David Bourne
Research Scientist
Natural Resources
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
Australia
Biography
Dr. David Bourne currently hold a shared position with AIMS and James Cook University. He did PhD in Biotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD in 1997 and Bachelor of Applied Science in Biotechnology (First Class Honours), University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD in 1992.He is Member of the AIMS@JCU 'Stress in tropical marine systems' program
Research Interest
Microbiology of corals and coral disease
Publications
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Raina JB, Clode PL, Cheong S, Bougoure J, Kilburn MR, Reeder A, Foret S, Stat M, Beltran V, Thomas-Hall P, Tapiolas D, Motti CM, Gong B, Pernice M, Marjo CE, Seymour JR, Willis BL, Bourne DG (2017) Subcellular tracking reveals the location of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in microalgae and visualises its uptake by marine bacteria. eLIFE 6: e23008.
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Sato Y, Ling EYS, Turaev D, Laffy P, Wenberg KD, Rattei T, Willis BL, Bourne DG (2017) Unraveling the microbial processes of black band disease in corals through integrated genomics. Scientific Reports 7: 40455 doi:10.1038/srep40455.
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Chen C, Bourne DG, Drovandi C, Mengersen K, Willis BL, Caley MJ, Sato Y (2017) Modelling environmental drivers of black band disease outbreaks in populations of foliose corals in the genus Montipora. Peer J. In press.
