Ewelina Rubin PhD Student School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA ewrubin@ic.sunysb.edu

Research

I have a Master’s degree in Marine Biology from Nova Southeastern University in Florida where I was involved in research on reef corals. Currently, I am attending a PhD program at SoMAS and my thesis research focuses on a disease of hard clams (quahogs), Mercenaria mercenaria, caused by a protistan parasite named Quahog Parasite Unknown
(QPX). I examine molecular mechanisms of the QPX infection process and attempt to identify and characterize virulence molecules secreted by QPX to facilitate its invasion and propagation through clam tissue. I am also interested in the parasite's reproductive biology, genetic diversity, and variation of virulence among QPX isolates from different geographic locations. To read more about the project go to the Marine Animal Diseases Laboratory link below.

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