We investigate how coral holobionts—corals and their associated microbes—function and break down under heat stress. Focusing on symbiosis and protist, we use a systems biology approach integrating metabarcoding, single-cell and bulk omics, imaging, and AI-driven computational biology. Our goal is to link symbiont diversity to function and understand coral responses to the climate crisis.
Research Themes
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Coral Holobiont
How corals and their symbiotic microbes function as an integrated biological system.
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Microbial Diversity
Global patterns in the distribution of marine eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes.
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Climate & Heat Stress
Molecular and ecological responses of coral holobionts to rising ocean temperatures.
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Genomics & Bioinformatics
High-throughput sequencing and computational tools to decode microbial symbiosis.
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Team Members
80+
Publications
20+
Lab Alumni
Est. 2019
Founded
Recent Publications
(2026).
Comparative skin microbiome analyses reveal differences between wild populations and captive groups of the Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi).
ISME communications.
(2026).
Endosymbiotic apicomplexans of marine holobionts: microbial parasites in a warming ocean.
Integrative and Comparative Biology.
(2026).
From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe.
Molecular Ecology Resources.
(2026).
Global diversity and distribution of coral-associated protists.
bioRxiv.
(2026).
Temporal transcriptional rhythms govern coral-symbiont function and microbiome dynamics.
Cell Host & Microbe.