News

Cecilia Martin will defend her Ph.D. proposal on the 8th of August
Jul 27 2017 You are all invited to our Ph.D. student Cecilia's Ph.D. proposal defense on the 8th of August from 10 am - 12 pm in room 5220, Bldg 2.
SAKMEO seeking a PhD student. Apply Now!
Jul 23 2017 The Saudi Aramco-KAUST center for Marine Environmental Observations (SAKMEO) is seeking a Ph.D. student to investigate the effects of contaminants on coral reef species and associated fauna.
SAKMEO seeking a Post-doctoral Fellow in Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services
Jul 21 2017 SAKMEO is hiring a postdoc in marine and coastal ecosystem services - apply now!
Seeking Post-Doctoral Fellow: Multiple Stressors effects in the Red Sea marine habitats
Jul 20 2017 The Saudi Aramco-KAUST center for Marine Environmental Observations (SAKMEO) is seeking a post-doctoral fellow. Applications encouraged from suitably qualified candidates.
Cinna Lomnitz Medal for Parsifal Islas Morales
Jul 12 2017 Congratulations to Parsifal Islas Morales recently awarded with the Cinna Lomnitz Medal for his work on science communication in Mexico!
Patterns of nitrogen fixation in two coral families
Jun 28 2017 Patterns of nitrogen fixation align with trophic groups of two coral families. Read Reef Genomics group's new publication in Frontiers in Microbiology!
Wave to the Future
Jun 15 2017 The Saudi Aramco-KAUST center for Marine Environmental Observations completed installation of a surface current mapping system along the central Red Sea. These high-frequency radar systems to map surface ocean currents, a first for Saudi Arabia, will enable near real-time information of currents, which carry nutrients, pollutants, stranded boats, or anything that floats.
Anti-cancer agents in Saudi Arabian herbals
Jun 13 2017 Saudi Arabia has a rich knowledge of traditional medicine using a diversity of local plants. Here we used cell-based phenotypic profiling and image-based high-content screening to study the mode of action and potential cellular targets in these plants to identify potential anti-cancer compounds.
Nature Middle East features Reef Genomics' lab study on nitrogen-fixing microbes and their role in coral bleaching
Jun 08 2017 Big thanks to Nature Middle East for featuring Reef Genomics' recent study by Pogoreutz et al. on the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in coral bleaching published in Global Change Biology. Click the link below to see the full article.
IOP Hiring: Research Scientist in coral reef fish ecology
Jun 08 2017 The Saudi Aramco-KAUST center for Marine Environmental Observations (SAKMEO) is seeking a research scientist in the area of coral reef fish ecology.
New Postodctoral Accociate position is available
Jun 05 2017 The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) of Stony Brook University seeks applicants for a Postdoctoral Associate position in Microbial Oceanography/Ecology.
KAUST News article on the role of nitrogen fixation in coral bleaching
Jun 04 2017 "Sugar enrichment provides evidence for a role of nitrogen fixation in coral bleaching" published in Global Change Biology is now featured on KAUST Discovery
A mutualism from the start?
May 30 2017 In Reef Genomics' latest publication, they review the what is known about marine invertebrate larvae associated with Symbiodinium to find out whether there's a mutualism from the start.
Reef Genomics alumni Aubrie O'Rourke awarded fellowship with NASA
May 25 2017 Aubrie just got awarded with the highlight competitive Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Fellowship with NASA.
IOP pioneers GIS and marine research at KAUST
May 23 2017 KAUST IT rolls out Research GIS support facility, with the Integrated Ocean Processes group pioneering GIS research applications for the Red Sea
Coral range expansion is accompanied by reduced sybiont genotype diversity
May 17 2017 Reef Genomics' latest study by Grupstra et al. they investigate how coral range expansion affects genotypic diversity of their algal sybionts.
IOP at the International Ocean Colour Science Meeting in Lisbon
May 15 2017 Surya Prakash and Malika Kheireddine participate in the 2017 International Ocean Colour Science meeting.
Marine Invasive Species Workshop
Apr 30 2017 “Quantifying the effects of exotic species on marine ecosystems” is a Ahmed Juffali Research Chair workshop to be run at KAUST from April 30th to May 4th, with Drs Catherine Lovelock, Nuria Marba, Just Cebrian, Paulina Martinetto, Scott Bennett and Julia Santana-Garzon as guest scientists.
Amaar Amir has won 3rd place at the Sixth National Olympiad Creative and Science Awards
Apr 25 2017 Amaar Amir (Manuel Aranda's group) has won 3rd place at the Sixth National Olympiad Creative and Science Awards "Innovation 2016." He is now qualified for the, and representing Saudi Arabia at The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and the I-SWEEEP
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria may contribute to coral bleaching
Apr 21 2017 New study by Pogoreutz et al. uses sugar enrichment to shed new light on the role of nitorgen-fixing microbes in coral bleaching.
Congratulations Dr. Röthig!!!
Apr 13 2017 Congratulations to Dr. Till Röthig for an outstanding Ph.D. dissertation defence and a remarkable Ph.D thesis!
Bacterial communities in healthy and bleached corals.
Mar 31 2017 In Reef Genomics' latest publiation Hadaidi et al. find that bacterial communities in bleached and healthy Porites colonies remain stable.
Microbial communities in deep-sea corals from the Red Sea
Mar 17 2017 Microbial communities may contribute to functioning of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea in this extreme environment.
Introducing GIGA - the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance
Mar 16 2017 GIGA is a collaborative network of diverse scientists focussed on advancing invertebrate genomics. We use GIGA's second anniversary to reflect on its progress and future projects.
Cytological profiling of algal extracts using High-Content Screening
Mar 16 2017 Cytological profiling of algal extracts using High-Content Screening
A new platform for the High-Content Screening of natural products
Mar 15 2017 In Reef Genomics' latest publication Kremb et al. introduce a new imaging-based High-Content Screening for the broad-spectrum phenotypic profiling of natural products.
RNA editing may extend acclimatization capacity in coral symbionts
Mar 01 2017 Check out our latest paper in PLoS Genetics to find out how RNA editing may help coral symbionts to respond to stress in previously unrecognized ways.
JBI Cover feauture for article by Ziegler et al.
Feb 24 2017 The current cover of JBI features our article on the molecular diversity of coral symbionts around the arabian peninsula.
KAUST Discovery feature for Symbiodinum Genome
Feb 20 2017 Check out the KAUST Discovery article about our analysis of dinoflagellate genomes to identify adaptations to symbiosis in Symbiodinium.
Coral heat tolerance alings with bacterial community composition
Feb 10 2017 Have a look at our latest study in Nature communications to find out how bacterial community dynamics relate to coral heat tolerance.
Welcoming our new postdoctoral fellow Claudia Pogoreutz
Feb 09 2017 Claudia Pogoreutz has joined Reef Genomics lab as a new postdoc. Welcome!
New insights into the role of Endozoicomonas in marine holobionts
Jan 17 2017 In Reef Genomics' latest publication, we use comparative genomics to understand the role and function of Endozoicomonas bacteria associated with marine holobionts.
Assessing the molecular diversity of coral symbionts around the Arabian Peninusla
Jan 02 2017 In Reef Genomics' latest publication, they assess the biogeography of Symbiodinium comunites associated with coral hosts around the Arabian Peninsula.