Research activities currently underway at the MADL:
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![QPX ecology and disease dynamics in the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria (picture from whoi.edu)](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2014/09/deadclams-omtwsq-300x225.jpg)
1: QPX ecology and disease dynamics in the hard clam (picture from whoi.edu)
![Early host-pathogen interactions in bivalves](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2014/09/mucosal-12n6h8n-300x225.jpg)
2: Mucosal immunity and early host-pathogen interactions in bivalves
![Project 3: Probing the mechanisms of particle selection in suspension-feeding bivalves](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2014/09/feeding-1c0voq9-300x225.jpg)
3: Probing the mechanisms of particle selection in suspension-feeding bivalves
![Project 4: Functional genomics investigations of host-pathogen interactions in bivalves](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2014/09/cluster-27vmjd5-300x225.jpg)
4: Functional genomics investigations of host-pathogen interactions in bivalves
![Project 5: Marker-assisted selection of hard clams for resistance towards QPX](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2014/09/clams-2bw1mpt-300x225.jpg)
5: Marker-assisted selection of hard clams for resistance towards QPX
![](https://you.stonybrook.edu/madl/files/2019/08/A3_day2_7_1_17_5.jpg)
6: Mechanisms and physiological costs of adaptation to Ocean Acidification