At Geor­gia Tech, mem­bers and trainees of the Cen­ter for Mi­cro­bial Dy­nam­ics and In­fec­tion dis­cuss the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of pathogen es­sen­tial genes dur­ing coin­fec­tions, and how coral man­age­ment can im­prove coral de­fenses against pathogens.