Our publications are listed below. Feel free to contact us in case you would like to know more about them.
2019
Hartmann, A.C, Marhaver, K.L., Klueter, A., Lovci, M.T., Closek, C.J., Diaz, E., Chamberland, V.F., Archer, F.I., Deheyn, D.D., Vermeij, M.J.A., Medina, M. (2019). Acquisition of obligate mutualist symbionts during the larval stage is not beneficial for a coral host. Molecular Ecology 28:141–155. PDF
Lopez, J.V., Kamel, B., Medina, M., Collins, T., Baums, I.B. (2019). Multiple Facets of Marine Invertebrate Conservation Genomics. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, vol. 7. PDF
2018
Pollock, F.J., McMinds, R., Smith, S., Bourne, D.G., Willis, B.L., Medina, M., Vega Thurber, R., Zaneveld, J. (2018). Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny. Nature Communications 9, Article number: 492. PDF
González, A.M., Prada, C.P., Ávila, V., Medina, M. (2018). Ecological Speciation in corals. In: . Population Genomics. Springer, Cham
Roitman, S., Pollock, F.J., Medina, M. (2018) Coral microbiomes as bioindicators of reef health. In: . Population Genomics. Springer, Cham
Ohdera, A.H., Abrams, M.J., Ames, C.L., Baker, D.M., Suescún-Bolívar, L.P., Collins, A.G., Freeman, C.J., Gamero-Mora, E., Goulet, T.L., Hofmann, D.K., Jaimes-Becerra, A.J., Long, P.F., Marques, A.C., Miller, L.A., Mydlarz, L.D., Morandini, A.C., Newkirk, C.R., Putri, S.P., Samson, J.E., Stampar, SN., Steinworth, B., Templeman, M., Thomé, P.E., Vlok, M., Woodley, C.M., Wong, J.C.Y., Martindale, M.Q., Fitt., W.K., Medina, M. (2018). Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System. Front. Ecol. Evol. PDF
Guillemette, R., Kaneko, R., Blanton, J., Tan, J., Witt, M., Hamilton, S., Allen, E.E., Medina, M., Hamasaki, K., Koch, B.P., Azam, F. (2018) Bacterioplankton drawdown of coral mass-spawned organic matter. The ISME Journal. PDF
2017
Pizarro, V., Rodríguez, S.C., López-Victoria, M., Zapata, F.A., Zea, S., Galindo-Martínez., C.T., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Pollock, J., Medina, M. (2017) Unraveling the structure and composition of Varadero Reef, an improbable and imperiled coral reef in the Colombian Caribbean. PeerJ. PDF
, E.M.,, C., , A.H., , H., , D.J., , R., , T.A., , T.C.,Intraspecific and interspecific variation in thermotolerance and photoacclimation in Symbiodinium dinoflagellates. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. PDF
2016
Prada, C., Hanna, B., Budd, A. F.., Woodley, C., Schmutz, J., Grimwood, J., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Pandolfi, J. M., Levitan, D., Knowlton, N., Kitano, H., DeGiorgio, M., Medina, M. (2016) Empty niches after extinctions increase population sizes of modern corals. Current Biology. PDF
Moya, A., Howes, E.L., Lacoue-Labarthe, T., Foret, S., Hanna, B., Medina, M., Munday, P.L., Ong, J.S., Teyssie, J.L., Torda, G., Watson, S.A., Miller, D.J., Bijma, J., Gattuso, J.P. (2016). Near-future pH conditions severely impact calcification, metabolism and the nervous system in the pteropod Heliconoides inflatus. Global Change Biology. PDF
Bhattacharya, D., Agrawal, S., Aranda, M., Baumgarten, S., Belcaid, M., Drake, J.L., Erwin, D., Foret, S., Gates, R.D., Gruber, D.F., Kamel, B., Lesser, M.P., Levy, O., Liew, Y.J., MacManes, M., Mass, T., Medina, M., Mehr, S., Meye, E., Price, D.C., Putnam, H.M., Qiu, H., Shinzato, C., Shogushi, E., Stokes, A.J., Tambutté, S., Tchernov, D., Voolstra, C.R., Wagner, N., Walker, C.W., Weber, A.P.M., Weis, V., Zelzion, E., Zoccola, D, Falkowski, P.G. (2016). Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals. eLIFE. PDF
2015
Baker, E.C., Layden, M.J., van Rossum, D.B., Kamel, B., Medina, M., Simpson, E., Jegla, T. (2015). Functional Characterization of Cnidarian HCN Channels Points to an Early Evolution of Ih. PDF
Pinzón, J.H., Kamel, B., Burge, C.A., Harvell, C.D., Medina, M., Weil, E., Mydlarz, L. (2015). Whole transcriptome analysis reveals changes in expression of immune-related genes during and after bleaching in a reef-building coral. The Royal Society. PDF
Li, X., Liu, H., Luo, J.C., Rhodes, S.A., Trigg, L.M., van Rossum, D.B., Anishkin, A., Diatta, F.H., Sassic, J.K., Simmons, D.K., Kamel, B., Medina, M., Martindale, M.Q., Jegla, T. (2015). Major diversification of voltage-gated K+ channels occurred in ancestral parahoxozoans. PNAS. PDF
Marhaver, K.L., Vermeij, M.J.A.., Medina, M. (2015). Reproductive natural history and successful juvenile propagation of the threatened Caribbean Pillar Coral Dendrogyra cylindrus. BMC Ecology. PDF
Thompson, J.R., Rivera, H.E., Closek, C.J., Medina, M. (2015). Microbes in the coral holobiont: partners through evolution, development, and ecological interactions. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. PDF
2014
Vue, Z., Kamel, B.S., Capo, T.R., Bardales, A.T., Medina, M. (2014). Comparative analysis of early ontogeny in Bursatella leachii and Aplysia californica. PeerJ. PDF
Green, E., Davies, S., Matz, M., Medina, M. (2014). Next-generation sequencing reveals cryptic Symbiodinium diversity within Orbicella faveolata and Orbicella franksi at the Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. PeerJ. PDF
Closek C.J., Sunagawa, S., DeSalvo, M.K., Piceno, Y.M., DeSantis, T.Z., Brodie, E.L., Weber, M., Voolstra, C.R., Andersen, G.L., Medina, M. (2014). Coral transcriptome and bacterial community profiles reveal distinct Yellow Band Disease states in Orbicella faveolata. ISME Journal. PDF
Sorek, M., Diaz-Almeyda, E., Medina, M., Levy, O. (2014). Circadian clocks in symbiotic corals: the duet between Symbiodinium algae and their coral-host. Marine Genomics. PDF
GIGA consortium. (2014). Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): Developing community resources to study diverse invertebrate genomes. Journal of Heredity. PDF
2013
Shoguchi, E., Shinzato, C., Kawashima, T., Gyoja, F., Mungpakdee, S., Koyanagi, R., Takeuchi, T., Hisata, K., Tanaka, M., Fujiwara, M., Hamada, M., Seidi, A., Fujie, M., Usami, T., Goto, H., Yamasaki, S., Arakaki, N., Suzuki, Y., Sugano, S., Toyoda, A., Kuroki, Y., Fujiyama, A., Medina, M., Coffroth, M.A., Bhattacharya, D., Satoh, N. (2013). Draft assembly of the Symbiodinium minutum nuclear genome reveals dinoflagellate gene structure. Current Biology. PDF
Davies, S.W., Rahman, M., Meyer, E., Green, E.A., Buschiazzo, E., Medina, M., Matz, M.V. (2013). Novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for population genetics of the endangered Caribbean star coral, Montastraea faveolata. Marine Biodiversity. PDF
Vollmer, S.V., Baker, A.C., Coffroth, M.A., Harvell, C.D., and Medina, M. (2013). Understanding the coral holobiont through science and scuba. In: Research and Discoveries: The Revolution of Science through Scuba. Lang, M., Taylor, P., Roberts, S., Marinelli, R. (eds). Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 173-186. PDF
2012
Weber, M., and Medina, M. (2012). The role of microalgal symbionts (Symbiodinium) in holobiont physiology. Ed. Piganeau, G. Genomic insights into the biology of algae. Elsevier. Pp. 119-140. PDF
Morandini, A., and Medina, M. (2012). Eumetazoos In: El árbol de la vida: sistemática y evolución de los seres vivos, Eds. Vargas, P. and Zardoya, R. Reverté, Barcelona. Pp. 178-187. PDF
Ezenwa, V.O., Gerardo, N.M., Inouye, D.W., Medina, M., Xavier, J.B. (2012). Animal behavior and the microbiome. Science. PDF
Aranda, M., DeSalvo, M.K., Bayer, T., Medina, M., Voolstra, C.R. (2012). Evolutionary insights into scleractinian corals using comparative genomic hybridizations. BMC Genomics. PDF
Bayer*, T., Aranda*, M., Sunagawa, S., Yum, L.K., DeSalvo, M., Lindquist, E., Coffroth, M.A., Voolstra, C.R., Medina, M. (2012). Symbiodinium transcriptomes: Genome insights into the dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals. PLoS One. *equal contributors PDF
2011
Medina, M. (2011). Analyzing coral reefs and their microbial assemblages. Microbe. PDF
Leggat, W., Yellowlees, D., Medina, M. (2011). Recent progress in Symbiodinium transcriptomics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. PDF
Aranda, M., Banaszak, A.T., Bayer, T., Luyten, J.R., Medina, M., Voolstra, C.R. (2011). Differential sensitivity of coral larvae to natural levels of ultraviolet radiation during the onset of competence. Molecular Ecology. PDF
DeSalvo, M.K., Estrada, A., Sunagawa, S., Medina, M. (2011). Transcriptomic responses to darkness stress point to common coral bleaching mechanisms. Coral Reefs. PDF
Voolstra*, C.R., Sunagawa*, S., Matz, M.V., Bayer, T., Aranda, M., Buschiazzo, E., DeSalvo, M.K., Lindquist, E., Szmant, A.M., Coffroth, M.A., Medina, M. (2011) Rapid evolution of coral proteins responsible for interaction with the environment. PLoS One *equally contributing PDF
Medina, M., Lal, S., Vallès, Y., Takaoka, T.L., Dayrat, B.A., Boore, J.L., Gosliner, T. (2011). Crawling through time: transition of snails to slugs dating back to the Paleozoic, based on mitochondrial phylogenomics. Marine Genomics. PDF
Heyland, A., Vue, Z., Voolstra, C.R., Medina, M., Moroz, L. (2011). Developmental transcriptome of Aplysia californica. Journal of Experimental Zoology. PDF
2010
Robinson, G., Banks, J., Padilla, D., Burggren, W., Cohen, C., Delwiche, C., Funk, V., Hoekstra, H., Jarvis, E., Johnson, L. Martindale, M., Martinez del Rio, C., Medina, M., Salt, D., Sinha, S., Specht, C., Spradling, A., Strange, K., Strassmann, J., Swalla, B., and Tomanek, L. (2010). Empowering 21st century biology. BioScience. PDF
Polato, N.R, Voolstra, C.R., Schnetzer, J., DeSalvo, M.K., Randall, C.J., Szmant, A.M., Medina, M., Baums, I.B. (2010). Location-specific responses to thermal stress in larvae of the reef-building coral Montastraea faveolata. PLoS ONE. PDF
Portune, K.J., Voolstra, C.R., Medina, M., Szmant, A. (2010). Development and heat stress-induced transcriptomic changes during embryogenesis of the scleractinian coral Acropora palmata. Marine Genomics. PDF
DeSalvo, M.K., Sunagawa, S., Voolstra, C.R., Medina, M. (2010). Transcriptomic responses to heat stress and bleaching in the Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. Marine Ecology Progress Series. PDF
Sunagawa, S., Woodley, C.M., Medina, M. (2010). Threatened corals provide underexplored microbial habitats. PLoS ONE. PDF
Medina, M., Sachs, J.L. (2010). Symbiont genomics, our new tangled bank. Genomics. PDF
DeSalvo, M.K.*, Sunagawa, S.*, Fisher, P.L., Voolstra, C.R., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Medina, M. (2010). Coral host transcriptomic states are correlated with Symbiodinium genotypes. Molecular Ecology *equally contributing PDF
2009
Voolstra, C.R., Schnetzer, J., Peshkin, L., Randall, C.J., Szmant, A.M., Medina, M. Effects of temperature on gene expression in embryos of the coral Montastraea faveolata. BMC Genomics. PDF
Reyes-Bermudez, A.*, DeSalvo, M.K.*, Voolstra, C.R., Sunagawa, S., Szmant, A.M., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Medina, M. (2009). Gene expression microarray analysis encompassing metamorphosis and the onset of calcification in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata. Marine Genomics *equally contributing PDF
Sunagawa. S., Wilson. E.C., Thaler, M., Smith, M.L., Caruso, C., Pringle, J.R., Weis, V.M., Medina, M., Schwarz, J.A. (2009). Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont. BMC Genomics. PDF
Medina, M. (2009). Functional genomics opens doors to understanding metamorphosis in nonmodel invertebrate organisms. Molecular Ecology. PDF
Voolstra, C.R., Schwarz, J.A., Schnetzer, J., Sunagawa, S., DeSalvo, M.K., Szmant, A.M., Coffroth, M.A., Medina, M. (2009). The host transcriptome remains unaltered during the establishment of coral-algal symbioses. Molecular Ecology. PDF
Sunagawa, S., DeSalvo, M.K., Voolstra, C.R., Reyes-Bermudez, A., Medina, M. (2009). Identification and gene expression analysis of a taxonomically restricted cysteine-rich protein family in reef-building corals. PLoS ONE. PDF
Sunagawa, S., DeSantis, T.Z., Piceno, Y.M., Brodie, E.L., DeSalvo, M.K., Voolstra, C.R., Weil, E., Andersen, G.L., Medina, M. (2009). Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. ISME J. PDF
Voolstra, C.R., Sunagawa, S., Schwarz, J.A., Coffroth, M.A., Yellowlees, D., Leggat, W., Medina, M. (2009). Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium). Comp Biochem Physiol, Part D. PDF
2008
Barlow, M., Reik, R.A., Jacobs, S.D., Medina, M., Meyer, M.P., McGowan Jr, J.E., Tenover, F.C. (2008). High rate of mobilization for blaCTX-Ms. Emerg Infect Dis. PDF
Sunagawa, S., Choi, J., Forman, H.J., Medina, M. (2008). Hyperthermic stress-induced increase in the expression of glutamate-cysteine ligase and glutathione levels in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Comp Biochem Physiol B PDF
DeSalvo, M.K., Voolstra, C.R., Sunagawa, S., Schwarz, J.A., Stillman, J.H., Coffroth, M.A., Szmant, A.M., Medina, M. (2008). Differential gene expression during thermal stress and bleaching in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Mol Ecol. PDF
Schwarz, J.A., Brokstein, P.B., Voolstra, C., Terry, A.Y., Szmant, A., Coffroth, M.A., Miller, D.J., and Medina, M. (2008). Coral Life History and Symbiosis: functional genomic resources for two reef building Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata. BMC Genomics. PDF
2006
Concepcion, G.T., Medina, M., and Toonen, R.J. (2006). Noncoding mitochondrial loci for corals. Mol Ecol Notes. PDF
Medina, M., Collins, A.G., Takaoka, T.L., Kuehl, J.V. and Boore, J.L. (2006). Naked corals: skeleton loss in Scleractinia. Proc Natl Acad Sci. PDF
Tyler, B.M., S. Tripathy, X. Zhang, P. Dehal, R. H. Jiang, A. Aerts, F. D. Arredondo, L. Baxter, D. Bensasson, J. L. Beynon, J. Chapman, C. M. Damasceno, A. E. Dorrance, D. Dou, A. W. Dickerman, I. L. Dubchak, M. Garbelotto, M. Gijzen, S. G. Gordon, F. Govers, N. J. Grunwald, W. Huang, K. L. Ivors, R. W. Jones, S. Kamoun, K. Krampis, K. H. Lamour, M. K. Lee, W. H. McDonald, M. Medina, H. J. Meijer, E. K. Nordberg, D. J. Maclean, M. D. Ospina-Giraldo, P. F. Morris, V. Phuntumart, N. H. Putnam, S. Rash, J. K. Rose, Y. Sakihama, A. A. Salamov, A. Savidor, C. F. Scheuring, B. M. Smith, B. W. Sobral, A. Terry, T. A. Torto-Alalibo, J. Win, Z. Xu, H. Zhang, I. V. Grigoriev, D. S. Rokhsar and J. L. Boore. (2006). Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of pathogenesis. Science. PDF
Collins, A.G., Schuchert, P., Marques, A.C., Jankowski, T., Medina, M. and Schierwater, B. (2006). Medusozoan phylogeny and character evolution clarified by new large and small subunit rDNA data and an assessment of the utility of phylogenetic mixture models. Syst Biol. PDF
Pola, M., Valles, Y., Cervera, J.L., Medina, M. and Gosliner, T.M. (2006). Taxonomic status of Tambja abdere and Tambja fusca based on morphological and molecular evidence, with comments on the phylogeny of the subfamily Nembrothinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae). Ann Zool Fenn. PDF
Schwarz, J.A., Brokstein, P., Manohar, C., Coffroth, M.A., Szmant, A.M., and Medina, M. (2006). Coral Reef Genomics: Developing tools for functional genomics of coral symbiosis. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa, Japan: 274-281. PDF
2005
Medina, M., Collins, T., and Walsh, P.J. (2005). Phylogeny of sea hares in the Aplysia clade based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bull Mar Sci. PDF
Medina, M. (2005). Genomes, phylogeny, and evolutionary systems biology. Proc Natl Acad Sci PDF
2004
Armbrust, E. V., J. A. Berges, C. Bowler, B. R. Green, D. Martinez, N. H. Putnam, S. Zhou, A. E. Allen, K. E. Apt, M. Bechner, M. A. Brzezinski, B. K. Chaal, A. Chiovitti, A. K. Davis, M. S. Demarest, J. C. Detter, T. Glavina, D. Goodstein, M. Z. Hadi, U. Hellsten, M. Hildebrand, B. D. Jenkins, J. Jurka, V. V. Kapitonov, N. Kroger, W. W. Lau, T. W. Lane, F. W. Larimer, J. C. Lippmeier, S. Lucas, M. Medina, A. Montsant, M. Obornik, M. S. Parker, B. Palenik, G. J. Pazour, P. M. Richardson, T. A. Rynearson, M. A. Saito, D. C. Schwartz, K. Thamatrakoln, K. Valentin, A. Vardi, F. P. Wilkerson and D. S. Rokhsar (2004). The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: ecology, evolution, and metabolism. Science. (Selected by Faculty of 1000). PDF
Boore, J.L., Medina, M. and Rosenberg, L.A. (2004). Complete sequences of the highly rearranged molluscan mitochondrial genomes of the Scaphopod Graptacme eborea and the bivalve Mytilus edulis. Mol Biol Evol. PDF
2003
Walsh, P.J., Mayer, G.D., Medina, M., Bernstein, M.L., Barimo, J.F., and Mommsen, T.P. (2003). A second glutamine synthetase gene with expression in the gills of the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta). J Exp Biol. PDF
Medina, M., Collins, A.G., Taylor, J.W., Valentine, J.W., Lipps, J.H., Amaral-Zettler, L., and Sogin, M.L. (2003). Phylogeny of Opisthokonta and the evolution of multicellularity and complexity in Fungi and Metazoa. International Journal of Astrobiology. PDF
2002
Dehal, P., Y. Satou, R. K. Campbell, J. Chapman, B. Degnan, A. De Tomaso, B. Davidson, A. Di Gregorio, M. Gelpke, D. M. Goodstein, N. Harafuji, K. E. Hastings, I. Ho, K. Hotta, W. Huang, T. Kawashima, P. Lemaire, D. Martinez, I. A. Meinertzhagen, S. Necula, M. Nonaka, N. Putnam, S. Rash, H. Saiga, M. Satake, A. Terry, L. Yamada, H. G. Wang, S. Awazu, K. Azumi, J. Boore, M. Branno, S. Chin-Bow, R. DeSantis, S. Doyle, P. Francino, D. N. Keys, S. Haga, H. Hayashi, K. Hino, K. S. Imai, K. Inaba, S. Kano, K. Kobayashi, M. Kobayashi, B. I. Lee, K. W. Makabe, C. Manohar, G. Matassi, M. Medina, Y. Mochizuki, S. Mount, T. Morishita, S. Miura, A. Nakayama, S. Nishizaka, H. Nomoto, F. Ohta, K. Oishi, I. Rigoutsos, M. Sano, A. Sasaki, Y. Sasakura, E. Shoguchi, T. Shin-i, A. Spagnuolo, D. Stainier, M. M. Suzuki, O. Tassy, N. Takatori, M. Tokuoka, K. Yagi, F. Yoshizaki, S. Wada, C. Zhang, P. D. Hyatt, F. Larimer, C. Detter, N. Doggett, T. Glavina, T. Hawkins, P. Richardson, S. Lucas, Y. Kohara, M. Levine, N. Satoh and D. S. Rokhsar. (2002). The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis: insights into chordate and vertebrate origins. Science (Selected by Faculty of 1000). PDF
2001
Medina, M., Collins, T., and Walsh, P.J. (2001). mtDNA ribosomal gene phylogeny of sea hares in the genus Aplysia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea): Implications for comparative neurobiology. Syst Biol. PDF
Medina, M., Collins, A.G., Silberman, J.D., and Sogin, M.L. (2001). Evaluating hypotheses of basal animal phylogeny using complete sequences of large and small subunit rRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci (Selected by Faculty of 1000). PDF
2000
Medina, M. and P. J. Walsh (2000). Comparison of four mendelian loci of the California sea hare (Aplysia californica) from populations of the coast of California and the Sea of Cortez. Mar Biotechnol. PDF
Walsh, P. J., Heitz, M.J., Campbell, C.E., Cooper, G.J., Medina, M., Wang, Y.S., Goss, G.G., Vincek, V., Wood, C.M., and Smith, C.P. (2000). Molecular characterization of a urea transporter in the gill of the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta). J Exp Biol. PDF
Medina, M. and Walsh, P.J. (2000). Molecular systematics of the order Anaspidea based on mitochondrial DNA sequence (12S, 16S, and COI). Mol Phylogenet Evol. PDF
1999
Medina, M., Weil, E. and Szmant, A.M. (1999). Examination of the Montastraea annularis species complex (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) using ITS and COI sequences. Mar Biotechnol. PDF
1996
Brawn, J.D., Collins, T., Medina, M., and Bermingham, E. (1996). Association between physical isolation and geographical variation within three species of Neotropical birds. Mol Ecol. PDF