Elucidating the molecular and biophysical mechanism of coral calcification in view of the future acidified ocean

Project Information

Ca2Coral

Grant agreement ID: 755876

DOI 10.3030/755876

Project closed

EC signature date 12 December 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 31 December 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 499 741,00

EU contribution € 1 499 741,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA
Israel

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

The calcifying interface in a stony coral primary polyp: An interplay between seawater and an extracellular calcifying space

Author(s): Gal Mor Khalifa, Shani Levy, Tali Mass
Published in: Journal of Structural Biology, Issue 213/4, 2021, Page(s) 107803, ISSN 1047-8477
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107803

The role and risks of selective adaptationin extreme coral habitats

Author(s): Federica Scucchia, Paul Zaslansky, Chloë Boote, Annabelle Doheny, Tali Mass & Emma F. Camp
Published in: Nature Communication, 2023, Page(s) 4475, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39651-7

Assembly of the Intraskeletal Coral Organic Matrix during Calcium Carbonate Formation

Author(s): Silvia Milita, Tal Zaquin, Simona Fermani, Devis Montroni, Iddo Pinkas, Luisa Barba, Giuseppe Falini*, and Tali Mass
Published in: Crystal Growth and Design, 2023, Page(s) 5801–5811, ISSN 1528-7505
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00401

Faster Crystallization during Coral Skeleton Formation Correlates with Resilience to Ocean Acidification

Author(s): Connor A. Schmidt, Cayla A. Stifler, Emily L. Luffey, Benjamin I. Fordyce, Asiya Ahmed, Gabriela Barreiro Pujol, Carolyn P. Breit, Sydney S. Davison, Connor N. Klaus, Isaac J. Koehler, Isabelle M. LeCloux, Celeo Matute Diaz, Catherine M. Nguyen, Virginia Quach, Jaden S. Sengkhammee, Evan J. Walch, Max M. Xiong, Eric Tambutté, Sylvie Tambutté, Tali Mass, and Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11434

New Insights on the Diurnal Mechanism of Calcification in the Stony Coral, Stylophora pistillata

Author(s): Maayan Neder, Raoul Saar, Assaf Malik, Gilad Antler, Tali Mass
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.745171

Genetic basis of stony coral biomineralization: History, trends and future prospects

Author(s): Jeana L. Drake, Neta Varsano, Tali Mass
Published in: Journal of Structural Biology, Issue 213/4, 2021, Page(s) 107782, ISSN 1047-8477
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107782

Energy Sources of the Depth-Generalist Mixotrophic Coral Stylophora pistillata

Author(s): Stephane Martinez, Yuval Kolodny, Eli Shemesh, Federica Scucchia, Reinat Nevo, Smadar Levin-Zaidman, Yossi Paltiel, Nir Keren, Dan Tchernov, Tali Mass
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 7, 2020, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.566663

Evolution of Protein-Mediated Biomineralization in Scleractinian Corals

Author(s): Tal Zaquin, Assaf Malik, Jeana Drake, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass
Published in: Frontiers in Genetics, 2021, ISSN 1664-8021
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.618517

Artificial Intelligence as a Tool to Study the 3D Skeletal Architecture in Newly Settled Coral Recruits: Insights into the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coral Biomineralization

Author(s): Federica Scucchia,Katrein Sauer,Paul Zaslansky, Tali Mass
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10030391

Minerals in the pre-settled coral Stylophora pistillata crystallize via protein and ion changes

Author(s): Anat Akiva, Maayan Neder, Keren Kahil, Rotem Gavriel, Iddo Pinkas, Gil Goobes, Tali Mass
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04285-7

Mineral formation in the primary polyps of pocilloporoid corals

Author(s): Maayan Neder, Pierre Philippe Laissue, Anat Akiva, Derya Akkaynak, Marie Albéric, Oliver Spaeker, Yael Politi, Iddo Pinkas, Tali Mass
Published in: Acta Biomaterialia, Issue 96, 2019, Page(s) 631-645, ISSN 1742-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.07.016

Coral acid rich protein selects vaterite polymorph in vitro

Author(s): Ra'anan Laipnik, Veronica Bissi, Chang-Yu Sun, Giuseppe Falini, Pupa U.P.A. Gilbert, Tali Mass
Published in: Journal of Structural Biology, 2019, Page(s) 107431, ISSN 1047-8477
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.107431

How corals made rocks through the ages

Author(s): Jeana L. Drake, Tali Mass, Jarosław Stolarski, Stanislas Von Euw, Bas Schootbrugge, Paul G. Falkowski
Published in: Global Change Biology, 2019, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14912

Physiological Characteristics of Stylophora pistillata Larvae Across a Depth Gradient

Author(s): Federica Scucchia, Hagai Nativ, Maayan Neder, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, Tali Mass
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 7, 2020, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00013

Crystal nucleation and growth of spherulites demonstrated by coral skeletons and phase-field simulations

Author(s): Chang-Yu Sun, László Gránásy, Cayla A. Stifler, Tal Zaquin, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Nobumichi Tamura, James C. Weaver, Jun A.Y. Zhang, Stefano Goffredo, Giuseppe Falini, Matthew A. Marcus, Tamás Pusztai, Vanessa Schoeppler, Tali Mass, Pupa U.P.A. Gilbert
Published in: Acta Biomaterialia, 2020, ISSN 1742-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.027

From particle attachment to space-filling coral skeletons

Author(s): Chang-Yu Sun, Cayla A. Stifler, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Connor A. Schmidt, Ganesh Parida, Vanessa Schoeppler, Benjamin I. Fordyce, Jack H. Brau, Tali Mass, Sylvie Tambutté, Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, Page(s) 202012025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012025117

A stony coral cell atlas illuminates the molecular and cellular basis of coral symbiosis, calcification, and immunity

Author(s): Shani Levy, Anamaria Elek, Xavier Grau-Bové, Simón Menéndez-Bravo, Marta Iglesias, Amos Tanay, Tali Mass, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
Published in: Cell, 2021, ISSN 0092-8674
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.005

The Skeleton and Biomineralization Mechanism as Part of the Innate Immune System of Stony Corals

Author(s): Shani Levy, Tali Mass
Published in: Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, ISSN 1664-3224
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.850338

Sclerites of the soft coral Ovabunda macrospiculata (Xeniidae) are predominantly the metastable CaCO3 polymorph vaterite

Author(s): Jeana L. Drake, Yehuda Benayahu, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Iddo Pinkas, Tali Mass
Published in: Acta Biomaterialia, 2021, ISSN 1742-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.08.051

Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH

Author(s): Federica Scucchia, Assaf Malik, Paul Zaslansky, Hollie M. Putnam, Tali Mass
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 288/1953, 2021, Page(s) 20210328, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0328