress.

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Dr. Nikki Adams
We closely work together with Dr. Nikki Adams on the stress proteome of sea urchins.

Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
We are part of the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at Avila Beach, which supports marine research at the Central Californian Coast.

San Luis Obispo Science and Ecosystem Alliance (SLOSEA)
We are participating in SLOSEA, an ecosystem–based management program for Morro Bay that is directed by Dr. Dean Wendt in collaboration with several Cal Poly faculty and, importantly, local stakeholders and statewide agencies to promote a sustainable management plan.