Research Interests
My research goal is to use systems biology to explain how successful symbioses are essential for reef ecosystem function, and to better predict and improve the survival trajectory of coral reefs. My research integrates laboratory models and field studies to investigate the molecular basis of coral host–symbiont interactions, physiology, and responses to thermal, nutrient, and ocean acidification stressors.
New Grant Support
I've recently received support from the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society Te Apārangi to use oxidative proteomics to unravel the roles of protein oxidation and oxidative signalling in coral bleaching. Read more about the project here.
Publications
AG Mashini*†, CA Oakley†, AR Grossman, L Peng, AR Grossman, VM Weis, SK Davy. Proteomes of native and non-native symbionts reveal responses underpinning host-symbiont specificity in the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. The ISME Journal wrae122.
CA Oakley, GI Newson*, L Peng, SK Davy. The Symbiodinium proteome under thermal and nutrient stress. Plant and Cell Physiology pcac175.
C Pogoreutz, CA Oakley, N Rädecker, Anny Cárdenas, G Perna, L Peng, SK Davy, DK Ngugi, CR Voolstra. Coral holobiont cues prime Endozoicomonas to a symbiotic lifestyle. The ISME Journal 16: 1883–1895.
AE Sproles, CA Oakley, JL Matthews, L Peng, VM Weis, JG Owen, AR Grossman, SK Davy. Proteomics quantifies protein expression changes in a model cnidarian colonized by a thermally tolerant but suboptimal symbiont. The ISME Journal 13: 2334–2345.