2025 Publications (Full List)

June 8, 2026

Bachvaroff

Baldino, A., Bachvaroff, T., Chung, J.S. 2025. Relating differential gene expression and genomic analyses to functional adaptation at various developmental stages of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. BMC Genomics.

Judd, M., Baldino, A., Wira, J., Place, A.R., Bachvaroff, T. 2025. Collectors, not hoarders: Complex gene structures in Amphidinium carterae revealed through nanopore sequencing. BMC Genomics.

Jonas, L., Lee, Y.-Y., Bachvaroff, T., Hill, R.T., Li, Y. 2025. Two novel Patescibacteria: Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Minusculum obligatum gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. mBio.

DeMontigny, W., Bachvaroff, T. 2025. The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of Amoebophrya sp. ex Karlodinium veneficum. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.

Tizabi, D., Hill, R.T., Bachvaroff, T. 2025. Nanopore sequencing of Amoebophrya sp. reveals novel collection of bacteria putatively associated with Karlodinium veneficum. Genome Biology and Evolution.

Chen

Wang, Y., Xu, J., Liu, L., Chen, J., Wang, X., Hu, Y., He, B., Li, Y., Chen, F., Zheng, Q. 2025. Deep learning reveals hidden diversity of Synechococcus in the coastal water of China: novel clades and their ecological insights.

Dong, J., Chen, X., Chen, F., Hu, Z., Tu, Q., Li, G., He, C., Shi, Q., Zheng, Q., Chen, F., Shi, T., Jiao, N., Liu, J. 2025. Temperature thresholds govern microbial-mediated dissolved organic carbon dynamics in coastal ecosystems. Advanced Science.

Du, S., Wu, Z., Wu, Y., Yang, M., Deng, C., Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Zhang, Z., Zhao, Y. 2025. Marine Autographiviridae phages exhibit high genetic diversity and global-scale biogeographic patterns. Communications Biology.

Mohy-Ud-Din, W., Chen, F., Bashir, S., Akhtar, M.J., Asghar, H.N., Ali, Q., Hassan, W., Yasin, S., Hammad, M., Choudary, Z.M., Ashraf, W., Ali, H.M. 2025. Enhancing maize yield and antioxidant capacity with glyphosate-resilient rhizobacteria in glyphosate contaminated soil. BMC Plant Biology.

Singh, U., Naaz, F., Hawkins, T., Weinberg, E., Banerjee, S., Mroz, R., Ohri, N., Zhang, J., Lee, Y.-Y., Chen, F., Hill, R.T., Li, Y. 2025. Direct flue gas capture for algae cultivation and subsequent valorization: evaluating life cycle emissions and costs. Sustainable Energy & Fuels.

Jiao, F., Ramarui, K., He, C., North, E., Li, Y., Chen, F. 2025. Impact of salinity on morphology, growth, and pigment profiles of Scenedesmus obliquus HTB1 under ambient air and elevated CO2 (10%) conditions. Algal Research.

Chen, F. 2025. Picocyanobacteria in the Chesapeake Bay (Invited review). Marine Life Science & Technology.

He, C., Gonsior, M., Liu, J., Jiao, N., Chen, F. 2025. Genome-streamlined SAR202 bacteria are widely present and active in the euphotic ocean. ISME Journal.

Chung

DasSarma

Khoshnaw, A., Toledo Akiti, B., Vincze, T., DasSarma, P., Fomenkov, A., Powers, D.W., Roberts, R.J., DasSarma, S. 2025. Genome sequence and methylome profile of Natrinema pallidum strain NMX15-1, a halophilic archaeon, from Permian Period halite, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Toledo Akiti, B., Kaya, G., Kennedy, S.P., DasSarma, P., Vincze, T., Fomenkov, A., Roberts, R.J., DasSarma, S. 2025. Genome sequence and methylome of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber strain M31T isolated from a crystallizer pond in Mallorca, Spain. Microbiology Resource Announcements.

DasSarma, S. 2025. Creating an interprofessional consortium on climate and health for higher education as a step toward a sustainable future. In: North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education. World Sustainability Series. Springer.

Dooley

Hajduczki, A., Chang, W.C., De La Barrera, R., Wood, J.F., Chen, W.H., Martinez, E.J., Jensen, J.L., Sankhala, R.S., Smith, C., Anderson, A., Morrison, E.B., Peterson, C.E., Rees, P.A., Soman, S., Kuklis, C., Ahmed, A., King, J., Nasar, F., Corbitt, C., Choe, M., Thomas, P.V., Zemil, M., Wieczorek, L., Polonis, V.R., Dooley, H.M., Mascola, J.R., de Val, N., Matyas, G.R., Rao, M., Gromowski, G.D., Modjarrad, K., Vasan, S., Froude, J.W., Michael, N.L., Joyce, M.G., Zarling, S. 2025. Production of Clinical-Grade SARS-CoV-2 Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle Protein Immunogen by Transient Transfection. Vaccines.

Hill, T.M., Dooley, H. 2025. The unexpected role of nurse shark pancreas as a secondary lymphoid organ. Journal of Immunology.

Hill

Manwill, P.K., Shank, Z., Wieboldt, T., Blasiak, L.C., Hill, R.T., Rakotondraibe, H.L. 2025. Investigation of an endophytic Streptomyces sp. from the liverwort Bazzania trilobata: A new source for abyssomicins. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.

Jonas, L., Lee, Y.-Y., Mroz, R., Hill, R.T., Li, Y. 2025. Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 and its bacterial symbionts for carbon capture, utilization, and storage: Biomass and calcium carbonate production under high pH and high alkalinity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Cao, L., Ma, S., Xiang, S., Li, Y., Zhang, X., Zhu, Z., Yan, X., Ruan, R., Cheng, P. 2025. Regulating the Carbon-to-Nitrogen ratio for enhanced reconstruction efficiency in Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture systems. Bioresource Technology.

Singh, U., Naaz, F., Hawkins, T.R., Weinberg, E., Banerjee, S., Mroz, R., Ohri, N., Zhang, J., Lee, Y.-Y., Chen, F., Hill, R.T., Li, Y. 2025. Direct flue gas capture for algae cultivation and subsequent valorization: evaluating life cycle emissions and costs. Sustainable Energy & Fuels.

Zheng, J., Wei, H., Shi, J., Yu, L., Luo, M., Li, Y., Li-Beisson, Y., Liu, J. 2025. A histone demethylase is involved in regulating the transcription factor PSR1 for carbon storage in Chlamydomonas. The Plant Journal.

Jonas, L., Lee, Y.-Y., Mroz, R., Hill, R.T., Li, Y. 2025. Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 and its bacterial symbionts for carbon capture, utilization, and storage: biomass and calcium carbonate production under high pH and high alkalinity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Jiao, F., Ramarui, K., He, C., North, E.W., Li, Y., Chen, F. 2025. Impact of salinity on morphology, growth, and pigment profiles of Scenedesmus obliquus HTB1 under ambient air and elevated CO2 (10%) conditions. Algal Research.

Ma, F., Guo, J., Li, Y., Li, G., Zhang, X., Zhu, Z., Ruan, R., Cheng, P. 2025. Optimizing fucoxanthin production in Chaetoceros sp. using conditioned wastewater and tailored culture conditions. Journal of Water Process Engineering.

Macario

Rappa, F., Paladino, L., Cappello, F., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L. 2025. Hsp60 and carcinogenesis. In: The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Academic Press (Elsevier). pp. 99-120.

Barone, R., Cappello, F., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L. 2025. Hsp60 and skeletal muscle diseases. In: The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Academic Press (Elsevier). pp. 149-163.

Burgio, S., Cappello, F., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L. 2025. Hsp60 in physiology and pathophysiology of the respiratory system. In: The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Academic Press (Elsevier). pp. 179-197.

Scalia, F., Cappello, F., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L. 2025. Hsp60 and nervous system development and diseases. In: The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Academic Press (Elsevier). pp. 237-262.

Picone, D., Cappello, F., Conway de Macario, E., Macario, A.J.L., Fucarino, F. 2025. Hsp60 and pathophysiology of the neuroendocrine system. In: The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Academic Press (Elsevier). pp. 263-273.

Place

Armstrong, C.T., Sakowicz, G.P., Smith, J.L., Sanderson, M.P., Reece, K.S., Place, A.R. 2025. Phycotoxins along two New Jersey Estuaries: Limitations of Passive Samplers in a Complex System. Estuaries and Coasts.

Judd, M., Baldino, A., Wira, J., Place, A.R., Bachvaroff, T. 2025. Collectors, not hoarders: Complex gene structures in Amphidinium carterae revealed through Nanopore sequencing. BMC Genomics. In press.

Garber, J.A., Shea, D., Tatters, A.O., Kudela, R.M., Place, A.R., Smith, J.L. 2025. Application of a Novel Passive Sampler for Use in the Monitoring of Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins at the Land-Sea Interface of the U.S. SETAC, One Health: Fate, Effects, Monitoring, and Management of Benthic and Pelagic HABs. (Oral Presentation).

Judd, M., Baldino, A., Wira, J., Place, A.R., Bachvaroff, T. 2025. Establishing a model: Amphidinium carterae as a template for dinoflagellate genomics & expression. 79th Annual PSA Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Oral Presentation).

Salzer, J., Place, A.R., Deeds, J. 2025. Palytoxin detected in aquarium zoanthids: implications for human health and biosynthetic origin. 79th Annual PSA Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Poster Presentation).

Wira, J., Place, A.R., Litaker, W., Tester, P.A. 2025. Shedding light on Gambierdiscus behaviors. 79th Annual PSA Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Oral Presentation).

Armstrong, T., Place, A.R., Claridge, K., Martinez, F. 2025. US HAB-CTI: A national program to accelerate the development and application of HAB control technologies. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Gordon Research Conference. (Poster Presentation).

Schott

Mohammed-Geba, K., Elamin, A.M., Hassan, A., Mohammed, E., Salah-Eldin, A.E., Schott, E.J., Galal-Khallaf, A. 2025. Environmental DNA-based metabarcoding reveals a high animal biodiversity level within Red Sea mangrove beds. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Schott, E., Brailo Scepanovic, M., Marsic Lucic, J., Pares, O., Zhao, M., Hrabar, J., Glamuzina, L., Pecarevic, S., Grdan, M., da Silva Encarnacao, J., Morais, P., Pesic, A., Cetkovic, I., Glamuzina, B. 2025. The prevalence of two known pathogens of Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus in coastal Adriatic, Aegean Sea, and Atlantic Iberian coast. Mediterranean Marine Science.

Stefanak, M., Schott, E., Woodland, R. 2025. Observations on the population distribution and ecology of Branchiostoma (Cephalochordata) lancelets from the Virginia inner continental shelf region, United States. Marine Biology.

Schreier

Kachmar, M.L., Bergman, C.N., Schreier, H.J., Feild, G., Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M., Carnegie, R.B., Burge, C.A., Gignoux-Wolfsohn, S. 2025. Spatio-temporal patterns of Perkinsus marinus infections are driven by a changing environment in the Chesapeake Bay. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. In press.

Agnew-Camiener, M.V., Eisenlord, M.E., Friedman, C.S., Schreier, H.J., Burge, C.A. 2025. Pathogenicity and phylogeny of Labyrinthula spp. isolated in Washington and Oregon, USA. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.

Tracy

Tracy, A.M., Aguilar, R., Ritter, C.J., Heggie, K., Ogburn, M.B. 2025. The hybrid approach to monitoring: a remote Rapid Assessment Protocol (RAP) complements existing monitoring tools for oyster restoration and management. Restoration Ecology.

Vakharia

Rondon-Espinoza, J., Castro-Sanguinetti, G., Apaza-Chiara, A., Gonzalez-Veliz, R., Callupe-Leyva, A., Vakharia, V.N., Icochea, E., More-Bayona, J. 2025. Immunogenicity of a recombinant avian influenza H2 protein using an abdominal inoculation model in chickens. Vaccines.

Vasta

Henrikson, D.E., Ahmed, H., Tasumi, S., Gokara, M., Feng, C., Abernathy, K., Iqbal, M., Bianchet, M.A., Vasta, G.R. 2025. A "proto" type galectin expressed in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) tissues is released to epidermal mucus and binds to bacterial and mucus glycans. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Vasta, G.R., Bianchet, M.A. 2025. F-type lectins: Structural and functional aspects, and potential biomedical applications. BBA Advances.

Iqbal, M., Feng, C., Zong, G., Wang, L.X., Vasta, G.R. 2025. Galectin-3 disrupts tight junctions of airway epithelial cell monolayers by inducing expression and release of matrix metalloproteinases upon influenza A infection. Glycobiology.

Vasta, G.R., Rabinovich, G.A. 2025. An evolutionary perspective of the roles of galectins in pathogen recognition and immunity. Seminars in Immunology.

Wong

Yanagitsuru, Y.R., Hayman, E.S., Fairgrieve, W.T., Zohar, Y., Wong, T.-T., Luckenbach, J.A. 2025. Proof-of-concept for sterility induction in sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) via a scalable immersion-based gene silencing approach. Aquaculture.

Peng, K.C., Wong, T.-T. 2025. Amphipathic Alpha-Helical Peptides AH1 and AH3 facilitate immunogenicity of enhanced green fluorescence protein in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.

Xu, L., Small, J.M., Hood, S.M., Zhao, M., Plough, L.V., Wong, T.-T. 2025. Morpholino oligomer delivery via bath immersion for use in reverse genetic studies on the early development of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Aquaculture.

Zohar

Levavi-Sivan, B., Zohar, Y., Kah, O. 2025. Pituitary gland, comparative cellular organization in vertebrates. Encyclopedia of Reproduction, 3rd Ed. Elsevier.