Professor
Nicole Webster
FAA
Professor Nicole Webster is a global leader in marine microbial symbiosis and has generated transformational insights into coral reef microbiology. She pioneered the application of molecular tools to study sponge microbial symbioses, discovering that sponges are a major contributor to the bacterial diversity of the world's oceans. Professor Webster elucidated mechanisms of sponge symbiont transmission, established the ecological and evolutionary drivers of sponge-microbe interactions, provided the first insights into the role of viral auxiliary metabolic genes in sponge ecology, revealed a critical role for sponge symbionts in cycling reef organic matter and provided the first insights into sponge holobiont responses to climate change.
Fields of research
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES-
3107
MICROBIOLOGY
- 310703 Microbial Ecology
For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .
Expertise type
- Symbiosis
- Microbial Ecology
- Climate Change
- Marine Biology
- Marine Ecology
- Antarctic Science
- Biology
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