The breathtaking diversity of life that surrounds us is the underlying inspiration for our lab’s research and training goals that are powered by collaborations worldwide.
The Bhattacharya Lab (dblab) has long-standing interests in algal/protist and coral evolution and genomics and specific projects include elucidating the endosymbiotic origin of photosynthetic organelles (plastids), advancing coral biology and conservation, erecting and testing the eukaryotic tree of life, understanding the role of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryote evolution, and developing engineering solutions for field monitoring of threatened species.
Latest News
- Video Release: The Endosymbiotic Ratchet
- Debashish meets with private foundations in Florida and has a close encounter with an alligator.
- Debashish gives invited talk in NYU Abu Dhabi about coral research.
- PHD student Arwa Gabr successfully defends her doctoral thesis.
- Learn about all of the new findings about Paulinella and plastid endosymbiosis
- Bhattacharya lab collaborates with the Kewalo lab in Hawaii to study coral biology.
- Graduate student Shrinivas Nandi joins the Bhattacharya lab.
- Bhattacharya lab publishes new hypothesis on the symbiotic ratchet (BioEssays)
- Coral Holobiont short film wins prizes and is an official selection of the Toronto Short Film Festival.
- Julia Van Etten creates podcast about microbial life “Tiny Living Beings”
- Debashish wins the 2022 Miescher-Ishida prize for endosymbiosis
2023 Papers from the Bhattacharya Lab and Collaborators
Lee J, Yang JH, Weber APM, Bhattacharya D, Kim W-Y, Yoon HS. Accepted. Circadian gene expression in the red seaweed Gracilariopsis chorda is characterized by unique regulatory networks of carbon metabolism. Mol Biol Evol.
Gates C, Ananyev G, Foflonker F, Bhattacharya D, Dismukes GC. Accepted. Exceptional quantum efficiency powers biomass production in halotolerant algae Picochlorum sp. Photosynth Res.
Dougan KE, Deng ZL, Wöhlbrand L, Reuse C, Bunk B, Chen Y, Hartlich J, Hiller K, John U, Kalvelage J, Mansky J, Neumann-Schaal M, Overmann J, Petersen J, Sanchez-Garcia S, Schmidt-Hohagen K, Shah S, Spröer C, Sztajer H, Wang H, Bhattacharya D, Rabus R, Jahn D, Chan CX, Wagner-Döbler I. Multi-omics analysis reveals the molecular response to heat stress in a “red tide” dinoflagellate. Genome Biol. 2023 Nov 23;24(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03107-4
Bhattacharya D, Stephens TG, Chille EE, Benites LF, Chan CX. Facultative lifestyle drives diversity of coral algal symbionts. Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 Nov 10:S0169-5347(23)00270-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.10.005.
Shah S, Dougan KE, Chen Y, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX. Gene duplication is the primary driver of intraspecific genomic divergence in coral algal symbionts. Open Biol. 2023 Sep;13(9):230182. doi: 10.1098/rsob.230182.
Ishida H, John U, Murray SA, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX. Developing model systems for dinoflagellates in the post-genomic era. J Phycol. 2023 Oct;59(5):799-808. doi: 10.1111/jpy.13386.
Stephens TG, Strand EL, Putnam HM, Bhattacharya D. Ploidy variation and its implications for reproduction and population dynamics in two sympatric Hawaiian coral species. Genome Biol Evol. 2023 Aug 1;15(8):evad149. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad149.
Van Etten J, Stephens TG, Bhattacharya D. A k-mer-based approach for phylogenetic classification of taxa in environmental genomic data. Syst Biol. 2023 Nov 1;72(5):1101-1118. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syad037
Lee Y, Cho CH, Noh C, Yang JH, Park SI, Lee YM, West JA, Bhattacharya D, Jo K, Yoon HS. Origin of minicircular mitochondrial genomes in red algae. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 8;14(1):3363. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39084-2.
Davies SW, Gamache MH, Howe-Kerr LI, Kriefall NG, Baker AC, Banaszak AT, Bay LK, Bellantuono AJ, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX, Claar DC, Coffroth MA, Cunning R, Davy SK, Del Campo J, Díaz-Almeyda EM, Frommlet JC, Fuess LE, González-Pech RA, Goulet TL, Hoadley KD, Howells EJ, Hume BCC, Kemp DW, Kenkel CD, Kitchen SA, LaJeunesse TC, Lin S, McIlroy SE, McMinds R, Nitschke MR, Oakley CA, Peixoto RS, Prada C, Putnam HM, Quigley K, Reich HG, Reimer JD, Rodriguez-Lanetty M, Rosales SM, Saad OS, Sampayo EM, Santos SR, Shoguchi E, Smith EG, Stat M, Stephens TG, Strader ME, Suggett DJ, Swain TD, Tran C, Traylor-Knowles N, Voolstra CR, Warner ME, Weis VM, Wright RM, Xiang T, Yamashita H, Ziegler M, Correa AMS, Parkinson JE. Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ. 2023 May 2;11:e15023. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15023.
Van Etten J, Benites LF, Stephens TG, Yoon HS, Bhattacharya D. Algae obscura: The potential of rare species as model systems. J Phycol. 2023 Apr;59(2):293-300. doi: 10.1111/jpy.13321.
Cho CH, Park SI, Huang TY, Lee Y, Ciniglia C, Yadavalli HC, Yang SW, Bhattacharya D, Yoon HS. Genome-wide signatures of adaptation to extreme environments in red algae. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 4;14(1):10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35566-x.
Bhattacharya D, Etten JV, Benites LF, Stephens TG. Endosymbiotic ratchet accelerates divergence after organelle origin: The Paulinella model for plastid evolution. Bioessays. 2023 Jan;45(1):e2200165. doi: 10.1002/bies.202200165.
Van Etten J, Cho CH, Yoon HS, Bhattacharya D. Extremophilic red algae as models for understanding adaptation to hostile environments and the evolution of eukaryotic life on the early earth. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Jan 30;134:4-13. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.03.007.
Williams A, Stephens TG, Shumaker A, Bhattacharya D. Peeling back the layers of coral holobiont multi-omics data. iScience. 2023 Aug 14;26(9):107623. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107623
