2018
A Dexterous, Glove-Based Teleoperable Low-Power Soft Robotic Arm for Delicate Deep-Sea Biological Exploration
Phillips BT, Becker KP, Kurumaya S, Galloway KC, Whittredge G, Vogt DM, Teeple CB, Rosen MH, Pieribone VA, Gruber DF, Wood RJ. A Dexterous, Glove-Based Teleoperable Low-Power Soft Robotic Arm for Delicate Deep-Sea Biological Exploration. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 14779. PMID: 30283051, PMCID: PMC6170437, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33138-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMarine biologistsDeep-sea organismsMultitude of organismsCoral reefsMarine organismsMarine systemsShallow marine systemsBiological interactionsBiological explorationOrganismsDeep seaSuction samplerBiologistsBiological samplingScuba divingDelicate interactionSCUBABiodiversityField trialsFaunaReefsEcosystemsInteractionPhysiologyClaws
2009
Novel Internal Regions of Fluorescent Proteins Undergo Divergent Evolutionary Patterns
Gruber DF, DeSalle R, Lienau EK, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Kao HT. Novel Internal Regions of Fluorescent Proteins Undergo Divergent Evolutionary Patterns. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2009, 26: 2841-2848. PMID: 19770223, PMCID: PMC2775108, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescent proteinStrong positive selection pressureDivergent evolutionary pressuresDivergent evolutionary patternsMolecular phylogenetic analysisSuperfamily of proteinsPositive selection pressureCyan fluorescent proteinGreen fluorescent proteinRed fluorescent proteinNatural functionMolecular evolutionPhylogenetic analysisEvolutionary patternsEvolutionary pressureSelection pressureProtein sequencesMarine organismsCompact proteinGeographic originNovel regionBiological researchProteinOrganismsInternal region
2008
Patterns of fluorescent protein expression in Scleractinian corals.
Gruber DF, Kao HT, Janoschka S, Tsai J, Pieribone VA. Patterns of fluorescent protein expression in Scleractinian corals. Biological Bulletin 2008, 215: 143-54. PMID: 18840775, DOI: 10.2307/25470695.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescent proteinGreat Barrier ReefDistribution of zooxanthellaeFluorescent protein distributionMajority of speciesAustralia's Great Barrier ReefClasses of organismsGreen fluorescent proteinFluorescent protein expressionCoral speciesScleractinian coralsMost speciesProtein distributionBarrier ReefCoralsTargeted expressionProteinSpeciesVariety of familiesProtein expressionBiofluorescenceOrganismsStudy sitesSignificant overlapDistinct patterns