Daniel Wuitchik, M.Sc.

Research

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REPRODUCTIVE TIMING

Large scale transcriptomic responses to natural rhythms
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Convergent Stress Response

Behavioural and transcriptomic responses to hot and cold challenges
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Symbioses and Climate Change

Ecological consequences of climate change on marine symbioses
PUBLICATIONS 

Wuitchik, D., Wang, D., Pells, T. J., Karimi, K., Ward, S., & Vize, P. D. (2019). Seasonal temperature, the lunar cycle and diurnal rhythms interact in a combinatorial manner to modulate genomic responses to the environment in a reef‐building coral. Molecular Ecology. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15173 

Karimi K., Wuitchik D., Oldach M., Vize P. (2018) Distinguishing species using GC contents
in mixed DNA or RNA sequences. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. Vol. 14 1-4 

van Gerven D., Schneider A., Wuitchik D., Skelton, R. (2012) Direct measurement of
spontaneous strategy selection in a virtual Morris Water maze shows females choose allocentric strategy at least as often as males do. Behavioural Neuroscience. Vol. 126, No. 3, 465-478
ARTICLES IN PREP

Wuitchik D, Almanzar A, Benson B, Brennan S, Chavez D, Liesegang M, Reavis J, Trumble I, Davies S.  Convergent stress responses to thermal challenges in a temperate aposymbiotic coral

Wuitchik D, Aichelman H, Atherton K, Kriefall N, Davies S. Symbiotic state influences the transcriptional responses to thermal extremes in facultatively symbiotic corals. 

Aichelman H, Wuitchik D, Atherton, K, Kriefall N, Davies S. Do facultative coral hosts buffer their symbionts in response to thermal extremes?

Pilcher C, Wuitchik D, Vize P, Davies S. Hour of the day, lunar phase, and seasonal temperature drive symbiont C. goreaui differential expression in A. millepora host

PRESENTATIONS

Wuitchik D, Aichelman H, Atherton K, Kriefall N, Davies S. (2020) Symbiotic state influences the transcriptional responses to thermal extremes in facultatively symbiotic corals. International Coral Reef Symposium. Bremen, Germany. (Oral presentation, International conference, PhD work)


Aichelman H*, Wuitchik D, Atherton, K, Kriefall N, Davies S. (2020) Do facultative coral hosts buffer their symbionts in response to thermal extremes. International Coral Reef Symposium. Bremen, Germany. 

Borbee E, Hudson R, Schickle A, Awkerman N, Changsut I, Danek N, Fleming C, Gauthier A, Klein A, Pelose G, Wuitchik D, Davies S, McAlister J, Nelson D, Rotjan R, Sharp K*. (2020) New Protocols for Spawning, Larval Husbandry, and Settlement in the Temperate, Facultative Coral Astrangia poculata. International Coral Reef Symposium, Bremen, Germany. 


Pilcher C*, Wuitchik D, Vize P, Davies S (2019). Hour of the day, lunar phase, and seasonal temperature drive symbiont C. goreaui differential expression in A. millepora host. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Anaheim CA USA. 


Pelose G*, Hudson R, Rotjan R, Sharp K, Wuitchik D, Davies S, Borbee E (2019) Closing the life cycle of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata through controlled breeding. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium. Boston MA USA. 


Wuitchik D, Almanzar A, Benson B, Brennan S, Chavez D, Liesegang M, Reavis J, Trumble I, Davies S. (2019) Genomic basis of a convergent phenotypic response of Astrangia poculata to thermal extremes. SICB conference, Tampa FL USA. 


Wuitchik D, Vize P, (2017) Temperature modulation of biological clock gene expression of a reef-building coral. CSEE conference, Victoria. 


Vize P*, Oldach M, Workentine M, Wuitchik D, Matz M, Brady A. (2016) Coral transcriptome responses to the lunar cycle. International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii 
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