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Steven V. Vollmer is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans ecology, molecular biology, immunology, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science, with a particular focus on coral and marine ecosystems.

The scientist's recent publications include the following works:

  • Host-microbial systems as glass cannons: Explaining microbiome stability in corals exposed to extrinsic perturbations (2021, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Multi-Variate Analyses of Coral Mortality From the 2014-2015 Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak Off Miami-Dade County, Florida (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Genomic signatures of disease resistance in endangered staghorn corals (2023, Science)
  • Transcriptomics reveals specific molecular mechanisms underlying transgenerational immunity in Manduca sexta (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Whole genome assembly and annotation of the endangered Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis (2023, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jason D. Selwyn
  • Brecia A. Despard
  • Charles Roesel
  • Emily C. Trytten
  • Rachele Spadafore

The predominant venues for Steven V. Vollmer's publications are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science

Their main fields of study consist of environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, subfields of focus include ecology, molecular biology, immunology, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science.

Key research topics covered by their work include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Ichthyology and marine biology
  • Identification and quantification in food
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine sponges and natural products

Steven V. Vollmer's research contributions engage diverse aspects of coral biology and marine disease management, providing insights through genomic analysis, transcriptomics, and ecological approaches.

Best Publications

  • Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity.

    Steven V. Vollmer;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • The Role of Hybridization in the Evolution of Reef Corals

    Bette L. Willis;Madeleine J.H. van Oppen;David J. Miller;Steve V. Vollmer

  • Testing the utility of internally transcribed spacer sequences in coral phylogenetics

    Steven V. Vollmer;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • Restricted gene flow in the Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: implications for the recovery of endangered reefs

    Steven V. Vollmer;Stephen R. Palumbi

  • ENSO drove 2500-year collapse of eastern Pacific coral reefs.

    Lauren T. Toth;Richard B. Aronson;Richard B. Aronson;Steven V. Vollmer;Jennifer W. Hobbs

  • Natural disease resistance in threatened staghorn corals.

    Steven V. Vollmer;David I. Kline;David I. Kline

  • RNA-seq profiles of immune related genes in the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis infected with white band disease.

    Silvia Libro;Stefan T. Kaluziak;Steven V. Vollmer

  • White Band Disease (type I) of Endangered Caribbean Acroporid Corals is Caused by Pathogenic Bacteria

    David I. Kline;David I. Kline;David I. Kline;Steven V. Vollmer;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Structure and stability of the coral microbiome in space and time.

    Courtney M. Dunphy;Tarik C. Gouhier;Nathaniel D. Chu;Nathaniel D. Chu;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Weak prezygotic isolating mechanisms in threatened Caribbean Acropora corals.

    Nicole D. Fogarty;Steven V. Vollmer;Don R. Levitan

  • Trans-Pacific RAD-Seq population genomics confirms introgressive hybridization in Eastern Pacific Pocillopora corals.

    David J. Combosch;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Identification of Candidate Coral Pathogens on White Band Disease-Infected Staghorn Coral

    Sarah A. Gignoux-Wolfsohn;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Transcriptome analyses and differential gene expression in a non-model fish species with alternative mating tactics

    Celia Schunter;Celia Schunter;Steven V Vollmer;Enrique Macpherson;Marta Pascual

  • White Band Disease transmission in the threatened coral, Acropora cervicornis.

    S. A. Gignoux-Wolfsohn;Christopher J. Marks;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Population Genetics of an Ecosystem-Defining Reef Coral Pocillopora damicornis in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

    David J. Combosch;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Re-evaluation of the systematics of the endemic corals of Brazil by molecular data

    F. Nunes;H. Fukami;S. V. Vollmer;R. D. Norris

  • Mixed asexual and sexual reproduction in the Indo-Pacific reef coral Pocillopora damicornis.

    David J. Combosch;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Interspecific hybridization and restricted trans-Pacific gene flow in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Pocillopora.

    David J. Combosch;David J. Combosch;David J. Combosch;Hector M. Guzman;Helmut Schuhmacher;Steven V. Vollmer;Steven V. Vollmer

  • Complex interactions between potentially pathogenic, opportunistic, and resident bacteria emerge during infection on a reef-building coral.

    Sarah A Gignoux-Wolfsohn;Felicia M Aronson;Steven V Vollmer

  • Genetic diversity and connectivity in the threatened staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) in Florida.

    Elizabeth M. Hemond;Steven V. Vollmer

  • The genetics of colony form and function in Caribbean Acropora corals.

    Elizabeth M Hemond;Stefan T Kaluziak;Steven V Vollmer

Frequent Co-Authors

David I. Kline
David I. Kline University of California, San Diego
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
Ian C. Enochs
Ian C. Enochs National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Richard B. Aronson
Richard B. Aronson Florida Institute of Technology
Geoffrey C. Trussell
Geoffrey C. Trussell Northeastern University
William F. Precht
William F. Precht National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ian G. Macintyre
Ian G. Macintyre National Museum of Natural History
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Robert van Woesik
Robert van Woesik Florida Institute of Technology

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