Steven Roberts

This study shows that parental immune challenge in Pacific Oysters improves offspring survival and metabolic flexibility under moderate heat stress but reduces survival at extreme temperatures.

This study validates resazurin as a high-throughput proxy for metabolic rate in oysters, showing its correlation with oxygen consumption and its utility in assessing thermal stress and genetic variability.

The paper identifies conserved epigenetic regulatory networks involving miRNAs, lncRNAs, and DNA methylation in three coral species, revealing cross-talk mechanisms and lineage-specific regulatory roles.

This study identifies molecular mechanisms and long-term consequences of ocean acidification on juvenile snow crab by analyzing transcriptomic responses after short and prolonged exposure.

This paper presents a stochastic model of epigenetic change and proposes three testable predictions about how organisms track environments through epigenetic responses, highlighting gaps in experimental validation.

This study quantifies seasonal plasticity in coral physiology and symbiont communities across three genera, revealing differences in stress resilience linked to environmental factors and genetic diversity.

This study examines gene expression changes in Hematodinium-infected crabs under different temperature conditions, identifying temperature-responsive genes in both host and parasite.

This study characterizes the non-coding RNA repertoire in three reef-building coral species, identifying conserved and species-specific ncRNAs and their potential regulatory roles.

This study examines how DNA methylation and gene expression respond to elevated pCO2 in eastern oysters, finding sex-specific effects on transcriptional noise and gene regulation.

This study shows triploid Pacific oysters have higher mortality and stress response dysregulation than diploids during marine heatwaves.

This study examines the coupling between genetic and epigenetic variation in Olympia oysters, finding that 27% of methylation differences are explained by genotype.

The paper presents the first chromosome-level genome of Mytilus chilensis, revealing genomic adaptations to marine environments and potential evolutionary relationships in Bivalvia.

The paper identifies differentially methylated loci in Pacific oyster gonad tissue under ocean acidification, suggesting methylation regulates development and stress response pathways.

This study shows that DNA methylation changes in geoduck clams under different pH conditions lead to long-term phenotypic effects and acclimatization.

The paper compares DNA methylation quantification methods in corals, revealing methodological biases and environmental sensitivity differences.

The paper uses nanopore sequencing to profile DNA methylation in a cnidarian-algal symbiosis, finding subtle methylation changes and one region with higher methylation associated with a DNA polymerase.

This study examines how ocean acidification affects gene expression and DNA methylation in the mantle tissue of Eastern oysters over time, finding subtle molecular responses and limited plasticity.

The paper profiles proteomic changes during oyster metamorphosis under different temperatures, identifying time- and temperature-dependent protein abundance patterns and their physiological implications.

The paper examines DNA methylation patterns in eastern oyster gonad tissue under ocean acidification conditions and identifies differentially methylated loci that may influence transcriptional control and potential inheritance.

This study examines DNA methylation changes in the coral Porites astreoides under simulated environmental change, finding convergence of methylation profiles and evidence of heritability.

This study examines how elevated CO2 levels affect the proteome of geoduck clam larvae, revealing altered protein abundance and developmental delays under low pH conditions.

The paper investigates genetic and epigenetic variation in Caribbean branching Porites corals to determine their role in morphospecies delineation, finding stronger genetic structuring than epigenetic.