About the Medina Lab
The Medina Lab has been studying cnidarian-algal-microbial interactions for several years. We use a combination of ecological, physiological, and genomic techniques to understand these interactions. Among our species of study are the Upside-down Jelly Cassiopea xamachana, the dominant reef-building Orbicella coral species complex, and other important Caribbean coral species.
Our recent projects address a series of evolutionary questions using a comparative multi-‘omics approach. We are involved in the Global Coral Microbiome Project and the Earth Microbiome Project 500 to describe the microbial communities of several coral species around the world. More information can be found on our Research and Members pages.
We are located in the Department of Biology at the Pennsylvania State University.
Medina Lab graduate students, undergraduates, post-doc, and honorary lab members enjoyed a lab outing at Fallingwater, PA.
From left to right: Viri, Victoria, Leslie, Kate, Mónica, Eloise, Julia, Allison, Sofia, Ana Maria, Anna, and Alessandra (not present: Daniel Winstead). 