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MerandaCorona

Meranda Corona

Research

My research interests lie in understanding the molecular underpinning of stress- responses, especially under the framework of stress-induced evolution. I am fascinated by the relationship between holistic physiological phenotypes and the -omics that may result in their changes. Currently, my research is on the stress-response of California grunion to osmotic challenges, with an emphasis on the use of their cell lines and embryos to study their molecular response to stress in an ecologically relevant context.

Publications & In the News:

Romney, A. L. T., Davis, E. M., Corona, M. M., Wagner, J. T., & Podrabsky, J. E. (2018). Temperature-dependent vitamin D signaling regulates developmental trajectory associated with diapause in an annual killifish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(50), 12763–12768. [Link]

New gear in life's clock: Vitamin D, Science Daily (2018) [Link]

Poster Presentations:

Corona, M. M. and Kültz, D., Acute Salinity Response of an Embryonic Leuresthes tenuis Cell Line [Link]

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference and SICB+, January 2022

UC Davis Graduate Group of Ecology Symposium, February 2022

Outreach & Training

GRFP Fellow; 2020 - 2025
Graduate Group of Ecology “Odyssey” Teaching Assistant; Fall 2021
UC Davis Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Leadership Training Program; Summer 2021
BUILD EXITO Career and Networking Event Speaker; 2021 - 2022

Resources

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