MARN4010/5010 Biological Oceanography (Spring)

MARN5015/3015 Molecular Approaches to Biological Oceanography (Fall in odd number years)

MARN5014 Algae and the Environment (formerly Marine Phytoplankton Ecology and Physiology; Fall in even number years)

MARN5830 Seminar in (Molecular) Oceanography (Spring in odd number years)

MARN6010 Advanced Biological Oceanography-Pelagic Processes (Fall in even number years)

MARN6012 Marine Genomics (Spring in even number years)

MARN4001 Measurement and Analysis in Coastal Ecosystems (Fall)

MARN1002 Introduction to Oceanography (Spring)

Publications

Representative publications (out of 250; for the full list or more information about his research check Google Scholar, ResearchGate, or www.phytoplankton.uconn.edu).

Deng, Y., Yue, C., Yang, H., Li, F., Hu, X., Shang, L., Chai, Z., Lin, S.* and Tang, Y.* 2025. Broad active metabolic pathways, autophagy, and antagonistic hormones regulate dinoflagellate cyst dormancy in marine sediments. Science Advances 11: eads7789. (*co-corresponding authors)

Zhang, H., Wang, X., Qu, M., Yu, H., Yin, J., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Zhang, B., Zhang, Y., Wei, Z., Yang, F., Wang, J., Shi, C., Fan, G., Sun, J., Long, L., Hutchins, D. A., Bowler, C., Lin, S.*, Wang, D.* and Lin, Q.* 2024. Genome of Halimeda opuntia reveals differentiation of subgenomes and molecular bases of multinucleation and calcification in algae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 121(39): e2403222121. (*co-corresponding authors). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403222121

Gu, Y., Lin, S., Mo, Y., Li, L., Ma, M., Li, J. Lin, Si., Yuan, H., Zhu, C., Luo, H. and Zhang, W. 2024. Niche features and assembly mechanisms of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists along a north-south gradient of a subtropical coastal sea. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 742: 35-57.

Lin, S. 2024. A decade of dinoflagellate genomics illuminating an enigmatic eukaryote cell. BMC Genomics 25: 932. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10847-5.

Lin, S., Wu, S., He, J., Wang, X. and Grossman, A. R. 2024. Shining light on dinoflagellate photosystem I. Nat. Commun. 15: 3337. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47797-1.

Shi, X., Zou, Y., Zhang, Y., Ding, G., Xiao, Y., Lin, S. and Chen, J. 2024. Salinity decline promotes growth and harmful blooms of a toxic alga by diverting carbon flow. Glob. Chang. Biol.  30: 17348. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17348.

Lin, S. 2023. Phosphate limitation and ocean acidification co-shape phytoplankton physiology and community structure. Nat. Communi. 14: 2699. Doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38381-0.

You, Y., Sun, X., Ma, M., He, J., Li, L., Porto, F. and Lin, S. 2022. Trypsin is a coordinate regulator of N and P nutrients in marine phytoplankton. Nat. Communi. 13: 4022. Doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31802-6.

Zhang, K., Wang, J., Li, Jia, Lin, X., Li, L., Wu, X., You, Y. and Lin, S. 2022. Functional differentiation and complementation of alkaline phosphatases and choreography of DOP scavenging in a marine diatom. Mol. Ecol. 31: 3389-3399. Doi: 10.1111.mec.16475.

Saad, O. S., Lin, X., Ng, T. Y., Li, L., Ang, P. and Lin, S. 2021. Underappreciated species richness and generalists-specialists mosaicism of symbiodiniacean symbionts in Hong Kong marginal coral community. Coral Reefs doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02196-6.

Faktorova, D., Nisbet, R. E., Robledo, J. A. F,….Lin, S.,…, Sprecher, B., Wang, L. Zhang, H.….2020. Genetic tool development in marine protists: Emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0796-x.

Sprecher, B. N., Zhang, H. and Lin, S. 2020. Nuclear gene transformation in a dinoflagellate. Microorganisms 18(1):126. Preprint published in BioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/602821.

Zhang, Y., Lin, X., Shi, X., Lin, L.-X., Luo, H., Li, L. and Lin, S. 2019. Metatranscriptomic signatures associated with regime shift from diatom dominance to a dinoflagellate bloom. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 590. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00590

Mendoza, A., Bonnet, A., Vargas-Landin, D. B., Ji, N., Li, H., Yang, F., Li, L., Hori, K., Pflueger, J., Buckberry, S., Ohta, H., Rosic, N., Lesage, P., Lin, S. and Lister, R. 2018. Recurrent acquisition of cytosine methyltransferases into eukaryotic retrotransposons. Nat. Commun. 9: 1342. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03724-9.

Brawley, S., Blouin, N. A., Ficko-Blean, E. … Lin, S., …Sprecher, B. N.,…, Prochnid, S. E.  2017. Insights into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114: E6361-6370. doi/10.1073/pnas.1703088114

Shi, X., Lin, X., Li, L., Li, M., Palenik, B. and Lin, S. 2017. Transcriptomic and microRNAomic profiling reveals multi-faceted mechanisms to cope with phosphate stress in a dinoflagellate. ISME J. 11: 2209-2218. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.81

Qiu, D., Huang, L. and Lin, S. 2016. Crytophyte farming by symbiotic ciliate host detected in situ. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: 12208-12213. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612483113.

Lin, S., Cheng, S., Song, B., Zhong, X., Lin, X. et al. 2015. The genome of Symbiodinium kawagutii illuminates dinoflagellate gene expression and coral symbiosis. Science 359: 691-694. [PDF][Abstract][Full Text]

Lin, S., Litaker, R. W. and Sunda, W. 2015. Phosphorus physiological ecology and molecular mechanisms in marine phytoplankton. (Invited Review). J. Phycol. doi: 10.111/jpy.12365.

Lin, S., Zhang, H., Zhuang, Y., Bao, T. and Gill, J. 2010. Spliced leader-based metatranscriptomic analyses lead to recognition of hidden genomic features in dinoflagellates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 20033-20038.

Zhang, H., Hou, Y., Miranda, L., Campbell, D. A., Sturm, N. R., Gaasterland, T. and Lin, S. 2007. Spliced leader RNA trans-splicing in dinoflagellates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104: 4618-4623.