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-10. Connelly, M.T., Catapang, M.G. and Quattrini, A.M. (2024) “Unlocking the treasure trove: leveraging dry coral specimens for museum genomics” Coral Reefs.

-9. Connelly, M.T., Snyder, G.A., Palacio-Castro, A.M., Gillette, P.R., Baker, A.C. and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2023) “Antibiotics reduce Pocillopora coral-associated bacteria diversity, decrease holobiont oxygen consumption, and activate immune gene expression” Molecular Ecology.

-8. Connelly, M.T., McRae, C.J., Liu, P.J., Martin, C.E. and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2022) “Antibiotics Alter Pocillopora Coral-Symbiodiniaceae-Bacteria Interactions and Cause Microbial Dybiosis During Heat Stress” Frontiers in Marine Science.

-7. Snyder, G.A., Connelly, M.T., Eliachar, S., Girshoni-Yahalom, O., Browne, W.E., Palmer, C.V., Rosental, B., and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2021) “Functional Characterization of Hexacorallia Phagocytic Cells” Frontiers in Immunology.

-6. Traylor-Knowles, N.T., Connelly, M.T., Young, B.D., Eaton, K., Muller, E., Paul, V.J., Ushijima, B., DeMerlis, A., Drown, M. K., Goncalves, A., Kron, N., Martin, C.E., and Rodriguez, K. (2021) “Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O. faveolata from Florida” Frontiers in Marine Science.

-5. Nowotny, J.D., Connelly, M.T., and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2021) “Novel Methods to Establish Whole-Body Primary Cell Cultures for the Cnidarians Nematostella vectensis and Pocillopora damicornis” Scientific Reports.

-4. Bonacolta, A.M., Connelly, M.T., Rosales, S., del Campo, J., and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2020) “Microniche sampling of the bacteriome in the Starlet Sea Anemone, Nematostella vectensis, reveals a compartment-specific dominance of Spirochetes” FEMS Microbiology Ecology Letters.

-3. Walters, B., Connelly, M.T., Young, B., and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2020) “The Complicated Evolutionary Diversification of the Mpeg-1/Perforin-2 Family in Cnidarians” Frontiers in Immunology.

-2. Connelly, M.T., McRae, C.J., Liu, P.J., and Traylor-Knowles, N.T. (2020) “Lipopolysaccharide treatment stimulates Pocillopora coral genotype-specific immune responses but does not alter coral-associated bacteria communities” Developmental and Comparative Immunology.

-1. Traylor-Knowles, N.T. and Connelly, M.T. (2017) “What Is Currently Known About the Effects of Climate Change on the Coral Immune Response?” Current Climate Change Reports.


Pocillopora reef framework. Pocillopora coral reef accretion at Isla San Pedro in Las Perlas, Panamá.
Pocillopora reef framework. Pocillopora coral reef accretion at Isla San Pedro in Las Perlas, Panamá.