Allisan Aquilina-Beck

Molecular Biologist - National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Education

M.S., 2005, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Research Interests

Genetics/Molecular Biology

Publications

• Perkins-Taylor, C., McFee, W., Beck, A., Zadra, C., Polinski, J., Greig, T. Characterizing the respiratory microbiome of free-ranging Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) from drone-collected blow samples (in press)
• Catoni, R. (2026). Gene Expression Dynamics During Embryonic, Larval, and Post-Settlement Development in the Mesophotic Octocoral Swiftia exserta. (Master's thesis, College of Charleston)
• Trayhan, J. (2026). Assessing Seasonal Trends, Detection Patterns, and Co-Detection of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, Cetacean Herpesvirus, and Brucella ceti in Stranded Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops erebennus) Lung Tissues (Master's thesis, College of Charleston)
• Lange, K., Aquilina‐Beck, A., McCauley, M., Johnstone, J., Demopoulos, A., Greig, T., ... & Etnoyer, P. J. (2025). Ecophysiology of two mesophotic octocorals intended for restoration: Effects of light and temperature. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(11), 3309-3321.