Research Associate – Texas Advanced Computing Center
Doctorate Alumna – University of Texas at Arlington
About Me
During my Ph.D., I studied stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) using comparative transcriptomics. My research utilizes gene expression analyses to describe SCTLD pathogenesis at the cellular level and identifies risk factors associated with variations in disease susceptibility.
At the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), I serve on the Life Sciences Computing group and collaborate closely with fellow researchers to enhance and develop advanced computation workflows, pushing the boundaries of computational biology.
Beyond my professional endeavors, I am an avid SCUBA diver and am passionate about raising climate change awareness to protect our coral reefs. If you would like to collaborate, let's get in touch!
Publications
22 May 2023
Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae
Beavers, K.M., Van Buren, E.W., Rossin, A.M. et al. Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae. Nat Commun 14, 2915 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38612-4
07 October 2022
Advances in coral immunity 'omics in response to disease outbreaks
Traylor-Knowles, N., Baker, A. C., Beavers, K. M., Garg, N., Guyon, J. R., Hawthorn, A., MacKnight,
N. J., Medina, M., Mydlarz, L. D., Peters, E. C., Stewart, J. M., Studivan, M. S., & Voss, J. D. (2022). Advances in coral immunity ‘omics in response to disease outbreaks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.952199
30 September 2022
Disease resistance in coral is mediated by distinct adaptive and plastic gene expression profiles
MacKnight, N. J., Dimos, B. A., Beavers, K. M., Muller, E. M., Brandt, M. E., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2022). Disease resistance in coral is mediated by distinct adaptive and plastic gene expression profiles. Science Advances, 8(39). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo6153
01 March 2022
Adaptive variation in homologue number within transcript families promotes expression divergence in reef-building coral
Dimos, B., Emery, M., Beavers, K., MacKnight, N., Brandt, M., Demuth, J., & Mydlarz, L. (2022). Adaptive variation in homologue number within transcript families promotes expression divergence in reef‐building coral. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16414
17 February 2022
Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Veglia, A. J., Beavers, K., Van Buren, E. W., Meiling, S. S., Muller, E. M., Smith, T. B., Holstein, D. M., Apprill, A., Brandt, M. E., Mydlarz, L. D., & Correa, A. M. (2022). Alphaflexivirus genomes in stony coral tissue loss disease-affected, disease-exposed, and disease-unexposed coral colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01199-21
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