Erin Burge
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Coastal Carolina University
Department of Marine Science
PO Box 261954
Conway, SC 29526
(843) 349-6491
eburge@coastal.edu
Ph.D., 2003, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
Research emphasis: Molecular immunology of fishes and invertebrates, host-pathogen interactions, environmental influences on immunity, molecular ecology
Current and planned research projects:
- comparison of gene expression profiles in shrimp associated with exposure to bacteria and the response to hypoxia
- effects on the feeding ecology of xanthid crabs by infection with the barnacle parasite, Loxothylacus
- examining the use of underwater video techniques to estimate grouper populations on hardbottom habitats
- development of real-time PCR assays of immunity for aquacultured cobia
- control of phase shifts between algal dominated and coral dominated assemblages on Jamaican coral reefs
Selected Publications:
- Burge, EJ, LE Burnett, and KG Burnett. 2009. Time-course analysis of
Litopenaeus vannamei peroxinectin mRNA expression after challenge with
Vibrio campbellii. Fish and Shellfish Immunology.
doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2009.05.012. - Gauthier, DT, RJ Latour, DM Heisey, CF Bonzek, J Gartland, EJ Burge, WK
Vogelbein. 2008. Mycobacteriosis is associated with mortality in wild
striped bass (Morone saxatilis) from Chesapeake Bay, USA. Ecological
Applications 18(7): 1718-1727. - Burge, EJ, DJ Madigan, LE Burnett and KG Burnett. 2007. Lysozyme gene
expression as a molecular marker of hemocyte location in Pacific white
shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after injection with Vibrio. Fish and
Shellfish Immunology 22: 327-339. - Powell, JWB, EJ Burge, CL Browdy, and EF Shepard. 2006. Efficiency and
sensitivity determination of Shrimple™, an immunochromatographic assay
for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), using quantitative real-time PCR.
Aquaculture 257(1-4): 167-172. - Burge, EJ, DT Gauthier, CA Ottinger and PA Van Veld. 2004. A Mycobacterium-inducible Nramp in striped bass Morone saxatilis. Infection and Immunity 72(3): 1626-1636.