David J. Miller
Professor and Chief Investigator
UKC scholar (1975-1978); Postdoctoral Associate (Bristol, UK) 1979-1982; Postdoctoral Fellow (Adelaide) 1982-1984.
BSc (CNAA) • PhD (Kent, UK)
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
Professor and Chief Investigator
UKC scholar (1975-1978); Postdoctoral Associate (Bristol, UK) 1979-1982; Postdoctoral Fellow (Adelaide) 1982-1984.
BSc (CNAA) • PhD (Kent, UK)
James Cook University
Professor David Miller received his PhD from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1980. He was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Bristol University between 1980 and 1982 and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Adelaide between 1982 and 1984. He joined James Cook University as a Reader in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1996.
Lin M, Moya A, Ying H, Chen C, Cooke I, Ball E, Forȇt S and Miller D (2017) Analyses of corallimorpharian transcriptomes provide new perspectives on the evolution of calcification in the Scleractinia (corals). Genome Biology and Evolution, 9 (1). pp. 150-160
Mohamed A, Cumbo V, Harii S, Shinzato C, Chan C, Ragan M, Bourne D, Willis B, Ball E, Satoh N and Miller D (2016) The transcriptomic response of the coral Acropora digitifera to a competent Symbiodinium strain: the symbiosome as an arrested early phagosome. Molecular Ecology, 25 (13). pp. 3127-3141
Moya A, Howes E, Lacoue-Labarthe T, Forêt S, Hanna B, Medina M, Munday P, Ong J, Teyssié J, Torda G, Watson S, Miller D, Bijma J and Gattuso J (2016) Near-future pH conditions severely impact calcification, metabolism and the nervous system in the pteropod Heliconoides inflatus.Global Change Biology, 22 (12). pp. 3888-3900
Moya A, Sakamaki K, Mason B, Huisman L, Forêt S, Weiss Y, Bull T, Tomii K, Imai K, Hayward D, Ball E and Miller D (2016) Functional conservation of the apoptotic machinery from coral to man: the diverse and complex Bcl-2 and caspase repertoires of Acropora millepora. BMC Genomics, 17. pp. 1-20
Bertucci A, Forêt S, Ball E and Miller D (2015) Transcriptomic differences between day and night in Acropora millepora provide new insights into metabolite exchange and light-enhanced calcification in corals. Molecular Ecology, 24 (17). pp. 4489-4504
Hayward D, Grasso L, Saint R, Miller D and Ball E (2015) The organizer in evolution–gastrulation and organizer gene expression highlight the importance of Brachyury during development of the coral, Acropora millepora. Developmental Biology, 399 (2). pp. 337-347
Lutz A, Raina J, Motti C, Miller D and van Oppen M (2015) Host coenzyme Q redox state is an early biomarker of thermal stress in the coral Acropora millepora. PLoS ONE, 10 (10). pp. 1-18
Moya A, Huisman L, Fêret S, Gattuso J, Hayward D, Ball E and Miller D (2015) Rapid acclimation of juvenile corals to CO2-mediated acidification by upregulation of heat shock protein and Bcl-2 genes. Molecular Ecology, 24 (2). pp. 438-452
Sakamaki K, Imai K, Tomii K and Miller D (2015) Evolutionary analyses of caspase-8 and its paralogs: deep origins of the apoptotic signaling pathways. BioEssays, 37 (7). pp. 767-776
Bosch T, Adamska M, Augustin R, Domazet-Loso T, Foret S, Fraune S, Funayama N, Grasis J, Hamada M, Hatta M, Hobmayer B, Kawai K, Klimovich A, Manuel M, Shinzato C, Technau U, Yum S and Miller D (2014) How do environmental factors influence life cycles and development? An experimental framework for early-diverging metazoans. BioEssays, 36 (12). pp. 1185-1194
Kitahara M, Lin M, Forêt S, Huttley G, Miller D and Chen C (2014) The “naked coral” hypothesis revisited: evidence for and against Scleractinian monophyly. PLoS One, 9 (4). pp. 1-13
Lin M, Kitahara M, Luo H, Tracey D, Geller J, Fukami H, Miller D and Chen C (2014) Mitochondrial genome rearrangements in the Scleractinia/Corallimorpharia complex: implications for coral phylogeny. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6 (5). pp. 1086-1095
James Cook University researchers have found brightly coloured fish are becoming increasingly rare as coral declines, with the phenomenon likely to get worse in the future. Christopher Hemingson, a
Researchers working with stakeholders in the Great Barrier Reef region have come up with ideas on how groups responsible for looking after the reef can operate more effectively when the next bleaching
A new study has delivered a stark warning about the impacts of urban growth on the world’s coral reefs. As coastal developments expand at pace around the world, a year-long study of coral on a reef
Alarming new research shows global warming of 1.5°C relative to pre-industrial levels will be catastrophic for almost all coral reefs – including those once thought of as refuges. Associate Profes
Abstract: Molecular approaches have revolutionised our understanding of the systematics and evolution of most branches on the tree of life, including corals. Over the last twenty-five years molecula
Abstract: Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are a major driver of coral decline across the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and compound upon the impacts of increasingly frequent and severe coral
Abstract: Being a new staff member at JCU, I will start with a short overview of my research. Next I will zoom in on a specific topic that I have been interested in for a long time: the impact of e
Abstract: The harsh truth is that, despite exciting innovations and increases in activity, ocean conservation is not succeeding, at least not fast enough. This is my conclusion from the last decad
This talk is the last of the parachute science seminar series organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract Universities and institutions across th
This talk is the second of three on parachute science being organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract For millenia, Traditional Owners have hel
This talk is the first of three on parachute science being organized by the ARC CoE Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) committee. Abstract Parachute science is the practice whereby
ABSTRACT Climate change loss and damage is known as the “third pillar” of international climate governance in addition to mitigation and adaptation. Although there is no agreed upon definition,
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au