Marine phytoplankton as biogeochemical drivers: Scaling from membranes and single cells to populations

Project Information

SEACELLS

Grant agreement ID: 670390

DOI 10.3030/670390

Project closed

EC signature date 27 August 2015

Start date 1 October 2015

End date 30 September 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 704 190,00

EU contribution € 2 704 190,00

Coordinated by

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Coccolithophore Calcification: Changing Paradigms in Changing Oceans

Author(s): Colin Brownlee, Gerald Langer, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: SSRN Electronic Journal, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 4-11, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3600429

A Novel Ca2+ Signaling Pathway Coordinates Environmental Phosphorus Sensing and Nitrogen Metabolism in Marine Diatoms

Author(s): Katherine E. Helliwell, Ellen L. Harrison, Joseph A. Christie-Oleza, Andrew P. Rees, Friedrich H. Kleiner, Trupti Gaikwad, Joshua Downe, Maria M. Aguilo-Ferretjans, Lisa Al-Moosawi, Colin Brownlee, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 31, 2020, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.073

Sr in coccoliths of Scyphosphaera apstenii: Partitioning behavior and role in coccolith morphogenesis

Author(s): Erin M. Meyer, Gerald Langer, Colin Brownlee, Glen L. Wheeler, Alison R. Taylor
Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Issue 285, 2020, Page(s) 41-54, ISSN 0016-7037
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.06.023

A Novel Single-Domain Na + -Selective Voltage-Gated Channel in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes

Author(s): Katherine E. Helliwell, Abdul Chrachri, Julie A. Koester, Susan Wharam, Alison R. Taylor, Glen L. Wheeler, Colin Brownlee
Published in: Plant Physiology, Issue 184/4, 2020, Page(s) 1674-1683, ISSN 0032-0889
Publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00889

Dynamic changes in carbonate chemistry in the microenvironment around single marine phytoplankton cells

Author(s): Abdul Chrachri, Brian M. Hopkinson, Kevin Flynn, Colin Brownlee, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, Page(s) 74 (1-12), ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02426-y

Spatial and temporal specificity of Ca 2+ signalling in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in response to osmotic stress

Author(s): Peter Bickerton, Simone Sello, Colin Brownlee, Jon K. Pittman, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 212/4, 2016, Page(s) 920-933, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14128

The Evolution of Calcium-Based Signalling in Plants

Author(s): Kai H. Edel, Elodie Marchadier, Colin Brownlee, Jörg Kudla, Alistair M. Hetherington
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 27/13, 2017, Page(s) R667-R679, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.020

Why marine phytoplankton calcify

Author(s): F. M. Monteiro, L. T. Bach, C. Brownlee, P. Bown, R. E. M. Rickaby, A. J. Poulton, T. Tyrrell, L. Beaufort, S. Dutkiewicz, S. Gibbs, M. A. Gutowska, R. Lee, U. Riebesell, J. Young, A. Ridgwell
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 2/7, 2016, Page(s) e1501822-e1501822, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501822

The requirement for calcification differs between ecologically important coccolithophore species

Author(s): Charlotte E. Walker, Alison R. Taylor, Gerald Langer, Grażyna M. Durak, Sarah Heath, Ian Probert, Toby Tyrrell, Colin Brownlee, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: New Phytologist, Issue 220/1, 2018, Page(s) 147-162, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15272

Coccolithophore Cell Biology: Chalking Up Progress

Author(s): Alison R. Taylor, Colin Brownlee, Glen Wheeler
Published in: Annual Review of Marine Science, Issue 9/1, 2017, Page(s) 283-310, ISSN 1941-1405
Publisher: Annual Reviews Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034032

An Extracellular Polysaccharide-Rich Organic Layer Contributes to Organization of the Coccosphere in Coccolithophores

Author(s): Charlotte E. Walker, Sarah Heath, Deborah L. Salmon, Nicholas Smirnoff, Gerald Langer, Alison R. Taylor, Colin Brownlee, Glen L. Wheeler
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 5, 2018, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Journals
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00306

Alternative Mechanisms for Fast Na+/Ca2+ Signaling in Eukaryotes via a Novel Class of Single-Domain Voltage-Gated Channels

Author(s): Katherine E. Helliwell, Abdul Chrachri, Julie A. Koester, Susan Wharam, Frédéric Verret, Alison R. Taylor, Glen L. Wheeler, Colin Brownlee
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 29/9, 2019, Page(s) 1503-1511.e6, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.041

The haplo-diplontic life cycle expands niche space in coccolithophores

Author(s): Joost de Vries, Fanny Monteiro, Glen Wheeler, Alex Poulton, Jelena Godrijan, Federica Cerino, Elisa Malinverno, Gerald Langer, Colin Brownlee
Published in: Biogeosciences, Issue 2020-194, 2020, ISSN 1726-4189
Publisher: European Geosciences Union -Copernicus
DOI: 10.5194/bg-2020-194

Spatiotemporal patterns of intracellular Ca 2+ signalling govern hypo‐osmotic stress resilience in marine diatoms

Author(s): Katherine E. Helliwell, Friedrich H. Kleiner, Hayley Hardstaff, Abdul Chrachri, Trupti Gaikwad, Deborah Salmon, Nicholas Smirnoff, Glen L. Wheeler, Colin Brownlee
Published in: New Phytologist, 2021, ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17162