SOS1 tonoplast neo-localization and the RGG protein SALTY are important in the extreme salinity tolerance of Salicornia bigelovii
Journal Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48595-5
Authors: Octavio R. Salazar, Ke Chen, Vanessa J. Melino, Muppala P. Reddy, Eva Hřbová, Jana Čížková, Denisa Beránková, Juan Pablo Arciniegas Vega, Lina Maria Cáceres Leal, Manuel Aranda, Lukasz Jaremko, Mariusz Jaremko, Nina V. Fedoroff, Mark Tester, Sandra M. Schmöckel
  • Salicornia bigelovii
  • salinity tolerance
  • salt marshes
  • Proteomics
The Northern Red Sea (Shushah Island) Coral Health Inferred from Benthic Foraminifers
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/d16080463
Authors: Nazik Öğretmen, Carlos Angulo-Preckler, Manuel Aranda, Carlos M. Duarte, Hildegard Westphal
  • Red Sea
  • Foraminifers
  • FoRAM Index
  • Marine Biodiversity
A carbon-nitrogen negative feedback loop underlies the repeated evolution of cnidarian–Symbiodiniaceae symbioses
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42582-y
Authors: Guoxin Cui, Alessandro Moret, JessicaMenzies, Huawen Zhong, Angus Li, Shiou-Han Hung, Salim Al-Babili, Manuel Aranda
  • carbon-nitrogen
  • Symbiodiniaceae
  • Ammonium
  • coral symbiosis
Assessing the feasibility of assisted migration of corals in the Red Sea
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1181456
Authors: Marcelle M. Barreto, Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Huawen Zhong, Manuel Aranda
  • coral reef
  • assisted migration
  • coral breeding
  • Global Climate Change
From the shallow to the mesophotic: a characterization of Symbiodiniaceae diversity in the Red Sea NEOM region
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1077805
Authors: Tullia I. Terraneo, Mustapha Ouhssain, Carolina Bocanegra Castano, Manuel Aranda, Benjamin C. C. Hume, Fabio Marchese, Silvia Vimercati, Giovanni Chimienti, Ameer A. Eweida, Christian R. Voolstra, Burton H. Jones, Sam J. Purkis, Mattie Rodrigue, Francesca Benzoni
  • NEOM
  • mesophotic communities
  • Scleractinia
  • Symbiodiniaceae
Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adf7108
Authors: Guoxin Cui, Migle K. Konciute, LorraineLing, Luke Esau, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Octavio R. Salazar, JasonS. Presnell, NilsRädecker, Huawen Zhong, JessicaMenzies, PhillipA. Cleves, Yi Jin Liew, CoryJ. Krediet, Val Sawiccy, MahaJ. Cziesielski, Paul Guagliardo, JeremyBougoure, MathieuPernice, Heribert Hirt, ChristianR. Voolstra, Virigina M. Weis, Pringle John R., Manuel Aranda
  • Aiptasia
  • Glucose
  • Ammonium
  • Nutrient recycling
  • Darwin Paradox
  • Whole-organism nitrogen assimilation
  • Symbiosis
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in the coral model system Exaiptasia diaphana
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:doi: 10.3791/64817. PMID: 37010313
Authors: Mascha Fiona Dix, Peng Liu, Guoxin Cui, Francesco Della Valle, Valerio Orlando, Manuel Aranda
  • Exaiptasia diaphana
  • epigenetics
  • chromatin
  • ChIP-seq
  • environmental changes
  • Adaptive Response
Linker histone H1 modulates defense priming and immunity in plants
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad106
Authors: Arsheed H. Sheikh, Kashif Nawaz, Naheed Tabassum, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Kiruthiga G. Mariappan, Hanna Alhoraibi, Naganand Rayapuram, Manuel Aranda, Martin Groth, Heribert Hirt
  • gene regulation
  • epigenetics
  • Transcriptomics
  • histone
Novel infrastructure for coral gardening and reefscaping
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1110830
Authors: Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Rebecca Klaus, Abdulaziz M. Al-Suwailem, Alejandro R. Prieto, Julian Charrière, Charlotte A.E. Hauser, Carlos M. Duarte, Manuel Aranda
  • coral restoration
  • maritechture
  • coral nursery
  • Adaptive management
  • selective propagation
  • breeding hubs
Disparate population structure and holobiont assemblage of Pocilloporid corals along the Red Sea necessitates reserve networks for effective conservation
Journal Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16871
Authors: Buitrago-López Carol, Anny Cárdenas, Benjamin C. C. Hume, Thierry Gosselin, Fabian Staubach, Henrique Marques-Souza Manuel Aranda, Barshis Daniel J., Yvonne Sawall, Christian R. Voolstra
  • Adaptation
  • Climate Change
  • coral reef
  • population genomics
  • Symbiodiniaceae
Rapid shits in thermal reaction norms and tolerance of brooded coral larvae following parental thermal acclimation
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16826
Authors: Lei Jiang, Cheng-Yue Liu, Guoxin Cui, Lin-Tao Huang, Xiao- Lei Yu, You-Fang Sun, Manuel Aranda, et al.
  • Acclimatization
  • coral larvae
  • Brooding corals
  • Heat tolerance
  • Metabolic depression
  • parental preconditioning
Signatures of selection underpinning rapid coral adaptation to the world's warmest reefs
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl7287
Authors: Edward G. Smith, Khaled M. Hazzouri, Jae Young Choi, Patrice Delaney, Mohammed Al-Kharafi, Emily J. Howells, M. Aranda, John A. Burt
  • Adaptation
  • Platygyra daedalea
  • Climate Change
  • DNA Methylation
PlantACT! – how to tackle the climate crisis
Journal Year: 2023
Authors: Heribert Hirt, Salim Al-Babili, et al., Manuel Aranda
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • Climate Change
  • agriculture
  • food safety
  • water use effeciency
  • nitrogen use efficiency
  • carbon sequestration
Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age
Book Year: 2022 ISSN:2213-719X DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07055-6
Authors: Madeleine J.H. Van Oppen, Manuel Aranda
  • Conservation
  • coral restoration
  • Molecular Tools
  • population genomics
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental DNA
  • Genetics
  • Omics
Histone modifications and DNA methylation act cooperatively in regulating symbiosis genes in the sea anemone Aiptasia
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01469-y
Authors: Kashif Nawaz, Maha J. Cziesielski, Kiruthiga G. Mariappan, Guoxin Cui, Manuel Aranda
  • Exaiptasia
  • Symbiosis
  • Gene Expression
  • DNA Methylation
The coral Acropora loripes genome reveals an alternative pathway for cysteine biosynthesis in animals
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq0304
Authors: Octavio R. Salazar, Prasanna N. Arun, Guoxin Cui, Line K. Bay, Madeleine J.H. Van Oppen, Nicole S. Webster, Manuel Aranda
  • Acropora loripes
  • Cysteine
  • biosynthesis
  • transsulfuration pathway
  • Coral-algal Symbiosis
Increased incompatibility of heterologous algal symbionts under thermal stress in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate model Aiptasia
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03724-y
Authors: Maha J. Cziesielski, Yi Jin Liew, Guoxin Cui, Manuel Aranda
  • Breviolum minutum
  • Aiptasia
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Heat tolerance
  • carbon limitation
  • Coral-algal Symbiosis
Investigating calcification-related candidates in a non-symbiotic scleractinian coral, Tubastraea spp.
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17022-4
Authors: Laura Capasso, Manuel Aranda, Guoxin Cui, Melanie Pousse, Sylvie Tambutte, Didier Zoccola
  • Tubastraea spp.
  • Coral Calcification
  • ahermatypic
  • micro-dissection
  • RNA-Seq
Nutritional control regulates symbiont proliferation and life history in coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01306-2
Authors: Guoxin Cui, Yi Jin Liew, Migle K. Konciute, Ye Zhan, Shiou-Han Hung, Jana Thistle, Lucia Gastoldi, Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Job Dekker, Manuel Aranda
  • Symbiodiniaceae
  • Nitrogen limitation
  • cell proliferation
  • Coral-algal Symbiosis
  • Differential gene expression analysis
Symbiosis with Dinoflagellates Alters Cnidarian Cell-Cycle Gene Expression
Journal Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3330160
Authors: Lucy G. Gorman, Migle K. Konciute, Guoxin Cui, Clinton A. Oakley, Arthur R. Grossman, Virigina M. Weis, Manuel Aranda, Simon K. Davy
  • Exaiptasia
  • Tissue-Specific RNA-Seq
  • Breviolum minutum
  • aposymbiotic