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Nathan L. Kirk
Ph.D. Student
Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
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2006
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Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, M.S., Thesis: "Distributions of Symbiodinium associated with the common sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, across distance, depth, and time."
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2003
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Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., Biological Sciences (Magna Cum Laude).
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Initiation, specificity, and persistence of symbioses involving cnidarians; similarities and differences between parasites and mutualists in persistence inside a host; multiple infections and possible cryptic populations of rare symbionts inside a host and their possible ecological relevance.
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2006
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Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Doctoral Fellowship, Auburn University.
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2006
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"Population Structure of Algal Endosymbionts in a Caribbean Octocoral Across Distance and Depth." - Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.
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Kirk, N.L., J.R. Ward, and M.A. Coffroth. 2005. Stable Symbiodinium composition in the sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina) during temperature and disease stress. Biol. Bull. 209:227-234. PDF
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Pictured in Elizabeth Pennisi's "Spawning for a Better Life", a NewsFocus in the international journal Science from 14 December 2007. PDF
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