An-Yi Tsai, a former post-doc in the lab had a paper published in Journal of Plankton Research: Tsai, A.Y., G.C. Gong, R.W. Sanders and J.K. Huang. 2013. Contribution of viral lysis and nanoflagellate grazing to bacterial mortality in the inner and outer regions of the Changjiang River plume during summer. Journal of Plankton Research. Link to paper
Bob Sanders presentation at International Congress of Protistology
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Bob attended the International Congress of Protistology (ICOP), which has meetings every four years. ICOP XIV was held in Vancouver in July/August. Bob presented a talk entitled “Responses of a Kleptoplastidic Antarctic Dinoflagellate and its Prey to an Extended Period of Darkness.” Co-authors were Grier Sellers and Rebecca Gast.
Niveen Ismail paper published in Chemistry and Ecology
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Niveen, who received her MS at Temple and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at Stanford, had her Master of Science work published: N.S. Ismail, D.J. Velinsky, J.T.F. Ashley & R.W. Sanders. 2013. Chorioallantoic membrane as a non-lethal sampling method for polychlorinated biphenyls analysis in the northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin). Chemistry and Ecology 29:391-403. [doi:10.1080/02757540.2013.779680] Here’s a link to the online manuscript.
Zaid McKee-Krisberg, Amy Parekh and Bob Sanders attended Aquatic Science Meeting / ASLO.
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At the February 3013 meeting, Zaid presented “Mixotrophy in the Arctic picoeukaryote, Micromonas.” Amy’s poster included results from her undergraduate research project “Temporal effects on carbonic anhydrase activity and primary production in zooxanthellae,” plus data from Erin Graham’s Ph.D. work.
Erin Graham interviewed by New Scientist about her publication on an algal- salamander symbiosis in Journal of Experimental Biology (see links)
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Here’s the link to the publication: J. Exp. Biol. and to the interview: newscientist.com
and to another mention of the paper: The Scientist
Zaid McKie-Krisberg recieves Future Faculty Fellowship from Temple University
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Congratulations to Zaid.
Sanders & Gast – new publication about Arctic picomixotrophs in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
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The paper “Bacterivory by phototrophic picoplankton and nanoplankton in Arctic waters” was recently published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology (82:242-253, 2012). It is the first demonstration mixotrophy in polar waters & demonstrates the potential of mixotrophic picophytoplankton as grazers in polar waters. Link to the article is here.
Erin Graham has paper published in Journal of Experimental Biology
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The Journal of Experimental Biology published the paper “Intracapsular algae provide fixed carbon to developing embryos of the salamander Ambystoma maculatum” authored by Erin Graham, Scott Fay and Robert Sanders. See the abstract here.
Dr. Sanders presents at International protistology meeting
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Dr. Sanders gave a talk at the annual meeting of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) in Oslo, Norway- July 29 – Aug 4, 201. The presentation, entitled “Temperature-driven changes in growth and bacterivory in a common mixotrophic chrysophyte,” was co-authored by graduate student Sarah DeVaul and Dr. Adam Heinze.
Erin Graham presents at International Symbiosis Society Congress
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Graduate student Erin Graham attended the 7th ISS Congress in Krakow Poland (July 2012). She presented her research on the symbiotic relationship between eggs/larvae of the spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, and the flagellated green alga, Oophila amblystomatis. In addition, Congress organizers asked her to participate in a Symposium on Symbiosis Education where she presents the salamander/alga mutualism as an innovative curriculum activity.
Erin Graham invited to EcoDAS symposium
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Graduate student Erin Graham was recently invited to participate in the 2013 Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences (Eco-DAS, pronounced eco-days) symposium in Hawaii. These NSF supported symposia seek to bridge interdisciplinary gaps in aquatic ecology. Further info about Eco-DAS found at: http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/eco-das/index.htm
Jesse Lepkowski joins lab team
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Temple undergraduate Jesse Lepkowski started in the lab in May 2012 and will begin working on new projects with mixotrophic flagellates. His interest in fungi may lead to new investigation of freshwater chytrids by the lab.
New publications with Dr. An-Yi Tsai
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Former postdoctoral scholar Dr. An-Yi Tsai, now at National Taiwan Ocean University, has recent publications with Dr. Sanders as a co-author. See publications.