Elizabeth S. McGinty Ph.D. Candidate Academic Address: The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Biology Box 19498 501 S. Nedderman Dr Arlington, TX 76019 USA E-mail: mcgintyuta.ed

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate (Quantitative Biology)- UTA
• B.S. (Animal Bioscience, minors in Microbiology and English)- The Pennsylvania State University

Teaching Experience

I first took the coral reef ecology course at ITEC, and fell in love with the field course experience, I have since returned to ITEC as a TA and then instructor for the course. At UTA my teaching experiences have included undergraduate lab courses for Introduction to Cellular Structure and Function, Zoology, and Anatomy and Physiology II.

Research Interests

My general research interests focus on how the changing climate is affecting the physiology of coral and their symbiotic algal partners. Most coral rely on their mutualistic relationship with unicellular algae in the genus Symbiodinium. As coral reefs around the globe are increasingly subject to extended periods of above average temperatures this symbiosis is being disrupted and is a significant source to coral decline. My main research has focused on studying and understanding the effect of elevated temperatures on the physiology of the algal symbiont.

Publications and Presentations

• Mydlarz L.D., McGinty E.S., and Harvell C.D. 2010. What are the physiological and immunological responses of coral to climate warming and disease? The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213: 934-945.
• Palmer C.V., McGinty E.S., Cummings D.J., Crader S.M., Bartels E., and Mydlarz L.D. In review. Patterns of coral ecological immunology: Variation in the responses of Caribbean corals to elevated temperature and a pathogen elicitor. Journal of Experimental Biology.
• McGinty E.S., Pieczonka J.N., and Mydlarz L.D. In prep. Variation in Growth, Reactive Oxygen Release and Antioxidant Activity in Multiple Symbiodinium Types in Response to Temperature Stress.
• Kenkel K.D., Aglyamova G., Alamaru A., Bhagooli R., Capper R., Cunning JR., deVillers A., Haslun J.A., Hedouin L., Keshavmurthy S., Kuehl K.A., Mahmoud H., McGinty E.S., Montoya-Maya P.H., Palmer C.V., Pantile R., Sanchez J.A., Schils T., Silverstein R.N., Squiers L.B., Tang P.C., Goulet T.L., Matz M.V. In review. Diagnostic gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reef-building corals of the genus Porites. PLoS ONE.
• Chaves, L., Ormond, C., McGinty, L., Marty, M., Nagy, M., Fehr, A., Paullin, C., Krongrad, L., Withers, A., and Padovani, B. 2011. Habitat segregation among damselfish in Bocas del Toro coral reefs, Panama: Effects of depth and wave exposure. III Brazilian Congress of Marine Biology.
• McGinty E.S., Mydlarz L.D., and McMahon R.F. 2008. Production of reactive oxygen species in different Symbiodinium strains in culture. Poster presentation, the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• McGinty E.S., McMahon R.F., and Mydlarz L.D. 2009. The role of algal oxidative stress in coral decline: an inter-cladal comparison. Oral presentation, Benthic Ecology meeting, Texas A&M Corpus Christi University, Corpus Christi, Texas.
• McGinty E.S., McMahon R.F., and Mydlarz L.D. 2009. The role of algal symbionts in coral stress tolerance. Poster presentation, the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
• McGinty E.S., McMahon R.F., and Mydlarz L.D. 2010. Stress, Symbiodinium, and coral decline: an inter-cladal comparison of symbiont responses to elevated temperatures. Oral presentation, Benthic Ecology meeting, University of North Carolina ? Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina.
• McGinty ES, McMahon RF, Mydlarz LD. 2011. Shifting from mutualism to parasitism under environmental stress: Physiological evidence in symbiotic algae. Poster presentation, the 96th Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Austin, TX.