Marie Strader, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: stradermarie[at]gmail.com
Office: MSRB 2411
Website: mariestrader.weebly.com
CV: Download here
Twitter: @SciStrader

I am broadly interested in the impact of early life-history traits on fitness in marine invertebrates, especially in regards to mechanisms that enable embryos and larvae to respond to variable environments. I tackle this using an integrative approach that combines ecology, experimental biology and genomics. 

In the Hofmann lab, I examine mechanisms that enable acclimatization of early life-stages to predicted climate change scenarios. Using the ecologically relevant model Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, I study how environmental stressors drive variation in maternal provisioning and offspring physiology. This is approached in a trans-generational framework examining egg biochemistry, larval gene expression, methylation and physiology.  My PhD work examined how natural variation in complex larval traits (fluorescence and larval competence) contribute to the propensity to disperse in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora.

Publications: 
 
Cleves, PA*, Strader ME*, Bay LK, Pringle, JR, Matz MV (In review) CRISPR/Cas9– mediated genome editing in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora. *Co-first author
 
Quigley KM* & Strader ME* (In preparation) Acropora millepora juvenile fluorescence is associated with uptake of divergent Symbiodinium communities and types. *Co-first author
 
Strader ME, Aglyamova GV, Matz MV (2018) Molecular characterization of larval development from fertilization to metamorphosis in a reef-building coral. BMC Genomics 19:1 doi:10.1186/s12864-017-4392-0

Davies SW,* Strader ME*, Kool JT, Kenkel CD, Matz MV (2017) Coral life history differences determine the refugium potential of a remote Caribbean reef. Coral Reefs doi: 10.1101/062869 *Co-first author
 
Strader ME, Aglyamova GV &Matz MV. (2016) Red Fluorescence in coral larvae is associated with a diapause-like state. Molecular Ecology 25:2 559-569 doi: 10.1111/mec.13488
 
Strader ME, Davies SW, Matz M V (2015) Differential responses of coral larvae to the colour of ambient light guide them to suitable settlement microhabitat. Royal Society Open Science, 2. doi:10.1098/rsos.150358
 
Manning L, Heckscher ES, Purice MD, Roberts J, Bennett AL, Kroll JR, Pollard JL, Strader ME et al. (2012) A Resource for manipulating gene expression and analyzing cis-regulatory modules in the Drosophila CNS. Cell Reports 2: 1-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2012.09.009
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