Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy

RNA virus-mediated metabolic reprogramming in a bloom-forming, marine diatom

This study investigates how RNA virus infection reprograms the metabolism of a marine diatom, revealing significant changes in lipid and nitrogen pathways and stress responses.

Exploring the Phaeosphere: characterizing the microbiomes of Phaeocystis antarctica colonies from the coastal Southern Ocean and laboratory culture

This study characterizes the microbiomes of Phaeocystis antarctica colonies in the Southern Ocean and laboratory culture, showing shifts in bacterial composition and highlighting the importance of field studies for understanding microbial interactions.

Unravelling Plankton Adaptation in Global Oceans through the Analysis of Lipidomes

The paper analyzes a global lipidomics dataset to reveal how marine plankton adapt their lipidomes to environmental stressors, identifying distinct lipid clusters linked to temperature, light, and nutrient conditions.

Viral infection induces oxylipin chemical signaling at the end of a summer upwelling bloom: implications for carbon cycling.

This study shows viral infection of diatoms increases oxylipin production, enhancing carbon export in the ocean despite viral shunt processes.

Combined pigment and metatranscriptomic analysis reveals synchronized diel patterns of phenotypic light response across domains in the open ocean

The paper analyzes pigment and metatranscriptomic data to show synchronized diel patterns of phytoplankton light response across domains in the open ocean.