Medina Lab

Recently, our study reef, Varadero reef in Cartagena, Colombia was featured in the Penn State News. The note, with interviews and background info highlights the importance of this reef. We invite you to read the article about the Buried Treasure!

Aki had a successful PhD dissertation defense yesterday! We celebrated him with a Cassiopea-inspired cake and two crowded parties. Congratulations, Dr. Ohdera!

Dr. Allison Kerwin recently joined us in the Medina Lab in a postdoctoral researcher position. Allison got her PhD working under Spencer Nyholm’s lab at the University of Connecticut studying the ANG reproductive system symbiosis in Hawaiian bobtail squid. Allison will be using her expertise in next generation sequencing analysis and microscopy in the Global Coral […]

Our lab members Sofia and Ana joined fellow grad student Kathryn Stankiewicz in an outreach activity the group designed this fall called “Tangled up in the food web”. This activity aims to teach children how organisms interact in a toy marine trophic pyramid over a succession of beneficial and/or detrimental situations. The group was among several […]

Our former postdoc Joseph Pollock has transitioned into a job as the Director of Coral Strategy for the Caribbean Division of The Nature Conservancy.

This past weekend Aki, Viridiana, Ana, Gabrielle and Monica visited the Three Rivers Evolution Event that was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.

The Penn State Postdoctoral Society has awarded our current postdoc, Joe Pollock, the 2017 Outstanding Postdoc Award.  Joe will receive this award in at the 10th Annual Postdoc Research Exhibition on Friday, September 22, 2017.

This past weekend we had a very successful outreach event with the help of our visiting interns at the Discovery Space, which is a local children’s museum. We had a total of 45 people come learn about coral reefs by touching samples, playing games, and having fun! (Photo credits: Colin Howe)

This summer the Iglesias-Prieto, Baums, and Medina Labs from Penn State will be hosting 3 students from USVI through our Bridge to PhD program. Collin, Kathryn, and Akacia will be learning from each lab’s area of expertise in an intensive 8 week period. We hope this program motivates them into continuing their education with a […]

The Discovery Space Children’s Science Museum will be hosting us this summer on an outreach event! We will be teaching children (and parents) about coral reefs. We will be there on Sunday June 18th from noon to 2 pm. Come join us! (Admission is free for members.)