Assistant Professor / Bioveterinary Immunologist

Dr. K. Fraser Clark

I am a molecular immunologist working on a variety of animal species to examine the amazing diversity and pathogen targeting ability of innate immune molecules. My lab uses high-throughput sequencing and other molecular techniques to answer comparative immunological and physiological questions in a variety of species including crustaceans and molluscs. In addition, we are examining the host-pathogen-environment interactions between a variety of marine pathogens, pollutants and their hosts.

ABOUT

Past and Current research
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Key Research Areas

• ​Comparative innate immunology
• Crustacean health, stress and disease
• Marine invertebrate-pathogen-environment interactions
• Crustacean microbiomes
• Marine pathogen genomics

Skills/Expertise/Interests

• PCR 
• Gel Electrophoresis
• DNA/RNA Cloning
• DNA/RNA Sequencing
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Next Generation Sequencing
• Reverse Transcription
• Genetic Analysis
• Immunology
• Innate Immunity
• Transcriptomics
• Marine Biology
• RNA Analysis
• NGS Data Analysis
• Differential Gene Expression
• Expression Profiling
• Microarray Analysis
• High Throughput Sequencing
• Marine Invertebrate Biology
• Microarray
• Functional GenomicsRNA-Seq
• Transcriptome Sequencing
• Crustacean Biology
• Microbial Genomics
• Gene Annotation
• Functional Annotation
• Gene Ontology
• RNA Sequencing
• Invertebrate Immunology
• Invertebrate Hormones