Karen Burnett
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 725-4826
burnettk@cofc.edu
http://www.burnettk.people.cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1978, University of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Environmental and comparative immunology
Current and planned research projects :
- impacts of natural stress factors (hypoxia, pH, temperature) and xenobiotics (metals, organics) on disease resistance in marine organisms
- metabolic and energetic costs of mounting an immune response in crustaceans
- the influence of dietary supplements on oxidative status and disease resistance in aquacultured shrimp
- intracellular processes (transcription/translation/signaling) regulating the immune response in fish, crustaceans and oysters
Selected Publications:
- Williams, H., Macey, B., Burnett, L., Burnett, K. 2009. Differential localization and bacteriostasis of Vibrio among tissues of the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Develop. Comp. Immunol. 33:592-600.
- Macey, B., Rathburn, C., Thibodeaux, L., Burnett, L., Burnett, K. 2008. Clearance of Vibrio campbellii injected into the hemolymph of Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic blue crab: The effects of prior exposure to bacteria and environmental hypoxia. Fish & Shellfish Immunol. 25:718-730.
- Macey, B., Achilihu, I., Burnett, K., Burnett, L. 2008. Effects of hypercapnic hypoxia on the inactivation and elimination Vibrio campbellii in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Applied Environ. Micro. 74:6077-6084.
- Burnett, K., Bain, L., Baldwin, W., Callard, G., Cohen, S., Di Giulio, R., Evans, D., Gómez-Chiarri, M., Hahn, M., Marshall, W., Meyer, J., Nacci, D., Oleksiak, M., Rees, B., Singer, T., Stegeman, J., Towle, D., Van Veld, P., Vogelbein, W., Whitehead, A., Winn, R., Crawford, D. 2007. Fundulus as the premier teleost model in environmental biology: Opportunities for new insights using genomics. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D 2:257-286.
- Burge, E.J., Madigan, D., Burnett, L., Burnett, K. 2007. Lysozyme gene expression by hemocytes of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after injection with Vibrio. Fish & Shellfish Immunol. 22:327-339.