peer-reviewed journal articles
(27 PUBLISHED, 3 in review)
Ocean & Human Health
- Dawkins P, Fiorenza E, Gaeckle J, Lanksbury J, van de Water JAJM, Feeney WE, Harvell CD, Lamb JB. Global seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to reduce human pathogens in food from the sea. Nature Sustainability. 2023 (in review)
- Cinar M, Hilmi NJM, Elsler LG, Lebleu L, Safa A, van de Water JAJM. Is Blue Carbon important for temperate zones? Scientific and Economic Assessments. Frontiers in Climate. 2023 (in review)
- Landrigan P, Stegeman J, Fleming LE, Allemand D, Anderson D, Backer LC, Brucker-Davis F, Chevalier N, Corra L, Czerucka D, Dechraoui-Bottein MY, Demeneix B, Depledge M, Deheyn D, Dorman C, Fenichel P, Fisher S, Gaill F, Galgani F, Gaze W, Giuliano L, Grandjean P, Hahn M, Hamdoun A, Hess PJ, Judson B, Laborde A, McGlade J, Mu J, Mustapha A, Neira M, Noble R, Pedrotti ML, Reddy C, Rocklöv J, Scharler U, Shanmugam H, Taghian G, van de Water JAJM, Vezzulli L, Weihe P, Zeka A, Raps H, Rampal P. Human Health and Ocean Pollution. Annals of Global Health. 2020 December; 86(1): 1-64 Full text
- Littman RA, Fiorenza EA, Wenger AS, Berry KL, van de Water JAJM, Nguyen L, Aung ST, Parker DM, Rader DN, Harvell CD, Lamb JB. Coastal urbanization influences human pathogens and microdebris contamination in seafood. Science of the Total Environment. 2020 June; 736: 139081 Full text
- Lamb JB, van de Water JAJM, Bourne DG, Altier C, Hein MY, Fiorenza EA, Abu N, Jompa J, Harvell CD. Seagrass ecosystems reduce exposure to bacterial pathogens of humans, fishes, and invertebrates. Science. 2017 February; 355(6326): 731-733 Full text
(AAAS Annual Meeting 2017 press conference; received significant media attention, including
New York Times, BBC and New Scientist - Altmetric score: 611)
Coral Biology
- van de Water JAJM, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Compartmentalization of bacterial symbionts and their potential role in the color of the precious coral Corallium rubrum. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2023 (in review)
- Tignat-Perrier R, van de Water JAJM, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Holobiont responses of mesophotic precious red coral Corallium rubrum to thermal anomalies. Environmental Microbiome. 2023 August; 18:70 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Tignat-Perrier R, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Coral holobionts and biotechnology: from Blue Economy to coral reef conservation. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2022 April; 74C:110-121 Full text
- Tignat-Perrier R*, van de Water JAJM*, Guillemain D, Aurelle D, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. The effect of thermal stress on the physiology and bacterial communities of two key Mediterranean gorgonians. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 2022 March; 88(6): e02340-21 (* shared first co-authorship) Full text (highlighted by the journal in a "Spotlight" and Cover Photo)
- Bednarz V*, van de Water JAJM*, Grover R, Maguer JF, Fine M, Ferrier-Pagès C. Unravelling the importance of diazotrophy in corals - Combined assessment of nitrogen assimilation, diazotrophic community and natural stable isotope signatures. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 June; 12:631244
(* shared first co-authorship) Full text - Pupier CA, Grover R, Fine M, Rottier C, van de Water JAJM, Ferrier-Pagès C. Dissolved nitrogen acquisition in the symbioses of soft and hard corals with Symbiodiniaceae: a key to understand their different nutritional strategies? Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 June; 12:657759 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Coppari M, Enrichetti F, Ferrier-Pagès C, Bo M. Local conditions influence the prokaryotic communities associated with the mesophotic black coral Antipathella subpinnata. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020 October; 11:537813 Full text
- Pollock FJ, Lamb JB, van de Water JAJM, Smith HA, Schaffelke B, Willis BL, Bourne DG. Reduced diversity and stability of coral-associated bacterial communities and suppressed immune function precedes disease onset in corals. Royal Society Open Science. 2019 June; 6: 190355 Full text
- Bednarz V, van de Water JAJM, Rabouille S, Maguer JF, Grover R, Ferrier-Pagès C. Diazotrophic community and associated dinitrogen fixation within the temperate coral Oculina patagonica. Environmental Microbiology. 2019 January; 21(1):480-495 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Courtial L, Houlbrèque F, Jacquet S, Ferrier-Pagès C. Ultra-violet radiation has a limited impact on seasonal differences in the Acropora muricata holobiont. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2018 August; 5:275 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Host-microbe interactions in octocoral holobionts - recent advances and perspectives. Microbiome. 2018 March; 6(64) Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Chaib De Mares M, Dixon GB, Raina J-B, Willis BL, Bourne DG, van Oppen MJH. Antimicrobial and stress responses to increased temperature and bacterial pathogen challenge in the holobiont of a reef-building coral. Molecular Ecology. 2018 February; 27(4): 1065-1080 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Voolstra CR, Rottier C, Cocito S, Peirano A, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Seasonal stability in the microbiomes of temperate gorgonians and the red coral Corallium rubrum across the Mediterranean Sea. Microbial Ecology. 2018 January; 75(1): 274-288 Full text
- Pollock FJ, Katz SM, van de Water JAJM, Davies SW, Hein MY, Torda G, Matz MV, Beltran VH, Buerger P, Puill-Stephan E, Abrego D, Bourne DG, Willis BL. Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis. PeerJ. 2017 September; 5: e3732 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Melkonian R, Voolstra CR, Junca H, Beraud E, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Comparative assessment of Mediterranean gorgonian-associated microbial communities reveals conserved core and locally variant bacteria. Microbial Ecology. 2017 February; 73(2): 466-478 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Lamb JB, Heron SF, van Oppen MJH, Willis BL. Temporal patterns of innate immunity parameters in reef-building corals and linkages with local climatic conditions. Ecosphere. 2016 December; 7(11): e01505 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Melkonian R, Junca H, Voolstra CR, Reynaud S, Allemand D, Ferrier-Pagès C. Spirochaetes dominate the microbial community associated with the red coral Corallium rubrum on a broad geographic scale. Scientific Reports. 2016 June; 6: 27277 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Lamb JB, van Oppen MJH, Willis BL, Bourne DG. Comparative immune responses of corals to stressors associated with offshore reef-based tourist platforms. Conservation Physiology. 2015 July; 3(1): cov32 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Ainsworth TD, Leggat W, Bourne DG, Willis BL, van Oppen MJH. The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration. Molecular Ecology. 2015 June; 24(13): 3390-3404 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, Leggat W, Bourne DG, van Oppen MJH, Willis BL, Ainsworth TD. Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage. Hydrobiologia. 2015 March; 759(1): 201-214 Full text
- van de Water JAJM, van Oppen MJH, Willis BL. Absence of skeleton deposition in juveniles of the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora. Coral Reefs. 2012 December; 31(4): 1111 Full text
Cancer Biology
- van de Water JAJM, Bagci-Onder T, Agarwal AS, Wakimoto H, Roovers RC, Zhu Y, Kasmieh R, Bhere D, van Bergen en Henegouwen PMP, Shah K. Therapeutic stem cells expressing different variants of EGFR-specific nanobodies have anti-tumor effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2012 October; 109(41): 16642-16647 Full text
- Hingtgen SD, Kasmieh R, van de Water JAJM, Weissleder R, Shah K. A novel molecule integrating therapeutic and diagnostic activities reveals multiple aspects of stem cell-based therapy. Stem Cells. 2010 February; 28(4): 832-841 Full text
- Kumar AT, Chung E, Raymond SB, van de Water JAJM, Shah K, Fukumura D, Jain RK, Bacskai BJ, Boas DA. Feasibility of in vivo imaging of fluorescent proteins using lifetime contrast. Optics Letters 2009 July; 34(13): 2066-2068 Full text
- Sasportas LS, Kasmieh R, Wakimoto H, Hingtgen S, van de Water JAJM, Mohapatra G, Figueiredo JL, Martuza RL, Weissleder R, Shah K. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and fate of engineered human mesenchymal stem cells for cancer therapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2009 March; 106(12): 4822-4827 Full text
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Conference Presentations
Molecular Ecology
- "Phototrophic Macro-Organisms & Microbes in the Marine Environment - from the Coral Holobiont to Ecosystem Health" - Symposium on Interdisciplinary approaches as game changers for coastal system research, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA), Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 2-4 November 2022 Invited Speaker
- "Phototrophic Macro-Organisms & Microbes in the Marine Environment - from the Coral Holobiont to Ecosystem Health" - Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands. 2 November 2021 Invited Speaker
- "Diazotrophs - Key Players in Coral Holobiont Health?" - 14th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Satellite Workshop 'Marine Nitrogen-Fixing Symbioses: A Model for Biotic Interactions in Marine Biota', Aarhus, Denmark. 19 October 2021
Invited Speaker (virtual edition) - “Host-Microbe Interactions in Octocoral Holobionts” - LE STUDIUM Conference ‘Innate immunity in a biomineralized context: trade-offs or synergies?’, Tours, France. 23-24 March 2021 Invited Speaker (virtual edition)
- "Impact of heavy metal and nutrient pollution on the microbiota of temperate corals from the Mediterranean Sea" - 17th International Symposium of Microbial Ecology, Leipzig, Germany. 12-17 August 2018 Poster presentation (view poster)
- "Can we use nature to filter pathogens? - Seagrass ecosystems moderate pathogens of marine animals" - KAUST Research Workshop: The Meta-organism Frontier, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. 18-22 February 2018 Invited Speaker
- "Stability in the microbiomes of temperate gorgonians and the precious red coral Corallium rubrum across the Mediterranean Sea" - European Coral Reef Symposium 2017, Oxford, UK. 13-15 December 2017 Poster presentation (view poster)
- "Can we use nature to filter pathogens? - Seagrass ecosystems moderate pathogens of marine animals" - Monaco & Sweden Sea Conference - 'Connecting and Protecting Our Seas: Initiatives in the Baltic and the Mediterranean', Monaco. 12-13 October 2017 Invited Speaker
- "Stability in the microbiomes of temperate gorgonians and the precious red coral Corallium rubrum across the Mediterranean Sea" - Gordon Research Conference & Seminar - Animal-Microbe Symbioses, Mount Snow, West Dover, Vermont, USA. 10-16 June 2017 Poster presentation (view poster)
- “Stability and functionality of the microbial communities associated with temperate gorgonians and the precious red coral Corallium rubrum” - 1st International Conference on Holobionts, Paris, France. 19-21 April 2017 Oral presentation
- "Regulation of marine microbial communities – Coral-associated microbes, coral immunology and the benefits of seagrass for reef and human health" - Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands. 8 November 2016 Invited Speaker
- “Stability and functionality of the microbial communities associated with temperate gorgonians and the precious red coral Corallium rubrum” - 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA. 19-24 June 2016 Oral presentation
- “Corals under Stress – A Study of the Coral Immune System” - Marine Genomics Seminar Series, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan. 13 April 2015 Invited Speaker
- “Corals under Stress – A Study of the Coral Immune System” - Biological Sciences Seminars, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 10 April 2015 Invited Speaker
- "Corals under stress - A focus on the innate immune system" - Life History and Evolution of Reef Corals (MB3210), James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. 6 May 2014 Guest lecture
- “Coral holobiont response to bacteria under elevated seawater temperatures” - Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA. 23-28 February 2014 Poster presentation (view poster)
- “The Response Of The Coral Holobiont To Pathogenic Bacteria Under Elevated Seawater Temperatures” - 8th International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, Eilat, Israel. 1-5 December 2013 Oral presentation
- “The Response Of The Coral Holobiont To Pathogenic Bacteria Under Elevated Seawater Temperatures” - 2013 AIMS@JCU Seminar Day, Townsville, Australia. 15 October 2013 Oral presentation
- “The Response Of The Coral Holobiont To Pathogenic Bacteria Under Elevated Seawater Temperatures” - 87th Australian Coral Reef Society Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia. 27-30 August 2013 Oral presentation
- “Invading Pathogens Following Physical Damage Elicit An Immune Response In Corals” - 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia. 9-13 July 2012 Oral presentation
- “The Coral Innate Immune Response Following Physical Damage” - 2012 AIMS@JCU Seminar Day, Townsville, Australia. 26 June 2012 Oral presentation
- “The Coral Innate Immune Response Following Physical Damage” - School of Marine & Tropical Biology Conference - Biology in the Tropics 2012, Townsville, Australia. 4-5 June 2012 Oral presentation
- “Invading Pathogens Following Physical Damage Elicit An Immune Response In Corals” - 86th Australian Coral Reef Society Annual Conference, Sunshine Coast, Australia. 26-28 August 2012 Oral presentation
Cancer Biology
- “Stem Cell-Delivered Immunotherapy for Glioma Therapy: The Potential of anti-EGFR Nanobodies and their Variants” - Institute of Biomembranes Seminar, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. 16 April 2010 Oral presentation
- “Anti-EGFR Nanobody-Secreting Stem Cells in Glioma Therapy” - Chemical Biology Symposium, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. 22 May 2008 Oral presentation