Teaching

• BC2013: Principles of Biochemistry (Level 2; TSV)
• BC2023: Molecular Genetics (Level 2; TSV)
• BC3101: Genes, Genomes and Development (Level 3; TSV)
• BC5101: Advanced Genes, Genomes and Development (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Genetics (3105)
• Evolutionary biology (3104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Marine systems and management (1805)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Cumming G, Adamska M, Barnes M, Barnett J, Bellwood D, Cinner J, Cohen P, Donelson J, Fabricius K, Grafton R, Grech A, Gurney G, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Hoey A, Hoogenboom M, Lau J, Lovelock C, Lowe R, Miller D, Morrison T, Mumby P, Nakata M, Pandolfi J, Peterson G, Pratchett M, Ravasi T, Riginos C, Rummer J, Schaffelke B, Wernberg T and Wilson S (2023) Research priorities for the sustainability of coral-rich western Pacific seascapes. Regional Environmental Change, 23 (2).
• Grinblat M, Eyal-Shaham L, Eyal G, Ben-Zvi O, Harii S, Morita M, Sakai K, Hirose M, Miller D and Loya Y (2023) Energy allocation trade-offs as a function of age in fungiid corals. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.
• Horowitz J, Quattrini A, Brugler M, Miller D, Pahang K, Bridge T and Cowman P (2023) Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 290 (2008).
• Mason B, Koyanagi M, Sugihara T, Iwasaki M, Slepak V, Miller D, Sakai Y and Terakita A (2023) Multiple opsins in a reef-building coral, Acropora millepora. Scientific Reports, 13.
• O'Brien P, Tan S, Frade P, Robbins S, Engelberts J, Bell S, Vanwonterghem I, Miller D, Webster N, Zhang G and Bourne D (2023) Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome-centric metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiology, 25 (12). pp. 3207-3224
• Xu J, Mead O, Moya A, Caglar C, Miller D, Adamski M and Adamska M (2023) Wound healing and regeneration in the reef building coral Acropora millepora. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.
• Kuek F, Motti C, Zhang J, Cooke I, Todd J, Miller D, Bourne D and Raina J (2022) DMSP production by coral-associated bacteria. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.
• Rosenberg Y, Simon-Blecher N, Lalzar M, Yam R, Shemesh A, Alon S, Perna G, Cardenas A, Voolstra C, Miller D and Levy O (2022) Urbanization comprehensively impairs biological rhythms in coral holobionts. Global Change Biology, 28 (10). pp. 3349-3364
• Schmidt C, Cooke I, Wilson D, Miller D, Peigneur S, Tytgat J, Field M, Takjoo R, Smout M, Loukas A and Daly N (2022) Newly Discovered Peptides from the Coral Heliofungia actiniformis Show Structural and Functional Diversity. Journal of Natural Products, 85 (7). pp. 1789-1798
• Ying H, Hayward D, Klimovich A, Bosch T, Baldassarre L, Neeman T, Foret S, Huttley G, Reitzel A, Fraune S, Ball E and Miller D (2022) The Role of DNA Methylation in Genome Defense in Cnidaria and Other Invertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39 (2).
• Zhang J, Richards Z, Adam A, Chan C, Shinzato C, Gilmour J, Thomas L, Strugnell J, Miller D and Cooke I (2022) Evolutionary Responses of a Reef-building Coral to Climate Change at the End of the Last Glacial Maximum. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39 (10).
• Andrade Rodriguez N, Moya A, Jones R, Miller D and Cooke I (2021) The significance of genotypic diversity in coral competitive interaction: a transcriptomic perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 160+ research outputs authored by Prof David Miller from 1993 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Insights into the molecular bases of coral-specific traits (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Coral and Microbial Interactions during Progression of Black Band Disease (BBD) (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Role of Hybridization in Evolutionary History of Scleractinian Corals (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• An anatomization of the molecular bases of regeneration and heat shock in corals (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Characterization of the CpG methylation distribution and patterns in the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Impact of Water Quality on Physiological Performance of the Coral Acropora Millepora (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

Completed

• Host-microbe symbiosis and coevolution in coral reef invertebrates (2022, PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Diversity, phylogeography and taxonomy of hard corals in the genus Porites (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Characterizing the bacterial community associated with the model alcyoniid Lobophytum pauciflorum (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Biogeography, reproductive biology and early development in scleractinian corals (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Molecular insights into a novel coral model, Heliofungia actiniformis (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Identifying antimicrobial peptides in genomes using machine learning (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Exploring the potential function of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and its by-product acrylate within the coral holobiont (2023, Masters , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) metabolism within the coral holobiont (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Exploiting whole-genome sequencing to understand the evolution of corals and their symbionts (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Investigating receptors and signalling pathways of coral settlement and metamorphosis using proteomics, transcriptomics and phylogenetics (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.

• Mohamed Esmail, A. (2018) Acropora digitifera: deciphering the nature of the coral-Chromera association. James Cook University
• Moya, A. (2017) Acropora millepora transcriptome. James Cook University
• Bertucci, A. (2017) Transcriptomic differences between day and night in Acropora millepora provide new insights into metabolite exchange and light-enhanced calcification in corals. James Cook University
• Weiss, Y. (2017) The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune response of corals with those of mammals and plants. James Cook University
• Mohamed Esmail, A. (2017) The transcriptomic response of the coral Acropora digitifera to a competent Symbiodinium strain: the symbiosome as an arrested early phagosome. James Cook University
• Wessels, W. (2016) Microbiome of the soft coral Lobophytum pauciflorum. James Cook University
• Wessels, W. (2016) A comparative study on sexual reproduction of scleractinian and alcyonacean corals. James Cook University

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