Publications

MMBL Publications

Posadas ND, Conaco C. 2024. Gene networks governing the response of a calcareous sponge to future ocean conditions reveal lineage-specific XBP1 regulation of the unfolded protein response. Ecology and Evolution (full-text)
Calle LG, Cabaitan PC, Sayco SLG, Tan SH, Conaco C. 2024. Ontogenetic variability in the diel activity pattern of the marine gastropod Cassis cornuta (Mollusca: Cassidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 90: eyad024. (full-text)
Padayhag B, Nada MAL, Baquiran JIP, Sison-Mangus MP, San Diego-McGlone ML, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2023. Microbial community structure and settlement induction capacity of marine biofilms developed under varied reef conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 193:115138. (full-text)
Quimpo TJR, Requilme JN, Gomez E, Sayco SL, Dumalagan EE, Siringan FP, Conaco C, Cabaitan PC. 2023. Fish and benthic communities in an offshore and well-managed coral reef after bleaching disturbance in the Philippines. Marine Biology 170:123. (full-text)
de Guzman IJA, Cabaitan PC, Hoeksema BW, Sayco SLG, Conaco C. 2023. Variation in epibiont communities among restocked giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) and across different habitat types. Marine Biodiversity 53(4):51. (full-text)
Tan K, Conaco C. 2021. Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87: eyab029. (full-text)
Posadas N, Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Kelly M, Conaco C. 2021. Microbiome diversity and host immune functions inﬂuence survivorship of sponge holobionts under future ocean conditions. ISME Journal doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01050-5. (full-text) (behind the paper)
Matriano D, Alegado R, Conaco C. 2021. Detection of horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Scientific Reports 11:5993. (data) (full-text)
Dizon EG, Da-Anoy JP, Roth MS, Conaco C. 2021. Fluorescent protein expression in temperature tolerant and susceptible reef-building corals. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101(1):71-80. (full-text)
Requilme JNC, Conaco C, Sayco SLG, Roa-Quiaoit HA, Cabaitan PC. 2021. Using citizen science and survey data to determine the recruitment envelope of the giant clam, Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). Ocean & Coastal Management 202:105515. (full-text)
Ayalon I, Rosenberg Y, Benichou JIC, Campos CLD, Sayco SLG, Nada MAL, Baquiran JIP, Ligson CA, Avisar D, Conaco C, Kuechly HU, Kyba CCM, Cabaitan PC, Levy O. 2021. Coral gametogenesis collapse under artificial light pollution. Current Biology 31(2):413-419. (full-text) (Science editorial choice) (phys.org)
Atrigenio MP, Conaco C, Guzman C, Yap HT, Aliño PM. 2020. Distribution and abundance of Heliopora coerulea (Cnidaria: Coenothecalia) and notes on its aggressive behavior against scleractinian corals: Temperature mediated? Regional Studies in Marine Science 40(101502). (full-text)
Da-Anoy JP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Warm temperature alters the chemical cue preference of Acropora tenuis and Heliopora coerulea larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 161:111755 (full-text)
Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Campos CLD, Sayco SLG, Cabaitan PC, Rosenberg Y, Ayalon I, Levy O, Conaco C. 2020. The Prokaryotic microbiome of Acropora digitifera is stable under short-term artificial light pollution. Microorganisms 8(10):1566 (full-text)
Nada MAL, Baquiran JIP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Behavior and development of larvae in the sponge Haliclona amboinensis. Invertebrate Biology 139(3):e12296. (full-text)
Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Posadas N, Manogan DP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Population structure and microbial community diversity of two common tetillid sponges in a tropical reef lagoon. PeerJ 8:e9017. (data) (full-text)
Quimpo TJR, Ligson CA, Manogan DP, Requilme JNC, Albelda RL, Conaco C and Cabaitan PC. 2020. Fish farm effluents alter reef benthic assemblages and reduce coral settlement. Marine Pollution Bulletin 153:111025. (full-text)
Conaco C and Cabaitan PC. 2020. Influence of salinity and temperature on the survival and settlement of Heliopora coerulea larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 150:110703. (full-text)
Guzman C, Atrigenio M, Shinzato C, Aliño P, Conaco C. 2019. Warm seawater temperature promotes substrate colonization by the blue coral, Heliopora coerulea. PeerJ 7:e7785. (full-text)
Sayco SLG, Conaco C, Neo ML, Cabaitan PC. 2019. Reduced salinities negatively impact fertilization success and early larval development of the giant clam Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). JEMBE 516:35-43. (full-text)
Da-Anoy JP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2019. Species variability in the response to elevated temperature of select corals in north-western Philippines. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99(6):1273-1279. (full-text)
Moncada C, Hassenrück C, Gärdes A, Conaco C. 2019. Microbial community composition of sediments influenced by intensive mariculture activity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(2):fiz006. (data) (full-text)
Enricuso OB, Conaco C, Sayco SLG, Neo ML, Cabaitan PC. 2018. Elevated seawater temperatures affect embryonic and larval development in the true giant clam Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). Journal of Molluscan Studies eyy051. (full-text)
Baquiran JIP and Conaco C. 2018. Sponge-microbe partnerships are stable under eutrophication from mariculture. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136:125-134. (full-text)
Ravelo SFP and Conaco C. 2018. Comparison of the response of in hospite and ex hospite Symbiodinium to elevated temperature. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 51(2):93-108. (full-text)
Guzman C, Shinzato C, Lu T-M, Conaco C. 2018. Transcriptome analysis of the reef-building octocoral, Heliopora coerulea. Scientific Reports 8:8397. (full-text)
Gajigan AP, Yñiguez AT, Villanoy CL, San Diego-McGlone ML, Jacinto GS, Conaco C. 2018. Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, northeastern Philippines. PeerJ 6:e4781. (full-text)
Cabaitan PC, Malvicini C, Sabban F, Conaco C. 2017. Versatile habitat conditioning by damselfish cultivating turf algae on giant clams. Hydrobiologia 805(1):89-96. (full-text)
Atrigenio MA, Alino PM, Conaco C. 2017. Influence of the blue coral Heliopora coerulea on scleractinian coral larval recruitment. Journal of Marine Biology 2017:6015143. (full-text)
Gajigan AP and Conaco C. 2017. A microRNA regulates the response of corals to thermal stress. Molecular Ecology 26:3472–3483. (data: PRJNA298449; PRJNA298496) (full-text)
Gajigan AP, Diaz LA, Conaco C. 2017. Resilience of the prokaryotic microbial community of Acropora digitifera to elevated temperature. MicrobiologyOpen 00:e478. (data: PRJNA341929) (full-text)
Cabaitan PC and Conaco C. 2017. Bringing back the giants: juvenile from natural spawning of restocked giant clams. Coral Reefs 36(2):519. (full-text)
Da-Anoy J, Villanueva RD, Cabaitan C, Conaco C. 2017. Effects of coral extracts on survivorship, swimming behavior, and settlement of larvae. JEMBE 486:93-97. (full-text)
Guzman C and Conaco C. 2016. Gene expression dynamics accompanying the sponge thermal stress response. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0165368. (data: PRJNA274004; GFAV00000000) (full-text)
Conaco C, Tsoulfas P, Sakarya O, Dolan A, Werren J, Kosik KS. 2016. Detection of prokaryotic genes in the Amphimedon queenslandica genome. PLoS ONE R50002. (full-text)
Guzman C and Conaco C. 2016. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals insights into the streamlined genomes of haplosclerid demosponges. Scientific Reports 5:18774. (data: PRJNA264137; PRJNA274004) (full-text)

Other Publications

Conaco C, Neveu P, Zhou H, Arcila ML, Degnan SM, Degnan BM, Kosik KS. 2012. Transcriptome profiling of the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica reveals genome-wide events that accompany major life cycle transitions. BMC Genomics 13:209. (full-text)
Conaco C, Bassett DS, Zhou H, Arcila ML, Degnan SM, Degnan BM, Kosik KS. 2012. Functionalization of a proto-synaptic gene expression network. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109 Suppl 1:10612-8. (full-text)
Srivastava M, Simakov O, Chapman J, Fahey B, Gauthier MAE, Mitros T, Richards GS, Conaco C, Dacre M, Hellsten U, Larroux C, Putnam NH, Stanke M, Adamska M, Darling A, Degnan SM, Oakley TH, Plachetzki DC, Zhai Y, Adamski M, Calcino A, Cummins SF, Goodstein DM, Harris C, Jackson DJ, Leys SP, Shu S, Woodcroft BJ, Vervoort M, Kosik KS, Manning G, Degnan BM, Rokhsar DS. 2010. The genome and the evolution of animal complexity. Nature 466(7307):720-6. (full-text)
Sakarya O, Conaco C, Egecioglu O, Solla SA, Oakley TH, Kosik KS. 2010. Evolutionary expansion and specialization of the PDZ domains. Mol. Biol. Evol. 27(5):1058-69. (full-text)
Karginov FV, Conaco C, Xuan Z, Schmidt BH, Parker JS, Mandel G, Hannon GJ.2007.A biochemical approach to identifying microRNA targets. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104(49): 19291-19296. (full-text)
Otto SJ, McCorkle SR, Hover J, Conaco C, Han JJ, Impey S, Yochum GS, Dunn JJ, Goodman RH, Mandel G. 2007. A new binding motif for the transcriptional repressor REST uncovers large gene networks devoted to neuronal functions. J Neurosci. 27(25):6729-39. (full-text)
Conaco C, Otto SJ, Han JJ, Mandel G. 2006. Reciprocal actions of REST and a microRNA promote neuronal identity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103(7): 2422-2427. (full-text)
Baldia SF, Conaco MCG, Nishijima T, Susumu I, Harada K. 2003. Microcystin production during algal bloom occurrence in Laguna de Bay, Philippines. Fisheries Science 69(1): 110-116. (full-text)

MMBL Publications

Posadas ND, Conaco C. 2024. Gene networks governing the response of a calcareous sponge to future ocean conditions reveal lineage-specific XBP1 regulation of the unfolded protein response. Ecology and Evolution (full-text)

Calle LG, Cabaitan PC, Sayco SLG, Tan SH, Conaco C. 2024. Ontogenetic variability in the diel activity pattern of the marine gastropod Cassis cornuta (Mollusca: Cassidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 90: eyad024. (full-text)

Padayhag B, Nada MAL, Baquiran JIP, Sison-Mangus MP, San Diego-McGlone ML, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2023. Microbial community structure and settlement induction capacity of marine biofilms developed under varied reef conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 193:115138. (full-text)

Quimpo TJR, Requilme JN, Gomez E, Sayco SL, Dumalagan EE, Siringan FP, Conaco C, Cabaitan PC. 2023. Fish and benthic communities in an offshore and well-managed coral reef after bleaching disturbance in the Philippines. Marine Biology 170:123. (full-text)

de Guzman IJA, Cabaitan PC, Hoeksema BW, Sayco SLG, Conaco C. 2023. Variation in epibiont communities among restocked giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) and across different habitat types. Marine Biodiversity 53(4):51. (full-text)

Tan K, Conaco C. 2021. Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87: eyab029. (full-text)

Posadas N, Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Kelly M, Conaco C. 2021. Microbiome diversity and host immune functions inﬂuence survivorship of sponge holobionts under future ocean conditions. ISME Journal doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01050-5. (full-text) (behind the paper)

Matriano D, Alegado R, Conaco C. 2021. Detection of horizontal gene transfer in the genome of the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Scientific Reports 11:5993. (data) (full-text)

Dizon EG, Da-Anoy JP, Roth MS, Conaco C. 2021. Fluorescent protein expression in temperature tolerant and susceptible reef-building corals. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101(1):71-80. (full-text)

Requilme JNC, Conaco C, Sayco SLG, Roa-Quiaoit HA, Cabaitan PC. 2021. Using citizen science and survey data to determine the recruitment envelope of the giant clam, Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). Ocean & Coastal Management 202:105515. (full-text)

Atrigenio MP, Conaco C, Guzman C, Yap HT, Aliño PM. 2020. Distribution and abundance of Heliopora coerulea (Cnidaria: Coenothecalia) and notes on its aggressive behavior against scleractinian corals: Temperature mediated? Regional Studies in Marine Science 40(101502). (full-text)

Da-Anoy JP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Warm temperature alters the chemical cue preference of Acropora tenuis and Heliopora coerulea larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 161:111755 (full-text)

Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Campos CLD, Sayco SLG, Cabaitan PC, Rosenberg Y, Ayalon I, Levy O, Conaco C. 2020. The Prokaryotic microbiome of Acropora digitifera is stable under short-term artificial light pollution. Microorganisms 8(10):1566 (full-text)

Nada MAL, Baquiran JIP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Behavior and development of larvae in the sponge Haliclona amboinensis. Invertebrate Biology 139(3):e12296. (full-text)

Baquiran JIP, Nada MAL, Posadas N, Manogan DP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2020. Population structure and microbial community diversity of two common tetillid sponges in a tropical reef lagoon. PeerJ 8:e9017. (data) (full-text)

Quimpo TJR, Ligson CA, Manogan DP, Requilme JNC, Albelda RL, Conaco C and Cabaitan PC. 2020. Fish farm effluents alter reef benthic assemblages and reduce coral settlement. Marine Pollution Bulletin 153:111025. (full-text)

Conaco C and Cabaitan PC. 2020. Influence of salinity and temperature on the survival and settlement of Heliopora coerulea larvae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 150:110703. (full-text)

Guzman C, Atrigenio M, Shinzato C, Aliño P, Conaco C. 2019. Warm seawater temperature promotes substrate colonization by the blue coral, Heliopora coerulea. PeerJ 7:e7785. (full-text)

Sayco SLG, Conaco C, Neo ML, Cabaitan PC. 2019. Reduced salinities negatively impact fertilization success and early larval development of the giant clam Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). JEMBE 516:35-43. (full-text)

Da-Anoy JP, Cabaitan PC, Conaco C. 2019. Species variability in the response to elevated temperature of select corals in north-western Philippines. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99(6):1273-1279. (full-text)

Moncada C, Hassenrück C, Gärdes A, Conaco C. 2019. Microbial community composition of sediments influenced by intensive mariculture activity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(2):fiz006. (data) (full-text)

Enricuso OB, Conaco C, Sayco SLG, Neo ML, Cabaitan PC. 2018. Elevated seawater temperatures affect embryonic and larval development in the true giant clam Tridacna gigas (Cardiidae: Tridacninae). Journal of Molluscan Studies eyy051. (full-text)

Baquiran JIP and Conaco C. 2018. Sponge-microbe partnerships are stable under eutrophication from mariculture. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136:125-134. (full-text)

Ravelo SFP and Conaco C. 2018. Comparison of the response of in hospite and ex hospite Symbiodinium to elevated temperature. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 51(2):93-108. (full-text)

Guzman C, Shinzato C, Lu T-M, Conaco C. 2018. Transcriptome analysis of the reef-building octocoral, Heliopora coerulea. Scientific Reports 8:8397. (full-text)

Gajigan AP, Yñiguez AT, Villanoy CL, San Diego-McGlone ML, Jacinto GS, Conaco C. 2018. Diversity and community structure of marine microbes around the Benham Rise underwater plateau, northeastern Philippines. PeerJ 6:e4781. (full-text)

Cabaitan PC, Malvicini C, Sabban F, Conaco C. 2017. Versatile habitat conditioning by damselfish cultivating turf algae on giant clams. Hydrobiologia 805(1):89-96. (full-text)

Other Publications