The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Former Ph.D. graduate with Dr. Mark Martindale at Whitney Laboratory, Dr. Casandra Newkirk, recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology, in the area of Broadening Participation of Groups Underrepresented in Biology. Dr. Newkirk is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The project is entitled "Uncovering the molecular mechanisms that govern cnidarian-algal symbiosis" and will tentatively use Cassiopea polyps as a model to better understand the genetic basis of cnidarian-algal symbiosis.
Congratulations Dr. Newkirk!