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Sam Vohsen

Pennsylvania State University

Department of Biology

208 Mueller Lab
University Park, PA  16802  

sav146@psu.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2020

Vohsen, S. A., Anderson, K. E., Gade, A. M., Gruber-Vodicka, H. R., Dannenberg, R. P., Osman, E. O., et al. (2020). Deep-sea corals provide new insight into the ecology, evolution, and the role of plastids in widespread apicomplexan symbionts of anthozoans. Microbiome, 8(1).

2019

Vohsen, S. A., Fisher, C. R., & Baums, I. B. (2019). Metabolomic richness and fingerprints of deep-sea coral species and populations. Metabolomics, 15, 34.

Conference Presentations - 16

2020

Vohsen, S. (2020). Laying a Foundation to Investigate the Role of Microbes in the Response of Corals to Oil Spills and Other Stressors: Discovery of Parasites, Chemoautotrophs, and Abundant Symbionts in Deep-Sea Corals. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Anderson, K., Vohsen, S., Fisher, C. R., & Baums, I. B. (2019). Occurrence and distribution of apicomplexan-related symbionts in corals across a wide depth range. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Baums, I. B., Vohsen, S. A., & Fisher, C. R. (2019). Deep water coral-associated microbial communities in the Gulf of Mexico differ along gradients of natural oil and gas inputs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Cruz Reyes, R., Vohsen, S. A., Girard, F., Bullock, L. M., Anderson, K. E., Glickman, O., et al. (2019). Deep-sea Callogorgia delta octocorals closely associated with active seepage are in significantly better condition than colonies found far from active seepage. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Cruz Reyes, R., Vohsen, S. A., Girard, F., Bullock, L. M., Anderson, K. E., Glickman, O., et al. (2019). Deep-sea Callogorgia delta octocorals closely associated with active seepage are in significantly better condition than colonies found far from active seepage. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Gade, A., Vohsen, S., Fisher, C. R., & Baums, I. B. (2019). Evolutionary History of Apicomplexan-Related Symbionts In Corals: Comparing Nuclear and Plastid Phylogeny. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Glickman, O., Cruz Reyes, R., Vohsen, S. A., & Fisher, C. R. (2019). The effects of proximity to active hydrocarbon seeps on the abundance and diversity of fauna associated with deep water octocorals. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Vohsen, S. A., Fisher, C. R., & Baums, I. B. (2019). A survey of deep-sea coral microbiomes in the Gulf of Mexico reveals potential symbioses and provides insight for microbes found in shallow-watr corals. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.

2018

Baums, I., Vohsen, S., & Fisher, C. R. (2018). Deepwater coral-associated microbial communities in the Gulf of Mexico are species-specific and include sulfur-oxidizing taxa. In Marine Evolution 2018. Stromstad, Sweden : 05/15/18-05/17/18.
Vohsen, S., Baums, I., & Fisher, C. (2018). Deepwater coral-associated microbial communities in the Gulf of Mexico are species-specific and include sulfur-oxidizing taxa. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Vohsen, S., Baums, I. B., & Fisher, C. R. (2018). Large-scale survey of deep-sea coral microbiomes in the Gulf of Mexico reveals potential symbioses. In 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Monterey, CA : 09/09/18-09/14/18.

2017

Baums, I., Dannenberg, R., Ruiz-Ramos, D. V., Vohsen, S., & Fisher, C. (2017). Ecology and Evolution of Deep Sea Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Vohsen, S., & Baums, C. F. (2017). The Effect of Natural Seep Exposure on the Microbial Community and Metabolome of the Deepwater Coral Callogorgia delta. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Vohsen, S., Baums, I., & Fisher, C. (2016). High-Throughput Metabolomics Identifies Species- and Habitat-Specific Metabolites in Corals. In 13th International Coral Reef Symposium. Honolulu, HI : 06/19/16-06/24/16.
Vohsen, S., Baums, I., & Fisher, C. (2016). High-throughput metabolomics identifies species- and cold seep-specific metabolites in corals. In 6th International Symposium Deep Sea Corals. Boston, MA : 09/11/16-09/16/16.

2015

Ruiz-Ramos, D., Dannenberg, R., Fisher, C., & Vohsen, S. (2015). Ecology and Evolution of Deep Sea Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities. In Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2015. Vienna, Austria : 07/12/15-07/16/15.