Heroen Verbruggen

This paper introduces a data-driven framework for spatial thinning parameterization in ecological modelling, showing that optimal thinning parameters vary with species range size and that uniform approaches can lead to information loss or reduced spatial clustering.

Open plastid orthogroup resource for algae: 496 named orthogroups from 893 genomes, 224 core profile hidden Markov models with calibrated cutoffs, alignments, predicted structures, 859-genome phylogeny, CheckM-compatible marker sets.

This study examines how different light wavelengths affect the photoacclimation strategies of the siphonous green alga Derbesia, revealing contrasting metabolic and photosynthetic responses under various light conditions.

The paper uses RNAseq to analyze the functional roles of different compartments in the coral holobiont Porites lutea, revealing metabolic interactions and nutrient cycling.

This study examines spectral niche preferences and physiological strategies of Ostreobium lineages in coral reefs, showing that inter-species competition and physiological heterogeneity shape community structure.

The paper presents extensive nuclear genome data for 44 Bryopsidales taxa, resolves their phylogeny, and identifies ancient gene duplications, including potential whole genome duplications, as factors in evolutionary adaptations.

This study reveals two independent plastid losses in ochrophyte lineages through comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 25 transcriptomes.

The paper integrates metagenomic and climatic data to model global picoplankton biogeography, identifying ten distinct groups and their environmental and functional features.

This study analyzes 60 brown algal genomes to identify genomic innovations and evolutionary patterns that enabled their adaptation to coastal ecosystems.

This study compares metabolic models of microbial communities generated by different automated tools and a consensus approach, finding that reconstruction methods significantly affect model structure and functionality.

Metaphor is a fully-automated workflow for genome-resolved metagenomics that improves genome binning quality through flexible assembly strategies and combined binning algorithms.

The paper reports on 10 Ostreobium strains isolated from Great Barrier Reef corals, describing their phenotypic diversity, phylogenetic placement, and chloroplast genome structure.

This study presents the Ostreobium nuclear genome and metatranscriptomic analysis to understand its adaptations to the coral skeleton environment and its role in coral holobiont dynamics.

This study identifies diverse recolonization pathways and northern glacial refugia shaping genetic diversity in Arctic marine forests using genetic data from 109 seaweed species.

This study identifies that the chloroplast genome of Cladophorales green algae is fragmented into hairpin plasmids, a unique structure not previously observed in eukaryotes.

This study analyzes the chloroplast genomes of four green algae, finding that Ostreobium quekettii has a gene-dense, small chloroplast genome and slower molecular evolution rates, consistent with low light adaptation.