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Joanna Joyner Matos Postdoctoral Associate Department of Zoology University of Florida My C.V.	The Baer Lab
Dissertation research I am interested in the ecological physiology of freshwater and marine invertebrates, particularly bivalves. My Ph.D. research focused on the physiological strategies that allow bivalves to survive in habitats characterized by abiotic stressors such as hypoxia (low O₂), hyperoxia (high O₂), and hydrogen sulfide (H₂S). The physiological strategy I studied was the production of stress proteins, including heat shock proteins and antioxidants. My three study organisms were: Donax variabilis, Mercenaria mercenaria, and Sphaerium sp. D. variabilis M. mercenaria Sphaerium sp.	Postdoc research I am interested in examining whether there is a link between physiological condition and and mutational processes like mutation rate and spectrum. This work will be done on rhabditid nematodes, including Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae.
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