Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Christopher L. Follett, Michael J. Follows, Fernanda Henderikx-Freitas, Francois Ribalet, Mary R. Gradoville, Sacha N. Coesel, Hanna Farnelid, Zoe V. Finkel, Andrew J. Irwin, Oliver Jahn, David M. Karl, Jann Paul Mattern, Angelicque E. White, Jonathan P. Zehr, Virginia Armbrust (2024), Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.12555 Continue reading Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients
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A Marine Symbiosis Allows a Better Understanding of Our Cells Evolution
Human cells, as well as cells of animals, plants, fungi, and other eukaryotic organisms, originally emerged hundreds of millions of years ago through the symbiotic association of some primitive bacteria that, until then, had lived independently. This represented an unprecedented leap in the complexity of life, where some bacteria, after having resided within cells for a long time, eventually transitioned into becoming organelles of these cells. This transition allowed for the compartmentalization and control of bacterial-derived functions within the eukaryotic cell. CBIOMES Mick Follows contributes to a new paper in the journal Cell.
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Alexandra Jones-Kellett and Michael J. Follows (2024), A Lagrangian coherent eddy atlas for biogeochemical applications in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Earth System Science Data, doi: 10.5194/essd-16-1475-2024 Continue reading A Lagrangian coherent eddy atlas for biogeochemical applications in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Vitamin B12 adaptability in Antarctic algae has implications for climate change
Vitamin B12 deficiency in people can cause a slew of health problems and even become fatal. Until now, the same deficiencies were thought to impact certain types of algae, as well. A new study led by former MIT CBIOMES postdoc Deepa Rao examined the algae Phaeocystis antarctica’s (P. antarctica) exposure to a matrix of iron and vitamin B12 conditions. Results show that this algae can survive without B12, something that computer analysis of genome sequences had incorrectly indicated. Continue reading Vitamin B12 adaptability in Antarctic algae has implications for climate change
Krinos, A., N. Cohen, M.J. Follows and H. Alexander (2023), Reverse engineering environmental meta-transcriptomes clarifies best practices for eukaryotic assembly, BMC Bioinformatics, doi: 10.1186/s12859-022-05121-y Continue reading Reverse engineering environmental meta-transcriptomes clarifies best practices for eukaryotic assembly
Anne Willem Omta, Elizabeth A. Heiny, Harshana Rajakaruna, David Talmy, Michael J. Follows (2023), Trophic model closure influences ecosystem response to enrichment, Ecological Modelling, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110183 Continue reading Trophic model closure influences ecosystem response to enrichment
URI researcher-led study opens oceans of possibilities
Darwin alum, now assistant professor of oceanography in URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, Keisuke Inomura talks to URI News about the recent Nature Geoscience study he led. Continue reading URI researcher-led study opens oceans of possibilities
Keisuke Inomura, Curtis Deutsch, Oliver Jahn, Stephanie Dutkiewicz and Michael J. Follows (2022), Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology, Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/s41561-022-01066-2 Continue reading Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology
Shackleton, J.D., Follows, M.J., Thomas, P.J. and A.W. Omta (2022), The Mid-Pleistocene Transition: a delayed response to an increasing positive feedback? Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06544-2
Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds
Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis. Continue reading Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds