Dr. Joe Kelly

Research interest

My research seeks to elucidate the crosstalk between symbiotic microbes and their hosts. To this end, I enlist molecular genetic tools to perform genome-level investigations of the mechanisms that determine symbiosis.

CV
since 2020  Postdoc, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

2015-2020

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, USA

2013-2015

MSc., Marine Biology and Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.

2009-2012

BSc., Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami,Florida, USA.

Publication list


Kelly, J.B., Carlson, D.E., Low, J.S., Thacker, R.W. Novel trends of genome evolution in highly complex tropical sponge microbiomes. Microbiome 10, 164 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01359-z

Horas, E.L., Metzger, S.M., Platzer, B., Kelly, J.B., Becks L. Context dependent costs and benefits of endosymbiotic interactions in a ciliate-algae system. Environmental Microbiology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16112

Kelly, J.B., Thacker, R.W. 2021. New shallow water species of Caribbean Ircinia Nardo, 1833 (Porifera: Irciniidae). Zootaxa, 5072(4), 301–323. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.4.1

Kelly, J.B., Carlson, D.E., Low, J.S., Rice, T., Thacker, R.W. 2021. The relationship between microbiomes and selective regimes in the sponge genus Ircinia. Front Microbiol 12:607289. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.607289

Shipley, O.N., Kelly, J.B., Bizzarro, J.J., Olin, J.A., Cerrato, R.M., Power, M., Frisk, M.G. 2021. Evolution of realized Eltonian niches across Rajidae species. Ecosphere 12(2) e03368. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3368

Low, J.S., Farsakoglu, Y., Vesely, M.C.A., Sefik, E., Kelly, J.B., Harman, C.C.D., Jackson, R., Shyer, J.A., Jiang, X.,  Cauley, L.S., Flavell, R.A., Kaech, S.M.* 2020. Tissue-resident memory T cell reactivation by diverse antigen-presenting cells imparts distinct functional responses. J Exp Med 217(8) e20192291. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20192291.