Coral Reefs: Knowing Aiptasia Pallida
Coral reefs are large under-water structures formed by colonial marine invertebrate skeletons, providing a home to over a million species. This research project focuses on Aiptasia Pallida, an anemone model organism that retains a symbiotic relationship with Symbiodinium, making it a good model for studying coral bleaching. The study aims to examine hydra metabolic function, access and interpret bioinformatic data, and analyze genetic implications of coral metabolic function. Key components of interest include Sirtuin 1, which is activated by NAD and shared between humans and Aiptasia. Understanding metabolism and the role of NAD in glucose intolerance and stress in corals are essential goals of this research project.
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Coral reefs: Knowing Aiptasia Pallida Student: Natalie Vazquez Beales, Wilmington University nvazquez002@my.wilmu.edu Mentor: Milton Muldrow Jr., Ph.D., Wilmington University milton.x.muldrow@wilmu.edu Researcher: Milton Muldrow Jr., Ph.D. March 9, 2022
Coral Reefs They are large under water structures formed by colonial marine invertebrate skeletons; each individual coral is called a polyp . Within them resides a dinoflagellate (algae). Which offers nutrients like glucose, oxygen and fixed carbon by photosynthesis using NAD+. They are the home to over a million species. https://floridakeys.noaa.gov/explore.html
Coral Bleaching The Cause: Stress (ex: temperature) Loss of association with symbiodinium, and thus most of it s food source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching
Coral Reefs: Knowing Aiptasia Pallida Aiptasia Pallida Anemone Model organism Comparatively easy to study, maintain and has a quicker life cycle. Retains symbiotic relationship with symbodinium, therefore it is a good model for coral bleaching.
Coral Reefs: Knowing Aiptasia pallida Goals Examine hydra metabolic function as well as learn how to both access and interpret bioinformatic data (ex: BLAST). Gain greater understanding of Metabolism.
Goals Apply understanding of both hydra and coral metabolic function and bioinformatics data formatting to conduct and analyze genetic implications of coral metabolic function. Understand key components of interest: Sirtuin 1, which is activated by NAD. Did you know that we share Sirtuin 1 with Aiptasia? In humans, they help with metabolic processes, we hypothesize that it does the same in Aiptasia.
Goals Understand Metabolism, in the absence of NAD, there might be glucose intolerance, which causes stress. We hypothesize that the stress is occurring because there is an absence of NAD. The algae keeps producing glucose, it causes the coral to expulse the algae by exocytosis.
Coral Reefs: Knowing Aiptasia pallida Timeframe of the study Start date: February 12, 2022. End date: May 1, 2022.
Coral Reefs: Knowing Aiptasia Pallida What I hope we can learn: I hope that we accomplish our goals. To find regenerating sequences, to genetic modify corals. That we can help restore coral reefs.
