Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

This study shows that dinoflagellate symbionts enhance cassiome survival through nutrient exchange, supporting their long-term viability in vitro.

This study identifies core genes involved in multicellular colony formation in Salpingoeca rosetta and compares them with other multicellular organisms.

The paper identifies two cell types in the sea anemone's apical sensory organ and shows FGF signaling regulates their development through a gene regulatory network.

The paper shows that Hydra vulgaris exhibits phototaxis only when starved, with satiety affecting jump rate but not orientation or distance.

The paper investigates sleep in the brainless jellyfish Cassiopea, showing that sleep maintains neural network plasticity through changes in ganglia activity patterns.

This study uses cell-type specific imaging in Hydra to show that neurons differentiate terminally before re-establishing functional neural circuits during regeneration.

This study investigates the evolutionary history of Brachyury genes in Hydrozoa, identifying duplications and functional divergence in Dynamena pumila.

The paper identifies distinct stem-like cell populations in the jellyfish Cladonema pacificum that contribute to tentacle regeneration through different roles in homeostasis and repair.

The paper characterizes the genomic structure, expression, and functional properties of the SA8 toxin family in two sea anemone species, revealing evolutionary mechanisms and venom recruitment.

This paper develops a unified staging scheme for the marine tubeworm Hydroides elegans to standardize its life cycle description and connect molecular changes with morphology.

The paper shows that asymmetrical ROS metabolism in Hydra leads to distinct injury-induced ROS signaling in apical and basal regenerating tips, driving different regenerative responses.

The study investigates whether proteolytic cleavage of HALT-4 enhances its cytolytic activity, finding that cleavage of KK1 and KK2 may facilitate sorting to the regulated secretory pathway rather than increasing cytotoxicity.

This study identifies symbiont-derived carotenoids and conserved genes as drivers of metamorphosis in Cassiopea xamachana, highlighting the role of microbial signals in developmental gene regulation.

This study identifies H4K20me1 as a dual regulatory histone mark in Hydra, both activating and repressing gene expression during regeneration and axis patterning.

This study uses multi-omics data to identify signaling pathways and transposable elements involved in Hydra head regeneration.

The paper identifies SoxC as a conserved regulator of neurosecretory lineages in Nematostella vectensis using single-cell RNA-sequencing.

The paper shows Zic4 silencing induces transdifferentiation in Hydra and identifies a Wnt-controlled GRN that regulates cell fate and cell cycle re-entry.

This study investigates feeding, reproductive, and immune strategies in placozoans through long-term culturing, revealing multiple growth modes, asexual reproduction, and immune responses.

This study investigates wound healing in the sponge Sycon ciliatum using microscopy and RNA-sequencing, revealing early activation of Wnt and TGFβ pathways and cell transdifferentiation.

The paper shows Wnt3 expression reflects tissue stretching during Hydra regeneration and can drive regeneration without mechanical input.

This study identifies MAPK signaling as a critical pathway linking injury response to Wnt-regulated patterning in Hydra regeneration.

The paper shows that injury in Hydra triggers an initial generalized response involving Wnt signaling, which later becomes restricted to oral regeneration, with TCF required for both oral and aboral regeneration.

This study shows Hydra vulgaris maintains stable thermal responses despite losing half its neurons through caloric restriction or surgery.

The paper investigates how the regulation of simultaneous asexual developmental processes in colonial Styelid tunicates, specifically Symplegma, involves an extra-corporeal blood vessel system.

This study establishes a long-term laboratory husbandry system for Pleurobrachia pileus and characterizes its behavioral patterns over time in a controlled environment.

The paper uses Hough transform to analyze morphological variability in moon jellyfish, finding two discriminant parameters related to gonad placement and shape.

The paper identifies a regeneration-inducing structure in Nematostella vectensis that coordinates fast and slow-cycling stem cells to enable tissue repair after amputation.

The paper was withdrawn by the authors due to lack of full consent, and is not intended for citation.

The paper identifies and characterizes prototypical pacemaker neurons in Hydra that express immune-related genes and interact with the microbial environment.