Ongoing research in the lab is focused on identifying the factors that regulate complex host-microbe interactions in highly dynamic and rapidly changing ocean environments. Specifically, we are studying the role of temperature on aspects of the Siphamia-Photobacterium symbiosis, including the specificity of the association as well as phenotypic traits of the microbial symbionts and the process of symbiont community assembly. This work also involves characterizing and comparing the symbionts of the temperately-distributed Siphamia species to those in more tropical regions.