Selected Recent Research
Reduction-dependent siderophore assimilation in a model pennate diatom
Coale, T.H., Horák, A., Obornik, M., Allen, A.E. (2019). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Euphotic zone nitrification in the California Current Ecosystem
Stephens, B.M., Wankel, S.D., Beman, J.M., Rabines, A., Allen, A.E., Aluwihare, L.I. (2019). Limnology and Oceanography
Evolution and regulation of nitrogen flux through compartmentalized metabolic networks in a marine diatom
Smith, S.R., Dupont, C.L., McCarthy, J.K., Broddrick, J.T., Oborník, M., Aleš Horák, A., Füssy, Z., Cihlář, J., Zheng, H., McCrow, J.P., Hixson, Kleessen, S., Araújo, W., Nunes-Nesi, A., Fernie, A., Nikoloski Z., Palsson, B.O., Allen, A.E. (2019) Nature Communications
Manganese and iron deficiency in Phaeocystis antarctica and the implications for Southern Ocean productivity
Wu, M., McCain, S.P., Rowland, E., Middag, R., Sandgren, M., Allen, A.E., Bertrand, E.B. (2019) Nature Communications
Diel transcriptional response of a California Current plankton microbiome to light, low iron, and enduring viral infection
Kolody, B., McCrow, J., Zeigler-Allen, L., Aylward, F., Fontanez, K., Moustafa, A., Moniruzzaman, M., Chavez, F., Scholin, C., Allen, E., Worden, A., DeLong, E.F., Allen, A.E (2019) The ISME Journal
Silicon limitation facilitates virus infection and mortality of diatoms
Kranzler, C.F., Krause, J.W., Brzenzinski,, M.A., Edwards, B.R., Biggs, W.P., Maniscalco, M., McCrow, J.P., Van Mooy, B.A.S., Bidle, K.D., Allen, A.E., Thamatrakoln, K. (2019) Nature Microbiology
Cross-compartment metaoblic coupling enables flexible photoprotective mechanisms in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Broddrick J.T., Du N., Smith S.R., Tsuji Y., Jallet D., Ware M.A., Peers G., Matsuda Y., Dupont C.L., Mitchell B.G., Palsson B.O., Allen A.E. (2019) New Phytologist
Carbonate sensitive phytotransferrin controls high affinity iron uptake in diatoms
McQuaid, J.B., Kustka, A.B., Oborník, M., Horák, A., McCrow, J.P., Karas, B.J., Zheng, H., Andersson, A.J., Barbeau, K.A., Allen, A.E. (2018) Nature
Biosynthesis of the amnesic shellfish poison domoic acid in a bloom forming diatom
Brunson, J.K., McKinnie, S.M.K., Chekan, J.R., McCrow, J.P., Miles, Z.D., Bertrand, E.M., Bielinski, V.A., Luhavaya, Obornik, M., Smith, G.J., Hutchins, D.A., Allen, A.E., Moore, B.S. (2018) Science
Pervasive iron limitation at subsurface chlorophyll maxima of the California Current
Hogle S., Dupont, C.L., Hopkinson, B., King, A.L., Buck, K.N., Roe, K.L., Stuart, R.K., Allen, A.E., Mann, E.L., Johnson, Z., Barbeau, K. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Colony formation in Phaeocystis antarctica: connecting molecular mechanisms with iron Biogeochemistry
Bender, S.J., Moran, D., McIlvin, M., Zheng, H., McCrow, J.P., Allen, A.E., Saito, M. (2018) Biogeosciences
Downregulation of mitochondrial alternative oxidase affects chloroplast function, redox status and stress response in a marine diatom
Murik, O., Tirichine, L., Prihoda, J., Thomas, Y., Araújo, W., Allen, A.E., Fernie, A., and Bowler, C. (2018) New Phytologist
Impact of temperature, CO2, and iron on nutrient uptake by a late-season microbial community from the Ross Sea
Spackeen, J.L., Sipler, R.E., Bertrand, E.B., Xu, K., McQuaid, J.B., Walworth, N.G., Hutchins, D.A., Allen, A.E., Bronk, D.A. (2018) Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Stoichiometric N:P ratios, temperature, and iron impact carbon and nitrogen uptake by Ross Sea microbial communities
Spackeen, J.L., Bronk, D.A., Sipler, R.E., Bertrand, E.M., Hutchins, D.A., Allen, A.E. (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Evolutionary genomics of a cold-adapted diatom, Fragilariopsis cylindrus
Mock, T., Otillar, R.P., Strauss, J., McMullan, M., Paajanen, P., Schmutz, J., Salamov, S., Sanges, R., Toseland, A., Ward, B.J., Allen, A.E., et al. (2017) Nature
Nitrate reductase knockout uncouples nitrate transport from nitrate assimilation and drives repartitioning of carbon flux in a model pennate diatom
McCarthy, J., Smith, S., McCrow, J., Tan, M., Zheng, H., Beeri, K., Roth, R., Lichtle, C., Goodenough, U., Bowler, C., Dupont, C., Allen, A.E. (2017) The Plant Cell
Diatom centromeres suggest a mechanism for nuclear DNA acquisition
Diner, R.E, Noddings, C.M., Lian, N.C., Kang, A.K., McQuaid, J.B., Jablanovic, J., Nguyen, Anzelmatti, M.A., Espinoza, J.L., Jansson, J., McCrow, J.P., Bielinski, V.A., Karas, B.J., Dupont, C.L., Allen, A.E., Weyman, P.D. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Probing the evolution, ecology, and physiology of marine protists using transcriptomics
Caron, D.A., Alexander, H., Allen, A.E., et al. (2017) Nature Reviews Microbiology
Transcriptional orchestration of the global cellular response of a model pennate diatom to diel light cycling under iron limitation
Smith, S.R., Gillard, J.T.F., Kustka, A., McCrow, J.P., Badger, J.H., Zheng, H., Dupont, C.L., Obata, T., Fernie, A.R., Allen, A.E. (2016) PLoS Genetics
Phytoplankton-bacterial interactions mediate micronutrient colimitation at the coastal Antarctic sea ice edge
Bertrand, E.M., McCrow, J.P., Moustafa, A., Zheng, H., McQuaid, J., Delmont, T., Post, A.F., Sipler, R., Spackeen, J.L., Xu, K., Bronk, D.A., Hutchins, D.A., Allen, A.E. (2015) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Designer diatom episomes delivered by bacterial conjugation
Karas BJ, Diner RE, Lefebvre SC, McQuaid J, Phillips APR, Noddings CM, Brunson JK, Valas RE, Deerinck TJ, Jablanovic J, Gillard JTF, Beeri K, Ellisman MH, Glass JI, Hutchison III CA, Smith HO, Venter JC, Allen AE, Dupont CL, Weyman PD. (2015) Nature Communications
