Disease emergence is accelerating with global changes. Understanding by which
mechanisms host populations can rapidly adapt will be crucial for management practices …

Transmissible cancers are infectious parasitic clones that metastasize to new hosts, living
past the death of the founder animal in which the cancer initiated. We investigated the …

The importance of DNA methylation in plastic responses to environmental change and
evolutionary dynamics is increasingly recognized. Here, we provide a Perspective piece on …

There is great interest in exploring epigenetic modifications as drivers of adaptive
organismal responses to environmental change. Extending this hypothesis to populations …

These last 20 years, several techniques have been developed for quantifying DNA
methylation, the most studied epigenetic marks in eukaryotes, including the gold standard …

Disease emergence is accelerating in response to human activity-induced global changes.
Understanding the mechanisms by which host populations can rapidly adapt to this threat …

Ocean acidification significantly affects marine calcifiers like oysters, warranting the study of
molecular mechanisms that contribute to adaptive plasticity in response to environmental …

Both adaptation and plasticity are critical for species persistence during rapid anthropogenic
global change. However, we know little about how these mechanisms of resilience interact …

Anthropogenic climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of marine
heatwaves which may broadly impact the health of marine invertebrates. Rising ocean …

Objectives: Objective 1: Understanding the Interplay between Climate Change, Epigenetics,
and Marine Invertebrate Physiology The first objective of the course is to help students gain …