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Marine Disease and Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Introduction Coral Disease and Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Photos by Brandt and Smith lab members Meet The Team Dr. Marilyn Brandt Research Professor Sonora Meiling, M.Sc.* Sonora Meiling, M.Sc.* Kayla Budd* Samuel Gittens Jr.* Nicholas Durgadeen* Kathryn Cobleigh, M.Sc.* Jason Quetel Dan Mele, M.Sc.* Brad Arrington, M.Sc.* Chloe Camacho* Natasha Bestrom, M.Sc.* Rachel Ionata, M.Sc. Sarah Von Hoene *UVI graduate Ancestral Virgin Islander Faculty & Staff Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Odessa Matthew Kadejsha Tonge Kahlifah Powell Amanda Badai Dr. Becky Gibbel Shamoy Bideau Davis Strobel Avery Coble Veronica Williamson Ancestral Virgin Islander Meet The Team Students Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Meet The Team Dr. Robin Smith Research Assistant Professor Alexandra Cormack Casey Whalen Coral Larval Technician Coral Restoration Ecology Lab Makayda Gustave Undergraduate Researcher Ancestral Virgin Islander Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Coral Disease Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MD1 Biodiversity and disease MD2 Water quality and disease MD3 Model the spread and impact of multi-species coral disease. MD4 Share disease research Research Go als And Objectives Marine Disease Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MD1 Biodiversity and disease MD2 Water quality and disease MD3 Model the spread and impact of multi-species coral disease. MD4 Share disease research Research Go als And Objectives Marine Disease MD1: Disease & Diversity Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD1: Disease and Diversity Compare disease incidence among experimental species assemblages NSF Collaborative RAPID grant – analyze samples from a multi-species SCTLD transmission experiment Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MD1 Biodiversity and disease MD2 Water quality and disease MD3 Model the spread and impact of multi-species coral disease. MD4 Share disease research Research Go als And Objectives Marine Disease MD2: Disease, Water Quality & Temperature Stress Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD2: Disease, Water Quality & Temperature Stress Test effect of water quality and temperature stress on disease prevalence Water quality sampling for two consecutive years (ongoing) NASA EPSCoR grant for satellite comparison (C of C, KSU) WRRI grant for microbial sampling and analysis (WHOI) Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD2: Disease, Water Quality & Temperature Stress Test effect of water quality and temperature stress on disease transmission Temperature stress disease transmission experiment completed in 2022 Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MD1 Biodiversity and disease MD2 Water quality and disease MD3 Model the spread and impact of multi-species coral disease. MD4 Share disease research Research Go als And Objectives Marine Disease MD3: Predict the spread of disease Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD3: Predict the spread of disease Use hydrodynamic model outputs to parameterize a connectivity model Hydrodynamic model runs completed and used by D. Holstein's lab in initial testing. More work needed. Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MD1 Biodiversity and disease MD2 Water quality and disease MD3 Model the spread and impact of multi-species coral disease. MD4 Share disease research Research Go als And Objectives Marine Disease MD4: Share disease research Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD4: Share disease research Vicoraldisease.org Vicoraldisease.org hosted by Brandt lab and managed by VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) M. Brandt, S. Meiling and other Brandt lab members are regular contributors to the Virgin Islands Coral Disease Advisory Committee (VI-CDAC) Regular interviews with local news agencies Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MD4: Share disease research TEDx Saint Thomas 1 poster and 9 oral presentations about USVI coral disease research at the 2022 International Coral Reef Symposium 2 posters and 1 oral presentation at the 2023 Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean meeting Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Coral Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MR1 Expand capacity for restoration ecology research in the U.S. Virgin Islands MR2 Diversity and Restoration MR3 Water quality and Restoration MR4 Share restoration research Research Go als And Objectives Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MR1 Expand capacity for restoration ecology research in the U.S. Virgin Islands MR2 Diversity and Restoration MR 3 Water quality and Restoration MR4 Share restoration research Research Go als And Objectives Restoration MR1: Expand capacity Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments Scalable Coral Restoration using Selective-Breeding and Assisted Evolution Technologies Construction of large-scale Larval Rearing Units Symbiont diversity surveys for parental selection. Completed 12-month captive gametogenesis & spawning Pre-trial fertilization and settlement onto RFID substrates. Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MR1 Expand capacity for restoration ecology research in the U.S. Virgin Islands MR2 Diversity and Restoration MR 3 Water quality and Restoration MR4 Share restoration research Research Go als And Objectives Restoration MR2: Diversity and Outplanting Perform diversity outplanting experiment Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MR2: Diversity and Outplanting Perform diversity outplanting experiment Experiment deployed in January 2022 Preliminary results presented at ICRS July 2022 Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MR1 Expand capacity for restoration ecology research in the U.S. Virgin Islands MR2 Diversity and Restoration MR 3 Water quality and Restoration MR4 Share restoration research Research Go als And Objectives Restoration MR3: Water quality and restoration Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MR3: Outplanting and Water Quality Perform water quality outplanting experiment Adeline Shelby’s MMES thesis experiment deployed in January 2023 Complemented with water quality sampling Nearshore Offshore Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration MR1 Expand capacity for restoration ecology research in the U.S. Virgin Islands MR2 Diversity and Restoration MR 3 Water quality and Restoration MR4 Share restoration research Research Go als And Objectives Restoration MR4: Share restoration research Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MR4: Share restoration research Reefresponse.org Educational signage at Lovango Cay, in process for Hull Bay Reefresponse.org Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MR4: Share restoration research Coral Chronicles booklet published Reef Response video almost complete Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Results, Outcomes & Accomplishments – MR4: Share restoration research 1 poster and 2 oral presentations focused on coral restoration at the 2022 International Coral Reef Symposium 1 poster and 4 oral presentations at Reef Futures 2022 3 posters at Association of the Marine Labs of the Caribbean meeting 2023 Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Diversity College Graduate Pre-college Reef Response undergraduate SEAS intern Kahlifah Powell, accepted into 2024 MMES cohort SEAS Graduate fellow Shamoy Bideau, past ECS SEAS workforce fellow Chloe Camacho, past undergrad researcher Workforce Coral Disease Treatment Specialist Sam Gittens Jr., past SEAS undergrad intern Coral Restoration Specialist Nicholas Durgadeen, past SEAS undergrad intern Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Broader Impacts UVI faculty & staff MMES alumni Current MMES student Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Broader Impacts UVI faculty & staff MMES alumni or past student Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Broader Impacts ~41% of authors & contributors UVI/MMES associates and alumni Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Broader Impacts Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Collaborations Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration Thank you! Dr. Marilyn Brandt EMAIL: mbrandt@uvi.edu PHONE: 340-693-1376 Dr. Marilyn Brandt – Marine Disease and Restoration