Coral health diagnostics services

We offer an array of diagnostic services to meet your coral health monitoring needs. We generally take a “multi-‘omic” approach by which we use an optimized, coral-tailored protocol to analyze mRNAs, DNAs, proteins, lipids, and/or polar metabolites from the coral host, their endosymbiotic dinoflagellate populations, and the diverse array of other microbes associated with the “holobiont.”

We use these data to calculate a “coral health index” (CHI), a proxy for the environmental resilience and lifespan. Read on for details, or email me for a quote and sample submission form.

Using the protocol depicted below, we can gather an immense amount of information on the health of your target coral, using only ~50 mg of starting material; in many cases this is only a single coral polyp (or even a single larva).

If you are instead wanting predictions about your entire reef system, please go here.

Upload a picture of your coral or coral reef (or videos, documents, or anything that would aid in consultation).