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Patrick is a molecular and computational ecologist and with a research focus on microalgae and coral resilience to climate change, and leads the Coral Omics Technology Lab ("COTEC") at Applied BioScience, Macquarie University. Using omics technologies and comparative genomics, his group investigates genetic adaptations and their impact on the thermal tolerance of microalgae and corals. Current projects include genome and transcriptome sequencing of heat evolved microalgal symbionts to identify molecular mechanisms that support an increased thermal tolerance. Patrick is also part of the team "Enhanced Corals and Treatments" from the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP).
Previously, Patrick worked as a postdoctoral fellow with CSIRO's Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform and the University of Melbourne, and completed his PhD in Marine Science at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Townsville, Australia.
Education/Academic qualification
Marine Science, PhD, Australian Inst Marine Sci, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Award Date: 30 Sep 2017
Marine Ecology, Master of Science, University of Bremen
2009 → 2011
General Biology, Bachelor of Science, University of Bochum
2006 → 2009
External positions
Postdoctoral Fellow - Coral genomics, CSIRO Land and Water
2017 → 2020
Visiting Scientist, The University of Melbourne
2017 → 2024
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Increasing coral adaptation to heat stress through genetic engineering of their symbiotic microalgae
1/09/21 → 1/01/24
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Colonization and metabolite profiles of homologous, heterologous and experimentally evolved algal symbionts in the sea anemone Exaiptasia diaphana
Tsang Min Ching, S. J., Chan, W. Y., Perez-Gonzalez, A., Hillyer, K., Buerger, P. & van Oppen, M. J. H., 2022, In: ISME Communications. 2, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of ocean warming on the underexplored members of the coral microbiome
Maire, J., Buerger, P., Chan, W. Y., Deore, P., Dungan, A. M., Nitschke, M. R. & van Oppen, M. J. H., Dec 2022, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62, 6, p. 1700-1709 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for de novo acquisition of microalgal symbionts by bleached adult corals
Scharfenstein, H. J., Chan, W. Y., Buerger, P., Humphrey, C. & van Oppen, M. J. H., Jun 2022, In: ISME Journal. 16, 6, p. 1676-1679 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term heat selection of the coral endosymbiont Cladocopium C1acro (Symbiodiniaceae) stabilizes associated bacterial communities
Buerger, P., Vanstone, R. T., Maire, J. & van Oppen, M. J. H., 1 May 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 9, p. 1-18 18 p., 4913.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions
Chan, W. Y., Oakeshott, J. G., Buerger, P., Edwards, O. R. & van Oppen, M. J. H., May 2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 9, p. 1737-1754 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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