Jacob J. Valenzuela

The paper uses controlled enrichments along ecological gradients to uncover eco-evolutionary forces shaping microbial biodiversity in subsurface sediment.

The paper investigates heat-induced alternative splicing changes in the coral Acropora cervicornis under different thermal stress conditions and finds that 40% of genes undergo alternative splicing, with intron retention dominating responses.

This study identifies pathway partitioning as a mechanism for complete denitrification in microbial communities and shows how imbalances in substrate utilization can disrupt cooperativity and lead to nitrous oxide emissions.

The paper identifies a plastid antiporter in Thalassiosira pseudonana that shows differential transcript levels under elevated CO2, suggesting it could serve as a bioindicator of diatom resilience.