Alicia Reigel
@alicia_reigel
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Asst. Professor at Washington & Lee University (@wlunews), Marine Invert + Microbe Symbioses #firstgen college grad, She/Her
Lexington, VA
Joined May 2010
I'm thrilled to announce the publication of our new paper! It was a privilege to co-author this work, which was led by two exceptional #womeninSTEM, Bryndan Durham (UFL) and Winifred Johnson (UNCW), and involved a wonderful team of collaborators.
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The ocean microbe-metabolite network involves thousands of individual metabolites that encompass a breadth of chemical diversity and biological functions. These microbial metabolites mediate biogeo...
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My 1st UG mentee @wlunews accepted an offer to pursue her PhD @UniversityofIl working on primate #microbiomes. She came into my microbiome class my 1st year as faculty planning on vet school & was inspired to do #research in my lab & hasn't looked back. So proud!
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Used the #thankamicrobe idea of.Anne Estes @ Townson to teach my upperclass #microbiology students how we benefit from microbial metabolisms & it was awesome! Posted them in our dept and have thoroughly enjoyed catching visitors, staff & students reading them! See a few examples:
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RT @la__cientifica: OPEN 🎤 #PhD position @uwanews @uwaoceans on the use of genomic methods for coral reef conservation and threatened speci….
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Check out our newly published work showing that compounds in sponge exhalent water influence the composition, growth, and nutrient cycling of coral reef picoplankton.
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RT @minghao_qiu: Hiring ‼️ 🚨I am looking for 1-2 PhD students and 1 postdoc to join my group at.@stonybrooku in Fall 2025. Positions fully….
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RT @CynthiaBecker25: 🌊 #ASLO25 abstracts due Mon, Oct 21st!! 📅. Please consider submitting an abstract to our session SS08: Integrating and….
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AMAZING! *Adds to diving locations bucket list*.
#BREAKINGNEWS: Join us in welcoming Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary to the National Marine Sanctuary System as the third largest national marine sanctuary!.
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Teaching #microbiology lecture/lab for the 1st time next semester. Excited to model it after a more modern version of the field! Anyone have materials they'd be willing to share or advice on a structure (for lecture or lab) that works well to cover the basics + modernize?.
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Early registration & abstract submission for the Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2025 in Charlotte, NC ends on Oct 21, 2024. Consider submitting an abstract to present in the session I'm co-chairing (details below) or another session! Reach out with any questions. Hope to see you there!
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Check out our latest pub! Really cool study with potentially major implications for how we should be thinking about coral reef restoration and coral aquaculture endeavors. @AmyApprill @cole_easson @thatsasponge @SpongeSymbiont.
🚨New research🚨 .A stable isotope study reveals a nutrient recycling pathway in which coral 🪸 holobiont incorporates nutrients from sponge-derived matter. Interspecific differences in this process align with ecophysiological characteristics of the coral.
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Come work with me in the best Biology Dept. at @wlunews. Visiting Asst. Prof position for 1 year with possible extension for another year.
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Excited to share that my final dissertation chapter is published! This work points at the need to further examine microbiome variation in tandem w/ host population genetics. Coral microbiomes continue to offer an endless wealth of research potential. #science #marinebiology.
Potentially adaptive bacteria in #SoftCoral #Microbiomes may shuffle in response to #EnvironmentalChanges, but the research presented by Reigel & Hellberg suggests that most changes to microbiomes are likely constrained by host genetics.
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RT @peixotors: 🚨Key review out! Probiotics can only be validated if the treatment group is compared with an inert (negative) control. Dead….
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RT @deepseauwa: BIG-EYE JELLYHEAD.On a recent expedition exploring the Pacific Abyssal Plains, our #deepsea research team captured footage….
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RT @AmyApprill: Accessible summary of new work describing application of omics 🧬🧪💻to distinguish Florida's Coral Reef habitats 🪸🐠🌊 @cynthia….
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These new techniques, which look at microbes and dissolved metabolites of reefs, offer a new means to examine reef features and have broad conservation applications.
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#newPI I really thought I would be further along in class prep and research project planning and so many other things at this point in my first semester as a PI. Anyone else? How do you budget your time to make sure class prep isn't eating it away?.
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RT @VibrioSoup: Our article has been published today in @PeerJLife #MicrobialEcology #MarineBiology #Microbiology #….
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Effective treatment and prevention of any disease necessitates knowledge of the causative agent, yet the causative agents of most coral diseases remain unknown, in part due to the difficulty of...
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Also hiring a Asst. Prof of Env. Studies ( with the job ad mentioning, "Core course responsibilities include Introduction to Environmental Studies, Environmental Humanities, and the senior capstone experience." Application review begins Sept 10th.
My department at @wlunews is hiring an Asst. Prof of Biology w/ a physiology focus. Applications due Sept 15th. Amazing dept, colleagues & VERY supportive higher admin. Every person I've met here is genuinely happy & we know that is a rarity in higher ed.
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My department at @wlunews is hiring an Asst. Prof of Biology w/ a physiology focus. Applications due Sept 15th. Amazing dept, colleagues & VERY supportive higher admin. Every person I've met here is genuinely happy & we know that is a rarity in higher ed.
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