A5082201063- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Plant and animal studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2022-2024
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
2019
Florida Atlantic University
2019
Wageningen University & Research
2019
Sponges (Phylum Porifera) are among the oldest Metazoa and considered critical to understanding animal evolution development. They also most prolific source of marine-derived chemicals with pharmaceutical relevance. Cell lines important tools for research in many disciplines, have been established organisms, including freshwater terrestrial invertebrates. Despite efforts over multiple decades, there still no cell marine In this study, we report a breakthrough: demonstrate that an amino...
Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) is an important species in Mediterranean aquaculture. Rapid intensification of its production and sub-optimal husbandry practices can cause stress, impairing overall fish performance raising issues related to sustainability, animal welfare, food safety. The advent next-generation sequencing technologies has greatly revolutionized the study stress biology, allowing a deeper understanding molecular responses. Here, we characterized for first time, using...
Sponges are rich sources of novel natural products. Production in cell cultures may be an option for supply these compounds but there currently no sponge lines. Because is a lack understanding about the precise conditions and nutritional requirements that necessary to sustain cells vitro, has yet defined, sponge-specific nutrient medium. This study utilized genetic algorithm approach optimize amino acid composition commercially available basal culture medium order increase metabolic activity...
Abstract With declining biodiversity worldwide, a better understanding of species diversity and their relationships is imperative for conservation management efforts. Marine sponges are species‐rich ecological key players on coral reefs, but still poorly understood. This particularly true the demosponge order Haplosclerida, whose systematic contentious due to incongruencies between morphological molecular phylogenetic hypotheses. The single gene markers applied in previous studies did not...
Apis mellifera a honey bee subspecies at risk of extinction across much its range has stronghold in Ireland where it is the native and referred to as black bee. However, an increase imports other commercial strains now major threat genetic integrity. Furthermore, despite assertions by Irelands' beekeepers that distinct ecotype, little taxonomic work focused on this population. Here we liaise with assess managed cohort for signs increased introgression. We also investigate morphological...
Actinoporins are proteinaceous toxins known for their ability to bind and create pores in cellular membranes. This quality has generated interest potential use as new tools, such therapeutic immunotoxins. Isolated historically from sea anemones, genes encoding similar actinoporin-like proteins have since been found a small number of other animal phyla. Sequencing de novo assembly Irish Haliclona transcriptomes indicated that sponges also possess genes. An exhaustive analysis publicly...