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Now diseases are rampant in regions like the Caribbean. Before the 1980s, diseases in corals were largely undescribed because they were so rare. Disease may result as the proportion of good to bad bacteria slips, she says. The fish, the corals and algae that live inside of them all have a role to play, but ultimately the reefs reflect a balance between growth and decay. From labs in Corvallis to reef ecosystems in the Red Sea, the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef off Australia, she and her team seek to understand how corals and other organisms - particularly the microbes they host - have co-evolved. It’s all part of the Global Coral Microbiome Project, an ambitious study funded by the National Science Foundation and led by Rebecca Vega-Thurber, assistant professor of microbiology at Oregon State. Back on the boat, they’ll store the samples in a “dry shipper,” a container filled with liquid nitrogen that instantly freezes the samples until they can be taken to the lab for gene sequencing. It’s not the slime that interests them it’s the bacteria contained within the liquid. They chip small fragments from the colonies and use syringes to collect mucus. McMinds and Zaneveld have traveled halfway around the world to gather coral samples. These massive marine structures are built by colonies of tiny marine invertebrates, and the researchers work with their noses inches from these animals that look more like miniature flowers than the architects of marine ecosystems. But the scientists are already descending, zeroed in on an interesting cluster. This first glimpse of a coral reef inspires awe. There are twisted fingers, tangled thickets, boulders and smooth patterned mounds that look like cartoon brains. A baroque vista of colorful corals in every imaginable shape greets them. It takes only moments to adjust to the rhythm. But when they submerge beneath the crashing chaos, the surge becomes a smooth rocking and pushes them toward a massive wall of coral before it draws them gently away again. On the opposite gunwale, Jesse Zaneveld, a post-doctoral researcher, follows suit.A few more frantic moments pass as the rest of the team enters the water and gathers on the surface. He rights himself and signals to the boat that he’s OK. He calmly holds his facemask and regulator in place with one hand and tumbles backward into the water. student is the youngest member of the team but also the most experienced diver. Ryan McMinds sits on the gunwale of the rocking boat. He wants the team to enter quickly and not dally on the surface, where waves threaten to toss them onto the shallow corals. “Very dangerous here,” Mohammad says, gesturing toward the break, the words of caution slicing through the language barrier. They eye each other nervously as the craft bucks over the swells. Four Oregon State University divers in back of the boat hurriedly strap on weight belts and hoist heavy tanks onto their shoulders. Since January 2019 Stefan Kayser is Chancellor of the Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt.Mohammad somehow manages to anchor just short of where the waves pound the reef’s outer wall. Subsequently Stefan Kayser was Head of the FHDW University of Applied Science in Bergisch Gladbach before he assumed the position as Managing Director of the EBS Executive Education GmbH and was appointed Honorary Professor of International Business at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht. He also served as Director of the Management School at thyssenkrupp Academy and developed Executive Education programs for the top Executives of the thyssenkrupp group on a global basis. Stefan Kayser was Academic Director of the joint Executive MBA Program of the WHU and the Kellogg School of Management (USA). Later Stefan Kayser held the position as Regional Controller of Latin America, before he joined the central e-business unit of Schenker where he was in charge of the development of Schenker’s e-business and partner activities in this field. He received his Doctorate in Business Economics from the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallendar, Germany) at the Chair of International Management.Īfter his doctoral degree he joined the Controlling Department of Schenker AG Head Office in Essen. Stefan Kayser has studied Economics in Bonn and Pullman, Washington State (USA).