Davy Lab
@davylab.bsky.social
Cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis research using Aiptasia as a model system.
Hi, I'm Marcie! I'm from the UK and recently moved to New Zealand to join the Davy lab, where I'm doing my PhD studying Aiptasia and coral responses to starvation, focusing on the immune system and symbiosomes. I'm really excited to be here, and I can't wait to get stuck into the research!
September 22, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Hi, I'm Marcie! I'm from the UK and recently moved to New Zealand to join the Davy lab, where I'm doing my PhD studying Aiptasia and coral responses to starvation, focusing on the immune system and symbiosomes. I'm really excited to be here, and I can't wait to get stuck into the research!
The coral Astrangia spawning during the Symbiosis course at MBL last year! @mblscience.bsky.social
September 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The coral Astrangia spawning during the Symbiosis course at MBL last year! @mblscience.bsky.social
Davy Lab student Salvatore won one of the ECR poster awards at the ISME20 conference in Auckland!🧊🦠🎉@isme-microbes.bsky.social
August 31, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Davy Lab student Salvatore won one of the ECR poster awards at the ISME20 conference in Auckland!🧊🦠🎉@isme-microbes.bsky.social
Thank you to all who came out to ICRS 2026! Here is a picture of our lab, including past and present students. #ICRS2026 @icrs.bsky.social
August 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Thank you to all who came out to ICRS 2026! Here is a picture of our lab, including past and present students. #ICRS2026 @icrs.bsky.social
Happy friday from some very hungry anemones capturing brine shrimp! #MarineBiology
May 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Happy friday from some very hungry anemones capturing brine shrimp! #MarineBiology
The aiptasia in our tanks are growing very quickly!
April 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The aiptasia in our tanks are growing very quickly!
Check out our new paper on the volatilome during bleaching in sea anemones! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thermal stress restructures volatile gas emissions from the model cnidarian Aiptasia - Coral Reefs
Coral bleaching events, in which symbionts are lost from host tissues, have become more frequent and severe because of climate change—specifically, elevated temperatures. How such events impact biogen...
link.springer.com
April 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Check out our new paper on the volatilome during bleaching in sea anemones! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Join the Davy Lab to study corals in New Zealand! Two PhD scholarships are available to research potential mechanisms of symbiont loss in the coral bleaching process.
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
Marsden PhD Scholarship in Coral Reef Biology | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Join the Davy Lab to study corals in New Zealand! Two PhD scholarships are available to research potential mechanisms of symbiont loss in the coral bleaching process.
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
Our recent paper characterizes the importance of different regulatory mechanisms cnidarian hosts use to control their symbiont population: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
July 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our recent paper characterizes the importance of different regulatory mechanisms cnidarian hosts use to control their symbiont population: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Handactis nutrix is a species of intertidal sea anemone that lives on brown algae. We are currently growing the anemones with and without their seaweed host to observe the effects of this symbiosis. Preliminary results demonstrated nutrient transport from the anemone to the host.
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Handactis nutrix is a species of intertidal sea anemone that lives on brown algae. We are currently growing the anemones with and without their seaweed host to observe the effects of this symbiosis. Preliminary results demonstrated nutrient transport from the anemone to the host.