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Office: Dana Hall 149a

Phone: 631-632-8694



Emmanuelle Pales-Espinosa

Research Associate Professor

Education:

Ph.D.

- University of Nantes

Research Topics:

Shellfish physiology, Particle selection mechanisms in suspension-feeding bivalves, Algology

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  • Bio/Research

    Bio/Research

    I am broadly interested in bivalve ecological physiology. A large part of my research focuses on understanding how suspension-feeding bivalves recognize, process, ingest or reject waterborne particles and how biological functions involving such mechanisms (e.g. food particle selection, symbiosis or defense against pathogens) are regulated. For example, we have been probing cellular and molecular processes mediating food uptake and particle selection in bivalves. Further, the role of neuropeptides and neurohormones in the control of glucose homeostasis has become a central part in my research. At the same time, I am also involved in several projects that aim to improve and boost shellfish aquaculture in New York and elsewhere. My research involves field work and experimental approaches on organisms, organs, cells and molecules (including next-gen sequencing and proteomics).

    If you want to learn more about my research and the MADL lab, please visit Lab Webpage, Marine Animal Disease Laboratory, Meet With An Oceanography Series

  • Publications

    Publications

    Selected Publications (full list available at my Lab Webpage)

    Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Reverse genetics demonstrate the role of mucosal C-type lectins in food particle selection in the oyster Crassostrea virginica.  Journal of Experimental Biology 221. doi:10.1242/jeb.174094.

    Hornstein J, Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Lwiza K, Allam B. (2018). The influence of temperature stress on the physiology of the Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 222: 66-73.

    Lau Y-T, Santos B, Barbosa M, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2018). Regulation of apoptosis-related genes during interaction between oyster hemocytes and the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 83: 180-189.

    Rubin E, Tanguy A, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2017). Differential gene expression in five isolates of the clam pathogen, quahog parasite unknown (QPX). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology doi:10.1111/jeu.12400.

    Pales Espinosa E, Cerrato R, Wikfors G, Allam B. (2016). Modeling food choice in the two suspension-feeding bivalves, Crassostrea virginica and Mytilus edulis. Marine Biology 163(2): 1-13.

    Wang K, Del Castillo C, Corre E, Pales Espinosa E, Allam B. (2016). Clam focal and systemic immune responses to QPX by RNA-Seq technology. BMC Genomics 17:146.

    Allam B, Carden WE, Ward JE, Ralph G, Winnicki S, Pales Espinosa E. (2013). Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: Evidence that the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus infects through the oyster mantle during rejection of pseudofeces. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 113: 26-34.

    Pales Espinosa E, Tanguy A, Le Panse S, Lallier F, Allam B, Boutet I. (2013). Endobacteria in Loripes lacteus: Characterization, localization and some aspect of host-symbiont regulation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 448: 327-336.
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