	Misha Matz Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
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E-mail: matz@mail.utexas.edu Office: PAT 432, (512) 471-6731 Lab: Fax: (512) 471-3878	Education B.S., Moscow State University, 1989 M.S., Moscow State University, 1991 Ph.D., Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, 1999 Research Interests Our main focus is coral evolution in response to climate change. We address this problem through methods of quantitative genetics, gene expression analysis, and population genomics. To facilitate the application of these methods to non-model organisms such as corals, we develop original transcriptome and genome analysis protocols based on next-generation sequencing technologies. Our goal is to obtain evidence of ongoing coral adaptation, gain insight into its population and molecular mechanisms, and evaluate the rates and spatial patterns of adaptation, which is of prime importance for strategic planning of reef conservation. We also work on molecular basis and evolution of fluorescence in various marine creatures, and soon hope to add an ecology aspect to this line of research. Please visit MatzLAB website for more detail. Publications Meyer, E., S. Davies, S. Wang, B. L. Willis, D. Abrego, T. Juenger, and M. V. Matz. Genetic variation in responses to settlement cue and elevated temperature in a reef-building coral Acropora millepora. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 2009, in press. Meyer, E., Aglyamova, G. V., Wang, S., Buchanan-Carter, J, Abrego, D., Colbourne, J. K., Willis, B. L., and Matz, M. V. Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GS Flx. BMC Genomics 2009, 10: 219. Matz, M. V., Frank, T. M., Marshall, N.J., Widder, E. A., and Johnsen, S. Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. Curr. Biol. 2008, 18: 1849-1854. Wang, S., Zhang, L. and Matz, M.V. Microsatellite characterization and marker development from public EST and WGS databases in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Journal of Heredity 2008, doi: 10.1093/jhered/esn100. Alieva, N.O., Konzen, K. A., Field, S. F., Meleshkevitch, E. A., Hunt, M., Beltran-Ramirez,V., Miller, D. J., Wiedenmann, J., Salih, A. and Matz, M. V. Diversity and evolution of coral fluorescent proteins. PLoS ONE 2008, 3(7): e2680. Matz, M. V., Marshall, N. J. and Vorobyev, M. Are corals colorful? Photochem. Photobiol., 2006, 82: 345-350. Field, S. F., Bulina, M. Y., Kelmanson, I. V., Bielawski J. P. and Matz, M. V. Adaptive evolution of multi-colored fluorescent proteins in reef-building corals. J. Mol. Evol., 2006, 62:332-339. Nielsen, R. and Matz, M. V. Statistical approaches for DNA barcoding. Syst. Biol. 2006, 55:162-169. Ugalde, J. A., Chang, B. S. W. and Matz, M. V. Evolution of coral pigments recreated. Science 2004, 305: 1433. Field, S. F., Bulina, M. Y., Kelmanson, I. V., Bielawski J. P. and Matz, M. V. Adaptive evolution of multicolored fluorescent proteins in reef-building corals. J. Mol. Evol., in press. Nielsen, R. and Matz, M. V. Statistical approaches for DNA barcoding. Syst. Biol., in press. Matz, M. V. and Nielsen, R. Likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. Phylos Trans Roy. Soc. B, 360, in press. Chang, B. S. W., Ugalde, J. A. and Matz, M.V. Application of ancestral protein reconstruction in understanding protein function: GFP-like proteins. Meth Enzymol. 2005, 395: 652-670. Ugalde, J. A., Chang, B. S. W. and Matz, M. V. Evolution of coral pigments recreated. Science 2004,305: 1433. Shagin, D. A., Barsova, E. V., Yanushevich, Y. G., Fradkov, A. F., Lukyanov, K. A., Labas, Y. A., Ugalde, J. A., Meyers, A., Nunez, J. M., Widder, E. A., Lukyanov, S. A., Matz, M. V. GFP-like proteins as ubiquitous Metazoan superfamily: evolution of functional features and structural complexity. Mol Biol Evol.,2004, 21: 841-850. Matz, M. V., Labas, Y. A. and Ugalde, J. Evolution of function and color in GFP-like proteins. In: Green Fluorescent Protein: Properties, Applications and Protocols, 2nd Ed. (M. Chalfie and S.R.Kain eds.), Wiley. Matz, M. V. and Meleshkevith, E. A. Ordered Differential Display. In: Differential Display Methods and Protocols 2nd ed. (J. Meade, P Liang and A. B. Pardee Eds) 2nd ed. Humana press, Totowa, NJ, in press. Zhulidov PA, Bogdanova EA, Shcheglov AS, Vagner LL, Khaspekov GL, Kozhemyako VB, Matz MV, Meleshkevitch E, Moroz LL, Lukyanov SA, Shagin DA. Simple cDNA normalization using kamchatka crab duplex-specific nuclease. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32: e37. Kelmanson, I. K. and Matz, M. V. Molecular basis and evolutionary origins of color diversity in great star coral Montastraea cavernosa (Scleractinia, Faviida). Mol Biol Evol 2003, 20: 1125-1133.

Misha Matz

Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology

Education | Research Interests | Publications

E-mail:
matz@mail.utexas.edu
Office:
PAT 432,
(512) 471-6731
Lab:

Fax:
(512) 471-3878

Education

B.S., Moscow State University, 1989
M.S., Moscow State University, 1991
Ph.D., Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, 1999

Research Interests

Our main focus is coral evolution in response to climate change. We address this problem through methods of quantitative genetics, gene expression analysis, and population genomics. To facilitate the application of these methods to non-model organisms such as corals, we develop original transcriptome and genome analysis protocols based on next-generation sequencing technologies. Our goal is to obtain evidence of ongoing coral adaptation, gain insight into its population and molecular mechanisms, and evaluate the rates and spatial patterns of adaptation, which is of prime importance for strategic planning of reef conservation.

We also work on molecular basis and evolution of fluorescence in various marine creatures, and soon hope to add an ecology aspect to this line of research.

Please visit MatzLAB website for more detail.

Publications

Meyer, E., S. Davies, S. Wang, B. L. Willis, D. Abrego, T. Juenger, and M. V. Matz. Genetic variation in responses to settlement cue and elevated temperature in a reef-building coral Acropora millepora. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 2009, in press.
Meyer, E., Aglyamova, G. V., Wang, S., Buchanan-Carter, J, Abrego, D., Colbourne, J. K., Willis, B. L., and Matz, M. V. Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GS Flx. BMC Genomics 2009, 10: 219.
Matz, M. V., Frank, T. M., Marshall, N.J., Widder, E. A., and Johnsen, S. Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. Curr. Biol. 2008, 18: 1849-1854.
Wang, S., Zhang, L. and Matz, M.V. Microsatellite characterization and marker development from public EST and WGS databases in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Journal of Heredity 2008, doi: 10.1093/jhered/esn100.
Alieva, N.O., Konzen, K. A., Field, S. F., Meleshkevitch, E. A., Hunt, M., Beltran-Ramirez,V., Miller, D. J., Wiedenmann, J., Salih, A. and Matz, M. V. Diversity and evolution of coral fluorescent proteins. PLoS ONE 2008, 3(7): e2680.
Matz, M. V., Marshall, N. J. and Vorobyev, M. Are corals colorful? Photochem. Photobiol., 2006, 82: 345-350.
Field, S. F., Bulina, M. Y., Kelmanson, I. V., Bielawski J. P. and Matz, M. V. Adaptive evolution of multi-colored fluorescent proteins in reef-building corals. J. Mol. Evol., 2006, 62:332-339.
Nielsen, R. and Matz, M. V. Statistical approaches for DNA barcoding. Syst. Biol. 2006, 55:162-169.
Ugalde, J. A., Chang, B. S. W. and Matz, M. V. Evolution of coral pigments recreated. Science 2004, 305: 1433.
Field, S. F., Bulina, M. Y., Kelmanson, I. V., Bielawski J. P. and Matz, M. V. Adaptive evolution of multicolored fluorescent proteins in reef-building corals. J. Mol. Evol., in press.
Nielsen, R. and Matz, M. V. Statistical approaches for DNA barcoding. Syst. Biol., in press.
Matz, M. V. and Nielsen, R. Likelihood ratio test for species membership based on DNA sequence data. Phylos Trans Roy. Soc. B, 360, in press.
Chang, B. S. W., Ugalde, J. A. and Matz, M.V. Application of ancestral protein reconstruction in understanding protein function: GFP-like proteins. Meth Enzymol. 2005, 395: 652-670.
Ugalde, J. A., Chang, B. S. W. and Matz, M. V. Evolution of coral pigments recreated. Science 2004,305: 1433.
Shagin, D. A., Barsova, E. V., Yanushevich, Y. G., Fradkov, A. F., Lukyanov, K. A., Labas, Y. A., Ugalde, J. A., Meyers, A., Nunez, J. M., Widder, E. A., Lukyanov, S. A., Matz, M. V. GFP-like proteins as ubiquitous Metazoan superfamily: evolution of functional features and structural complexity. Mol Biol Evol.,2004, 21: 841-850.
Matz, M. V., Labas, Y. A. and Ugalde, J. Evolution of function and color in GFP-like proteins. In: Green Fluorescent Protein: Properties, Applications and Protocols, 2nd Ed. (M. Chalfie and S.R.Kain eds.), Wiley.
Matz, M. V. and Meleshkevith, E. A. Ordered Differential Display. In: Differential Display Methods and Protocols 2nd ed. (J. Meade, P Liang and A. B. Pardee Eds) 2nd ed. Humana press, Totowa, NJ, in press.
Zhulidov PA, Bogdanova EA, Shcheglov AS, Vagner LL, Khaspekov GL, Kozhemyako VB, Matz MV, Meleshkevitch E, Moroz LL, Lukyanov SA, Shagin DA. Simple cDNA normalization using kamchatka crab duplex-specific nuclease. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32: e37.
Kelmanson, I. K. and Matz, M. V. Molecular basis and evolutionary origins of color diversity in great star coral Montastraea cavernosa (Scleractinia, Faviida). Mol Biol Evol 2003, 20: 1125-1133.