• Neuroendocrine regulation on crustacean physiology of molting, growth, reproduction, sex differentiation and stress responses

• Developmental biology, muscle biology, and genetics
• Genetic regulation of muscle and bone development

Shadaesha is a graduate of Hampton University, where she received a B.S. in Marine and Environmental Science and a minor in Biology.

• Diversity and roles of microbial symbionts associated with marine invertebrates, in particular sponges

• Translational control of gene expression
• Regulation of gene activity during early development

Kaila is a Molecular Medicine PhD student from UMB studying in the Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology Track.

• Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environments, and interactions (symbiosis)

• Mechanisms of heat tolerance in hypothermophiles

• Aquatic microbial ecology and aquacultural microbiology

• Nitrogen and sulfur cycles of marine recirculating aquaculture systems
• Nitrogen fixation in the gut of a wood-eating catfish

• Viral pathogenesis of fish rhabdoviruses
• Development of novel vaccines for economically important fish pathogens

• Molecular, cellular and applied aspects of fish germ cell biology, reproductive physiology and vaccine development