M. Hagedorn

Cryopreservation of the collector urchin embryo, Tripneustes gratilla

This study develops a cryopreservation protocol for T. gratilla embryos using 1M Me2SO and a cooling rate of 9.7°C/min, achieving 85.5% survival and 50.8% maturation to the 4-arm echinopluteus stage.

The first proof of concept demonstration of nanowarming in coral tissue

This paper demonstrates the use of nanowarming and vitrification to successfully recover adult coral tissues from single-polyp microfragments, enabling year-round biobanking for reef restoration.

Cryopreservation and revival of Hawaiian stony corals via isochoric vitrification

This paper reports the first successful cryopreservation and revival of Hawaiian stony coral fragments using isochoric vitrification, demonstrating viability and a prototype pipeline for global coral conservation.

Metrics of Coral Microfragment Viability

This study assesses physiological stressors and viability of coral fragments during cryopreservation and their recovery.

Tank Fouling Community Enhances Coral Microfragment Growth

The paper tests different algal fouling communities in land-based coral microfragment culture to enhance growth and health, finding the Green Film method most effective in winter.

Securing algal endosymbiont communities for reef-building corals

This study optimizes cryopreservation techniques for coral symbionts, successfully banking and reusing them, but uptake by coral larvae remains low.

The developmental cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum ensures curing of a mycobacterial infection at both cell autonomous level and by collaborative exclusion

This study shows that Dictyostelium discoideum can cure mycobacterial infections through cell-autonomous mechanisms and collective exclusion during its developmental cycle.

Dictyostelium discoideum flotillin homologues are essential for phagocytosis and participate in plasma membrane recycling and lysosome biogenesis

This study identifies vacuolins in Dictyostelium discoideum as functional homologues of flotillins, essential for phagocytosis, membrane recycling, and lysosome biogenesis.

SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF ASSISTED GENE FLOW IN THE THREATENED CORAL ACROPORA PALMATA ACROSS GENETICALLY-ISOLATED CARIBBEAN POPULATIONS USING CRYOPRESERVED SPERM

This study demonstrates that cryopreserved coral sperm can enable successful assisted gene flow between genetically-isolated Caribbean populations of Acropora palmata, producing viable larvae and showing reproductive compatibility across populations.

ESCRT and autophagy cooperate to repair ESX-1-dependent damage to the Mycobacterium-containing vacuole

The paper shows that ESCRT and autophagy work together to repair damage to the Mycobacterium-containing vacuole caused by ESX-1, preventing bacterial escape.