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Jun B. Cai

Oregon State UniversityORCID 0009-0001-1854-4597Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Samuel A. BedgoodiD· 2 shared Virginia M. WeisiD· 2 shared Ayobami OluokuniD· 1 shared Federica MontesantoiD· 1 shared Grayce E. DyeriD· 1 shared Jennifer Qian· 1 shared Lucía PitaiD· 1 shared Maria RuggeriiD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 8, 2026

Thermal pre-treatment of algal symbiont species differentially affects coral development

Maria Ruggeri, Samuel A. Bedgood, Jun B. Cai…·Virginia M. Weis

The study examines how thermal pre-treatment of algal symbionts affects coral development and symbiont colonization, finding species-specific impacts on host cell proliferation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.24.739192

non-human primateexperimental assay

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ZoologySymbiosisPeer-reviewedJul 1, 2025

Aiptasia oral regeneration is host-controlled but supported by symbiont-derived photosynthates

Jun B. Cai, Samuel A. Bedgood, Virginia M. Weis, Lucía Pita

This study shows that Aiptasia oral regeneration is faster in symbiotic anemones, suggesting symbiont-derived photosynthates support regeneration.

DOI 10.1007/s13199-025-01072-z

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