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Partnerships at Hollings Marine Laboratory

Team research is the theme of the Hollings Marine Laboratory. No longer can one scientist working in one discipline, or at one institution, independently provide solutions to the coastal environmental and public health problems of this nation. The cumulative and combined expertise and skills of the Partners provide the resources that allow the research teams to assess marine environmental quality and link it to human health.

Medical University of South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina    (MUSC) has served the citizens of South Carolina since 1824. It has expanded from a small private college for the training of physicians to a state university with a medical center and six colleges for the education of a broad range of health professionals, biomedical scientists and other health related personnel.

The College of Graduate Studies    offers a Ph.D. in Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Sciences    (MBES). MBES is a track within the interdepartmental Molecular & Cell Biology and Pathobiology    program. The MBES program provides training in aspects of marine and estuarine biosciences that relate to human health. Some HML scientists are members of the MBES faculty   .

HML Principal Scientists representing the Medical University of South Carolina include:

shrimp

Paul Gross   
Email: grossp@musc.edu
Research interests: mechanisms of invertebrate immunity, particularly in penaeid shrimp.
Selected current projects:

  • Analysis of a new and potentially multifunctional antimicrobial peptide family identified from the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.
  • Functional genomic approaches—establishment of a Center of Excellence in Oceans and Human Health.
a biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on a droplet of crude oil

Pam Morris   
Email: morrisp@musc.edu
Research interests: aerobic and anaerobic biotransformation of organic contaminants and radionuclides in soil and sediment.
Selected current projects:

  • An Assessment of the Microbial Diversity Associated with Selected Caribbean Corals
catfish

Gregory Warr   
Email: warrgw@musc.edu
Research interests: molecular basis of immune recognition & ecogenomics.
Selected current projects:

  • Functional genomic approach to signal transduction and innate immunity in shrimp.
  • Functional genomic approaches—establishment of a Center of Excellence in Oceans and Human Health.