KATHERINE DOUGAN, PH.D.
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The University of Queensland
Australian Centre for Ecogenomics
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Symbiosis • Evolutionary Biology • Bioinformatics
CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
APPOINTMENTS
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2020
2019
2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Dissertation Year Fellow, Florida International University
Tropics Program Research Fellow, Florida International University
EDUCATION
2020
2018
2014
Ph.D. in Biology, Florida International University
M.S. in Biology, Florida International University
B.S. in Microbiology, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
PREPRINTS
KE Dougan†, AJ Bellantuono, T Kahlke, RM Abbriano, Y Chen, S Shah, C Granados-Cifuentes, MJH van Oppen, D Bhattacharya, DJ Suggett, M Rodriguez-Lanetty, CX Chan (2022). Whole-genome duplication in an algal symbiont serendipitously confers thermal tolerance to corals. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.10.487810
KE Dougan*, ZL Deng*, L Wöhlbrand*, C Reuse*, B Bunk, Y Chen, J Hartlich, K Hiller, U John, J Kalvelage, J Mansky, M Neumann-Schaal, J Overmann, J Petersen, S Sanchez, K Schmidt-Hohagen, S Shah, C Spröer, H Sztajer, H Wang, D Bhattacharya, R Rabus, D Jahn, CX Chan, I Wagner-Döbler (2022). Evolution of resilience against heat stress in a red-tide dinoflagellate. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.25.501386
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Y Chen, S Shah, KE Dougan, MJH van Oppen, D Bhattacharya, CX Chan (2022). Improved Cladocopium goreaui genome assembly reveals features of a facultative coral symbiont and the complex evolutionary history of dinoflagellate genes. In press at Microorganisms.
S Shah, T Lonhienne, CE Murray, Y Chen, KE Dougan, YS Low, CM Williams, G Schenk, GH Walter, LW Guddat, CX Chan. (2022) Genome-Guided Analysis of Seven Weed Species Reveals Conserved Sequence and Structural Features of Key Gene Targets for Herbicide Development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:909073. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.909073
R Lo, KE Dougan, Y Chen, S Shah, D Bhattacharya, CX Chan (2022). Alignment-Free Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequences From Symbiodiniaceae Reveals Different Phylogenetic Signals in Distinct Regions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:815714. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.815714
KE Dougan, RA González-Pech, TG Stephens, S Shah, Y Chen, MA Ragan, D Bhattacharya, CX Chan (2022). Genome-powered classification of microbial eukaryotes: focus on coral algal symbionts. Trends in Microbiology, 30(9):831-840. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.02.001
AP Jacobus, TG Stephens, P Youssef, R González-Pech, MM Ciccotosto-Camp, KE Dougan, Y Chen, LC Basso, J Frazzon, CX Chan, J Gross (2021). Comparative genomics supports that Brazilian bioethanol Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprise a unified group of domesticated strains related to cachaça spirit yeasts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:687. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.644089
R González-Pech, TG Stephens, Y Chen, AR Mohamed, Y Cheng, S Shah, KE Dougan, MDA Fortuin, R Lagorce, DW Burt, D Bhattacharya, MA Ragan, CX Chan (2021). Comparison of 15 dinoflagellate genomes reveals extensive sequence and structural divergence in family Symbiodiniaceae and genus Symbiodinium. BMC Biology, 19:73. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-00994-6
C Iha, KE Dougan, JA Varela, V Avila, CJ Jackson, KA Bogaert, Y Chen, LM Judd, R Wick, KE Holt, MM Pasella, F Ricci, SI Repetti, M Medina, VR Marcelino, CX Chan, H Verbruggen (2021). Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium. Current Biology, 31, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.018
KE Dougan, MC Ladd, C Fuchs, R Vega Thurber, DE Burkepile, M Rodriguez-Lanetty. (2020) Nutrient pollution and predation differentially affect innate immune pathways in the coral Porites porites. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:563865. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.563865
AJ Bellantuono*, KE Dougan*, C Granados-Cifuentes, M Rodriguez-Lanetty. (2019) Free‐living and symbiotic lifestyles of a thermotolerant coral endosymbiont display profoundly distinct transcriptomes under both stable and heat stress conditions. Molecular Ecology 28(24):5265-5281 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15300
G Bonthond, DG Merselis, KE Dougan, T Graff, W Todd, JW Fourqurean, M Rodriguez-Lanetty. (2018) Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats. PeerJ 6:e4323 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4323
TA Hendry, J.R. de Wet, KE Dougan, and PV Dunlap. (2016) Genome evolution in the obligate but environmentally active luminous symbionts of flashlight fish. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(7):2203-2213. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw161
AL Gould, KE Dougan, S Koel, PV Dunlap. (2016) Life history of the symbiotically luminous cardinal fish Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae) in Okinawa, Japan. Journal of Fish Biology, 89(2):1359-1377. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13063
*Authors contributed equally
† Co-corresponding author
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
KE Dougan, AJ Bellantuono, T Kahlke, RM Abbriano, Y Chen, S Shah, C Granados-Cifuentes, MJH van Oppen, D Bhattacharya, DJ Suggett, M Rodriguez-Lanetty, CX Chan (2022). Whole-genome duplication in an algal symbiont serendipitously confers thermal tolerance to corals. 58th annual Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
KE Dougan, D Bhattacharya, CX Chan. Patterns of Adaptive selection on symbiotic dinoflagellate lineages within the genus Symbiodinium (2021). 12th International Phycological Congress, Puerto Montt, Chile.
KE Dougan and M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2018). Comparative transcriptomics reveal extensive diversity of insulin-like peptides in Cnidaria. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
DM Merselis, AJ Bellantuono, KE Dougan, T Thinesh, K Nedimeyer, NEEMO consortium, M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2018). Effects of genotype and environmental history on coral nursery production. FIU Biosymposium, Miami, FL.
AJ Bellantuono, KE Dougan, C Granados-Cifuentes, M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2017). Transcriptome analysis of Symbiodinium trenchii: comparing in symbio and free-living responses to hyperthermal stress. European Coral Reef Symposium, Oxford, United Kingdom.
KE Dougan, M Ladd, C Fuchs, R Vega Thurber, DE Burkepile, M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2017). Nutrient Enrichment suppresses an innate immunity pathway in the coral Porites porites and recovery from predation. 38th Scientific Meeting of the AMLC, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
T Graff, K Young, D Coan, D Merselis, AJ Bellantuono, KE Dougan, M Rodriguez-Lanetty, K Nedimyer, S Chappell, K Beaton, A Naids, A Hood, M Reagan, E Rampe, W Todd, J Poffenberger and D Garrison (2017). NEEMO 21: Tools, Techniques, Technologies, & Training for Science Exploration. 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX.
KE Dougan, M Ladd, C Fuchs, R Vega Thurber, DE Burkepile, M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2017). Nutrient enrichment decreases phenoloxidase pathway involved in wound healing and immunity in the coral Porites porites. FIU Biosymposium, Miami, FL.
KE Dougan, DG Merselis, G Bonthond, M Rodriguez-Lanetty (2016). A high-resolution characterization of Symbiodinium communities along a depth gradient in the reef-building coral Siderastrea siderea. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, HI.
GRANTS/AWARDS
2021: UQ Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project Research Grant (~$30,000 AUD)
2019: FIU Dissertation Year Fellowship ($20000 USD)
2018: FIU Tropics Program Research Grant ($8000 USD)
2018: 3rd Place Oral Presentation, Biosymposium, Florida International University
2017: Travel Grant, Association of the Marine Labs of the Caribbean ($225 USD)
2017: 1st Place Oral Presentation, Biosymposium, Florida International University ($100 USD)
2016: Travel Grant, Florida International University ($300 USD)
2015: Captains Choice Award, NASA Extreme Environment Missions Operations
2015: Granader Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing – Natural Sciences, University of Michigan ($1042 USD)
2014: Graduate Assistantship, Florida International University ($135,000 USD)
2014: EEB Travel, Research, and Internship Funding, University of Michigan ($600 USD)
2013: Underwood Alger Scholarship, University of Michigan ($1000 USD)
2012: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Travel Grant, University of Michigan ($800 USD)
MENTORING
2020-Present: Sarah Shah, Co-Supervisor • PhD Student, UQ
2020-Present: Yibi Chen, Co-Supervisor • PhD Student, UQ
2020: Xiaoyu Hou, Co-Supervisor • Masters Student, UQ
2020: Michael Ciccotosto-Camp, Co-Supervisor • Undergraduate Student, UQ
2020: Michael Fortuin, Co-Supervisor • Undergraduate Student, UQ
2018-19: Juan Carabeo-Nieva • Undergraduate Student, FIU
2017-18: Bridgette Hernandez • Undergraduate Student, FIU
2017-18: Natalia Padillo • Undergraduate Student, FIU
TEACHING
2020-Present: Instructor • SCIE2100/BINF6000 Bioinformatics 1: Introduction, UQ
2020: Mentor • BIOC6512 Honours Journal Club, UQ
2019: Lead Instructor • BSC2011L: SEA-PHAGES Program, FIU / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2016-18: Graduate Teaching Assistant • BSC2011L: SEA-PHAGES Lab, FIU / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2016-17: Graduate Teaching Assistant • BSC1010L: General Biology II Lab, FIU
2014-16: Graduate Teaching Assistant • PCB3063L: Genetics Lab, FIU
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2022: Teaching@UQ, The University of Queensland,
2018: SEA-PHAGES Bioinformatics Faculty Training Workshop, HHMI Headquarters, Chevy Chase, MD
2017: Python for Everybody, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, FL
2016: Coral In Situ Metabolism (CISME) Workshop, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2015: R Workshop, Florida International University, Miami, FL
2015: Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Florida International University, Miami, FL
OUTREACH / SERVICE
Reviewer: BMC Genomics, Coral Reefs, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology Resources, Biotechnology Reports
2016-18: Planning Committee / Program Designer, Biosymposium, Florida International University
2017: Presenter, Keys Marine Laboratory Science Night, Layton, FL
2016: Volunteer, DEEPEND Booth, Tortuga Music Festival Conservation Village, Miami, FL
2015: Presenter, Miami Underwater Festival, Frost Science Museum, Miami, FL
2015: Volunteer, Family Science Nights, Treasure Village Montessori, Islamorada, FL
2012-14: Volunteer, Greek Life Strategic Plan Task Force, University of Michigan
2013-14: Student Judge, Greek Activities Review Panel, University of Michigan
2013: Volunteer, Ann Arbor Community Center Summer Day Camp
2011-13: Mentor, Assisting Latinos to Maximize Achievement Program, University of Michigan
2011: Student Representative, Leadership Connection, University of Michigan
2010-12: Vice President, M.O.S.A.I.C. Multicultural Council, University of Michigan
2009-12: Mentor, Proyecto Avance: Latino Mentoring Association, University of Michigan
CERTIFICATIONS
American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) Certified Scientific Diver
Technical Diving International Nitrox Diver
Profesional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Advanced Diver
Divers Alert Network (DAN) Oxygen Provider
DAN Basic Life Support: First Aid/CPR/AE