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Tiffany L. Dunbar

San Diego State UniversityORCID 0009-0007-2425-379XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Morgan V. FarrelliD· 2 shared Nicholas J. ShikumaiD· 2 shared Alpher E. Aspiras· 1 shared Amanda T. AlkeriD· 1 shared Andriy Fedoriouk· 1 shared Bradley S. MooreiD· 1 shared Felicity KuekiD· 1 shared Gabriella Y. SalcedoiD· 1 shared

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A non-living, microbe-based surface coating promotes tubeworm and coral settlement

Morgan V. Farrell, Laura N. Rix, Paul A. O’Brien, Tiffany L. Dunbar, Shivani Mahesh, Felicity Kuek, Nicholas J. Shikuma

This paper introduces ReefTiles, a non-living bacterial coating that induces larval settlement in tubeworms and corals, matching live biofilms in effectiveness while avoiding environmental concerns.

Marine Biotechnology · Sep 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering

A modular plasmid toolkit applied in marine Proteobacteria reveals functional insights during bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis

Amanda T. Alker, Alpher E. Aspiras, Tiffany L. Dunbar, Morgan V. Farrell, Andriy Fedoriouk, Jeffrey E. Jones, Sama R. Mikhail, Gabriella Y. Salcedo, Bradley S. Moore, Nicholas J. Shikuma

The paper develops a modular plasmid toolkit for genetic manipulation of marine bacteria, demonstrating its use in studying host-microbe interactions and metamorphosis stimulation.

bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2023 · PreprintSynthetic Biology