Email: kbeavers@tacc.utexas.edu
Kelsey is a computational biologist with a focus on using high-performance computing to address complex scientific problems. She completed her Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2024, where she used gene expression to study infectious diseases and symbiosis in stony corals. Upon graduating, Kelsey joined the Life Sciences Computing team at TACC, where she leads and contributes to various research projects that expand our understanding of biology through high-performance computing. Kelsey is also committed to mentorship and is passionate about empowering future scientists to leverage computational tools in groundbreaking ways.
Beavers, K. M., Van Buren, E. W., Rossin, A. M., Emery, M. A., Veglia, A. J., Karrick, C. E., MacKnight, N. J., Dimos, B. A., Meiling, S. S., Smith, T. B., Apprill, A., Muller, E. M., Holstein, D. M., Correa, A. M., Brandt, M. E., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2023). Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38612-4
Traylor-Knowles, N., Baker, A. C., Beavers, K. M., Garg, N., Guyon, J. R., Hawthorn, A., MacKnight, N. J., Medina, M., Mydlarz, L. D., Peters, E. C., Stewart, J. M., Studivan, M. S., & Voss, J. D. (2022). Advances in coral immunity ‘omics in response to disease outbreaks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.952199
Veglia, A. J., Beavers, K., Van Buren, E. W., Meiling, S. S., Muller, E. M., Smith, T. B., Holstein, D. M., Apprill, A., Brandt, M. E., Mydlarz, L. D., & Correa, A. M. (2022). Alphaflexivirus genomes in stony coral tissue loss disease-affected, disease-exposed, and disease-unexposed coral colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01199-21
