L. Blackall

Machine learning driven image segmentation and shape clustering of algal microscopic images obtained from various water types

This study applies FastSAM for automated algal cell segmentation and clustering in water samples, showing high accuracy for single cells and varying clustering performance.

SingleM and Sandpiper: Robust microbial taxonomic profiles from metagenomic data

SingleM and Sandpiper improve microbial taxonomic profiling in metagenomic data by detecting novel species and showing most environments are dominated by unrepresented taxa.

Cutting through host autofluorescence: fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy for visualising intracellular bacteria in Symbiodiniaceae

The paper uses fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy to study the spatial association between B. minutum and intracellular bacteria under light-dark cycles, finding changes in bacterial abundance linked to photoperiod.

Presence of orange tubercles does not always indicate accelerated low water corrosion

The study investigates microbial communities in orange tubercles on marine steel pilings and finds no significant difference between two steel types, but distinct microbial profiles in tubercle layers compared to seawater.