Maria Ruggeri, PhD

New paper on drivers of holobiont assembly in massive Porites #coral in Australia. Long story short: genetic structure trumps local environment and size class to determine both Symbiodiniaceae and microbiome communities. doi.org/10.1371/jour... @heatshok.bsky.social

17.07.2025 20:24 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis #symbiosis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1

Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion #corals www.science.org/doi/full/10....

11.07.2025 16:03 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

The role of holobiont composition and environmental history in thermotolerance of Tropical Eastern Pacific corals #coral #holobiont #symbionts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

14.07.2025 07:01 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Marine heatwaves select for thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral

Not open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#coralreefs #coralbleaching #climatechange #seasurfacetemperature #coralhealth #thermaltolerance #marineheatwaves #marinebiology

15.07.2025 08:29 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

New on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
! 🔬 Our study on Ningaloo Reef shows selective breeding can boost heat tolerance, even over small distances! A promising tool, BUT we must address climate change emissions & boost ocean protection biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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01.07.2025 07:48 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Symbiodinium necroappetens outbreak and persistence in Southwestern Atlantic corals following a bleaching event #protists #protistsonsky #symbiosis #corals link.springer.com/article/10.1...

08.07.2025 16:03 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The microbial fingerprint: fine-scale environmental, genetic, and temporal factors drive the reef metagenome during coral spawning Understanding the stability of microbial community assembly on coral reefs is crucial for determining their response to changing environments. Here, we evaluate how the marine sediment, water column, ...

Exploring how corals connect with their environment! 🪸🌊 Our new preprint investigates the (surprisingly large!) role of diel time, genotype, and fine-scale reef variation in shaping metagenomic communities in and around corals during annual spawning: tinyurl.com/2u3jvwja
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28.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Cell type-specific immune regulation under symbiosis in a facultatively symbiotic coral Abstract. Many cnidarians host single-celled algae within gastrodermal cells, yielding a mutually beneficial exchange of nutrients between host and symbion

Very excited to have our first #singlecell data paper out in the world. Dr. Valadez Ingersoll worked so hard on this piece and we learned so much about #coral #symbiosis!

Cell type-specific immune regulation under symbiosis in a facultatively symbiotic coral url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

27.06.2025 10:19 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

For anyone else also struggling to adapt to Bluesky — this personalized feed of new publications is amazing!!

20.04.2025 19:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pic courtesy of NOAA/Allyson DeMerlis

Hot off the presses at Global Change Bio - Yingqi Zhang's 3rd chapter - Performance of Orbicella faveolata larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

18.10.2023 15:55 — 👍 11    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

I'm looking to hire a postdoc in coral genomics - $66k/yr plus benefits - follow link for more info - review of apps begins Nov 10 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

17.10.2023 03:36 — 👍 53    🔁 53    💬 0    📌 5