Julia Van Etten combines love of microscopy with research and undergraduate education
Testing the Chassis and Engine Hypothesis for Plastid Origin
The Animation highlights major results of a publication in New Phytologist – Evidence for a robust photosystem II in the photosynthetic amoeba Paulinella.
The Coral Holobiont Response to Climate Change
What does climate change mean for corals. Check out this new video created by our international group.
For more videos on this topic, check out the Bhattacharya lab YouTube channel.
New Study Sheds Light on Evolution of Photosynthesis (Rutgers Today)
A Rutgers-led study sheds new light on the evolution of photosynthesis in plants and algae.
Check out the two new animations we have created about primary endosymbiosis
If you want to learn about primary plastid endosymbiosis and how it happened in algae, plants, and the amoeba Paulinella, check out these two animated videos made by our group in support of a Tansley Insight appearing soon in New Phytologist. Enjoy.
Bhattacharya lab research featured in The Analytical Scientist
Putnam lab and Bhattacharya lab awarded $10,000 grant from Dovetail Genomics to support sequencing of Montipora capitata
Graf et al. publish results of a genome-wide analysis of natural, cultivated and introduced populations of Undaria pinnatifida to elucidate human-driven evolutionary change. This article on kelp population genomics has interesting outcomes for conservation.
Graf, L., Shin, Y., Yang, J.H. et al. A genome-wide investigation of the effect of farming and human-mediated introduction on the ubiquitous seaweed Undaria pinnatifida. Nat Ecol Evol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01378-9
Debashish Bhattacharya Presents Keynote Lecture at the University of Calcutta (Jan. 29, 2021)
