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Dr. Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty is a Professor in Biological Sciences and specializes in Marine Genomics and Symbiosis.
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. PhD (Marine Studies)
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela. BA (Biology)
Publications
selected scholarly works & creative activities
Article
2025
Acute dimethyl phthalate exposure impairs tissue integrity in a model cnidarian without disrupting symbiosis
.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
. 220.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118306
Web of Science:
001529789100002
2024
Whole-genome duplication in an algal symbiont bolsters coral heat tolerance
.
Science Advances
. 10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.adn2218
Web of Science:
001305393400016
2024
Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms
.
Biological Reviews
. 99:715-752.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/brv.13042
Web of Science:
001141958300001
2024
Multi-omic characterization of mechanisms contributing to rapid phenotypic plasticity in the coral
Acropora cervicornis
under divergent environments
.
Coral Reefs
. 43:53-66.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00338-023-02446-9
Web of Science:
001117689700001
2024
Massive genome reduction predates the divergence of Symbiodiniaceae dinoflagellates
.
The ISME Journal
. 18.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1093/ismejo/wrae059
Web of Science:
001229771200001
2023
Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity
.
PeerJ
. 11.
Full Text via DOI:
10.7717/peerj.15023
Web of Science:
000996511200003
2023
A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies
.
ISME Communications
. 3.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/s43705-023-00220-0
Web of Science:
001052230000001
2022
Acclimation to elevated temperatures in Acropora cervicornis: effects of host genotype and symbiont shuffling
.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
. 701:41-65.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3354/meps14192
Web of Science:
000890683700004
2022
Coral-bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales
.
Global Change Biology
. 28:4229-4250.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/gcb.16192
Web of Science:
000787738600001
2021
Higher population genetic diversity within the algal symbiont
Durusdinium
in
Pocillopora verrucosa
from Mexican Pacific reefs correlates with higher resistance to bleaching after the El Nino 2015-16 event
.
Marine Ecology
. 42.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/maec.12667
Web of Science:
000663863100001
2021
Photophysiological Tolerance and Thermal Plasticity of Genetically Different Symbiodiniaceae Endosymbiont Species of Cnidaria
.
Frontiers in Marine Science
. 8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/fmars.2021.657348
Web of Science:
000637060000001
2020
Genomic signatures in the coral holobiont reveal host adaptations driven by Holocene climate change and reef specific symbionts
.
Science Advances
. 6.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.abc6318
Web of Science:
000595928400019
2020
Nutrient Pollution and Predation Differentially Affect Innate Immune Pathways in the Coral
Porites porites
.
Frontiers in Marine Science
. 7.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/fmars.2020.563865
Web of Science:
000566950500001
2020
Genetic differences in thermal tolerance among colonies of threatened coral
Acropora cervicornis
: potential for adaptation to increasing temperature
.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
. 646:45-68.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3354/meps13407
Web of Science:
000621208500004
2019
Free-living and symbiotic lifestyles of a thermotolerant coral endosymbiont display profoundly distinct transcriptomes under both stable and heat stress conditions
.
Molecular Ecology
. 28:5265-5281.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/mec.15300
Web of Science:
000500041000001
2019
Proteomic Basis of Symbiosis: A Heterologous Partner Fails to Duplicate Homologous Colonization in a Novel Cnidarian-Symbiodiniaceae Mutualism
.
Frontiers in Microbiology
. 10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/fmicb.2019.01153
Web of Science:
000470128100001
2019
Recurring Episodes of Thermal Stress Shift the Balance From a Dominant Host-Specialist to a Background Host-Generalist Zooxanthella in the Threatened Pillar Coral,
Dendrogyra cylindrus
.
Frontiers in Marine Science
. 6.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3389/fmars.2019.00005
Web of Science:
000506047500001
2018
Symbiotic immuno-suppression: is disease susceptibility the price of bleaching resistance?
.
PeerJ
. 6.
Full Text via DOI:
10.7717/peerj.4494
Web of Science:
000430307400001
2018
Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont
Siderastrea siderea
from two depth habitats
.
PeerJ
. 6.
Full Text via DOI:
10.7717/peerj.4323
Web of Science:
000425027900003
2017
Temporal dynamics of black band disease affecting pillar coral (
Dendrogyra cylindrus
) following two consecutive hyperthermal events on the Florida Reef Tract
.
Coral Reefs
. 36:427-431.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00338-017-1545-1
Web of Science:
000401627400007
2017
Worldwide exploration of the microbiome harbored by the cnidarian model,
Exaiptasia pallida
(Agassiz in Verrill 1864) indicates a lack of bacterial association specificity at a lower taxonomic rank
.
PeerJ
. 5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.7717/peerj.3235
Web of Science:
000401844200003
2015
Defending against pathogens - immunological priming and its molecular basis in a sea anemone, cnidarian
.
Scientific Reports
. 5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/srep17425
Web of Science:
000365680300001
2015
Genetic diversity of free-living
Symbiodinium
in the Caribbean: the importance of habitats and seasons
.
Coral Reefs
. 34:927-939.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00338-015-1291-1
Web of Science:
000359161500024
2013
Correction: Coral Thermal Tolerance: Tuning Gene Expression to Resist Thermal Stress
.
PLoS ONE
. 8:10.1371/annotation/2b623dcd-9413-47b0-990d-c46c8e662ad4.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/annotation/2b623dcd-9413-47b0-990d-c46c8e662ad4
2013
Ecological Inferences from a deep screening of the Complex Bacterial Consortia associated with the coral,
Porites astreoides
.
Molecular Ecology
. 22:4349-4362.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/mec.12392
Web of Science:
000322886400017
2013
Transcriptional Activation of
c3
and
hsp70
as Part of the Immune Response of
Acropora millepora
to Bacterial Challenges
.
PLoS ONE
. 8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0067246
Web of Science:
000323350700010
2013
High natural gene expression variation in the reef-building coral
Acropora millepora
: potential for acclimative and adaptive plasticity
.
BMC Genomics
. 14.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1186/1471-2164-14-228
Web of Science:
000317676400001
2012
Coral Thermal Tolerance: Tuning Gene Expression to Resist Thermal Stress
.
PLoS ONE
. 7.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0050685
Web of Science:
000312376100166
2012
Major Cellular and Physiological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on a Reef Building Coral
.
PLoS ONE
. 7.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0034659
Web of Science:
000305336600046
2012
Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont composition
.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
. 279:1100-1107.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2011.1780
Web of Science:
000300417000008
2011
Two anthozoans,
Entacmaea quadricolor
(order Actiniaria) and
Alveopora
japonica
(order Scleractinia), host consistent genotypes of
Symbiodinium
spp. across geographic ranges in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
.
Animal Cells and Systems
. 15:315-324.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1080/19768354.2011.611174
Web of Science:
000299419300009
2011
Validation of Housekeeping Genes for Gene Expression Studies in Symbiodinium Exposed to Thermal and Light Stress
.
Marine Biotechnology
. 13:355-365.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s10126-010-9308-9
Web of Science:
000291168500002
2011
The use of high-resolution melting analysis for genotyping
Symbiodinium
strains: a sensitive and fast approach
.
Molecular Ecology Resources
. 11:394-399.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02933.x
Web of Science:
000287200200024
2011
Complex Diel Cycles of Gene Expression in Coral-Algal Symbiosis
.
Science
. 331:175-175.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1126/science.1196419
Web of Science:
000286433100031
2010
Presence of Symbiodinium spp. in macroalgal microhabitats from the southern Great Barrier Reef
.
Coral Reefs
. 29:1049-1060.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00338-010-0666-6
Web of Science:
000283940700027
2009
Early molecular responses of coral larvae to hyperthermal stress
.
Molecular Ecology
. 18:5101-5114.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04419.x
Web of Science:
000272452700012
2009
Onset of symbiosis and distribution patterns of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the larvae of scleractinian corals
.
Marine Biology
. 156:1203-1212.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00227-009-1162-9
Web of Science:
000264873800010
2008
Response of the symbiotic cnidarian
Anthopleura elegantissima
transcriptome to temperature and UV increase
.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics
. 3:283-289.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.cbd.2008.08.001
Web of Science:
000261250900006
2008
Isolation of symbiosomes and the symbiosome membrane complex from the zoanthid
Zoanthus robustus
.
Phycologia
. 47:294-306.
Full Text via DOI:
10.2216/PH07-23.1
Web of Science:
000255697900004
2008
Analytical approach for selecting normalizing genes from a cDNA microarray platform to be used in q-RT-PCR assays: A cnidarian case study
.
Journal of Proteomics
. 70:985-991.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.jbbm.2007.08.005
Web of Science:
000256393200028
2008
Purification and characterization of transducin from capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
. 149:22-28.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.08.001
Web of Science:
000254219600002
2006
Temporal and spatial infection dynamics indicate recognition events in the early hours of a dinoflagellate/coral symbiosis
.
Marine Biology
. 149:713-719.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00227-006-0272-x
Web of Science:
000238683900002
2006
Transcriptome analysis of a cnidarian-dinoflagellate mutualism reveals complex modulation of host gene expression
.
BMC Genomics
. 7.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1186/1471-2164-7-23
Web of Science:
000236183800001
2005
Transport of symbiotic zooxanthellae in mesogleal canals of
Zoanthus robustus
?
.
Coral Reefs
. 24:195-196.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00338-004-0457-z
Web of Science:
000229872700005
2004
Distinct ITS types of
Symbiodinium
in Clade C correlate with cnidarian/dinoflagellate specificity during onset of symbiosis
.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
. 275:97-102.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3354/meps275097
Web of Science:
000223426100010
2003
Specificity of two temperate dinoflagellate-anthozoan associations from the north-western Pacific Ocean
.
Marine Biology
. 143:1193-1199.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00227-003-1165-x
Web of Science:
000186954400016
2003
Genetic population structure of
Littorina brevicula
around Korean waters
.
Hydrobiologia
. 505:41-48.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1023/B:HYDR.0000007236.92251.71
Web of Science:
000187070200004
2003
Symbiont diversity within the widespread scleractinian coral
Plesiastrea versipora
, across the northwestern Pacific
.
Marine Biology
. 143:501-509.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00227-003-1105-9
Web of Science:
000185672200010
2003
Evolving lineages of
Symbiodinium
-like dinoflagellates based on ITS1 rDNA
.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
. 28:152-168.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00033-2
Web of Science:
000183618400011
2003
Changes in gorgonian morphology along a depth gradient at Isla Alcatraz, San Esteban National Park, Venezuela
.
Bulletin of Marine Science
. 72:1019-1023.
2003
Comparative analysis of superfamilies of NBS-encoding disease resistance gene analogs in cultivated and wild apple species
.
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
. 269:101-108.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s00438-003-0816-4
Web of Science:
000183032400011
2003
Emergent effects of heavy metal pollution at a population level:
Littorina brevicula
a study case
.
Marine Pollution Bulletin
. 46:74-80.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00319-3
Web of Science:
000181014600021
2002
The phylogeography and connectivity of the latitudinally widespread scleractinian coral
Plesiastrea versipora
in the Western Pacific
.
Molecular Ecology
. 11:1177-1189.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01511.x
Web of Science:
000176321300005
2001
Latitudinal variability in symbiont specificity within the widespread scleractinian coral Plesiastrea versipora
.
Marine Biology
. 138:1175-1181.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s002270100536
The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): Developing Community Resources to Study Diverse Invertebrate Genomes
.
Journal of Heredity
. 105:1-18.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1093/jhered/est084
Web of Science:
000328427800001
Conference
2019
Cnidarian chemosensory iGluRs under the clout of circadian rhythm in the sea anemone Exaiptasia pallida
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E57-E57.
Web of Science:
000460620900227
2018
A CNIDARIAN-SPECIFIC IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR LINEAGE FUNCTIONAL IMMUNE RESPONSE
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E54-E54.
Web of Science:
000429309600214
2018
Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals Extensive Diversity of Insulin-like Peptides in Corals
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E53-E53.
Web of Science:
000429309600211
2016
A new ionotropic glutamate receptor lineage and its putative role in cnidarian immunity
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E56-E56.
Web of Science:
000372457600223
2015
Genotype Specific Response to Thermal Stress: Predicting for Efficient Coral Restoration in the Twenty-First Century
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E303-E303.
Web of Science:
000352658401491
2015
Molecular mechanisms underpinning immunological memory in a basal metazoan (Cnidaria).
.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
. E21-E21.
Web of Science:
000352658400084
Dataset
2019
Bleaching, disease, and mortality on A. cervicornis individuals in Elliot Key, Florida during 2014 and 2015 (EMUCoReS project)
Full Text via DOI:
10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.709880.1
2019
Symbiodinium community composition for individual A. cervicornis from Elliot Key, Florida during 2014 and 2015 (EMUCoReS project)
Full Text via DOI:
10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.709909.1
Other Scholarly Work
2017
An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning.
.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
. 13531-13536.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1718188115
2010
Erratum: Early molecular responses of coral larvae to hyperthermal stress (Molecular Ecology (2009) 18 (5101-5114))
.
Molecular Ecology
. 1071.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04545.x
2007
Fidelity and flexibility in coral symbioses
.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
. 307-309.
Full Text via DOI:
10.3354/meps07220
Web of Science:
000250978500027
Preprint
2023
Massive genome reduction occurred prior to the origin of coral algal symbionts
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2023.03.24.534093
2022
A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in lesions and unaffected tissue of diseased colonies
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2022.09.30.510359
2022
Whole-genome duplication in an algal symbiont bolsters coral heat tolerance
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2022.04.10.487810
2020
Signatures of selection in the coral holobiont reveal complex adaptations to inshore environments driven by Holocene climate change
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2020.02.25.951905
2018
Transcriptome landscape of a thermal-tolerant coral endosymbiont reveals molecular signatures of symbiosis and dysbiosis
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/508184
Building Consensus around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity
Full Text via DOI:
10.20944/preprints202206.0284.v1
Worldwide exploration of the microbiome harbored by the cnidarian model, Exaiptasia pallida indicates a lack of bacterial association specificity at a lower taxonomic rank
Full Text via DOI:
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2338
Worldwide exploration of the microbiome harbored by the cnidarian model, Exaiptasia pallida indicates a lack of bacterial association specificity at a lower taxonomic rank
Full Text via DOI:
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2338v1
Review
2008
Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals
.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
. 369-376.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2008.03.004
Web of Science:
000257617600007
Thesis Or Dissertation
Genetic and physiological variability of the widespread holosymbiont : Plesiastrea versipora - Symbiodinium spp.
Full Text via DOI:
10.14264/c6759b6
Research
principal investigator on
NSF S-STEM Track 2: Enhancing career pathways of talented financially disadvantaged Biology STEM students through scholarships and inclusive transformative academic experiences
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2022 - 2028
CAREER: Exploring Immunological Priming in a Basal Metazoan (Anthozoan).
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2015 - 2022
EDGE: Functional-Genomics Tools for Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2017 - 2021
FAU-FIU-NASA Joint Operations for Summer 2019 NEEMO Mission
awarded by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
2018 - 2019
RAPID: A hyper-thermal anomaly in the Florida Reef Tract: An opportunity to explore the mechanisms underpinning patterns of coral bleaching and disease
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2014 - 2016
Exploring the adaptation and acclimatization of tropical reef corals to global climate change
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2012 - 2014
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