Associated Young Researcher

Dr. Lucía Pita Galán

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Dr. Lucía Pita Galán
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2024
B1

Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia

Marulanda-Gomez AM, Ribes M, Franzenburg, Hentschel U and Pita L (2024) Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia. BMC genomics, 25(1), 1-13. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10548-z

2023
B1

Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont

Carrier TJ, Schmittmann L, Jung S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge. Ecology and Evolution. 2023; 13: e10012  DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10012
2023
B1

A novel in-vivo phagocytosis assay to gain cellular insights on sponge-microbe interactions

Angela M. Marulanda-Gomez, K Kristina Bayer, Lucia Pita, Ute Hentschel (2023) bioRxiv 2023.02.28.530395; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.28.530395
2022
B1
C4

Sponge-symbiont stability in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance

Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. (2022)  Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249

2022
B1

Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance

Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance (2022)  Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249

2022
B1.1
B1
Featured

Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome

Kathrin Busch, Beate M. Slaby, Wolfgang Bach, Antje Boetius, Ina Clefsen, Ana Colaço, Marie Creemers, Javier Cristobo, Luisa Federwisch, Andre Franke, Asimenia Gavriilidou, Andrea Hethke, Ellen Kenchington, Furu Mienis, Sadie Mills, Ana Riesgo, Pilar Ríos, Emyr Martyn Roberts, Detmer Sipkema, Lucía Pita, Peter J. Schupp, Joana Xavier, Hans Tore Rapp & Ute Hentschel (2022) Nature Communications. 13: 5160. doi: 1038/s41467-022-32684-4

2022
B1
C1

Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis

Carrier TJ, Maldonado M, Schmittmann L, Pita L, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U (2022) BMC Biology 20(1):100 doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01291-6

2021
B1

Individuality in the Immune Repertoire and Induced Response of the Sponge Halichondria panacea

Schmittmann L, Franzenburg S, Pita L (2021)  Front Immunol. 12:689051. doi: 3389/fimmu.2021.689051.

2021
B1

Decoding cellular dialogues between sponges, bacteria, and phages. In: Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont.

Schmittmann L, Jahn MT, Pita L, Hentschel U (2021) ed. by Bosch, Thomas C. G. and Hadfield, Michael G.. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA, pp. 49-63. ISBN 9780429277375 doi: 1201/9780429277375-4.

2021
B1
C4
Featured

Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy

Jahn MT, Lachnit T, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Pita L, Ribes M, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2021) ISME J. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00900-6

2020
A1
B1

Receptors mediating host-microbiota communication in the metaorganism: the invertebrate perspective.

Dierking K, Pita L (2020) Front. Immunol. 11:1251. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01251

2019
A4
B1
C2
Featured

A phage protein aids bacterial symbionts in eukaryote immune evasion

Jahn MT, Arkhipova K, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Lachnit T, Pita L, Kupczok A, Ribes M, Stengel ST, Rosenstiel P, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2019) Cell Host & Microbe, doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019

2018
B1
INF
Z2

Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns.

Pita L, Hoeppner MP, Ribes M, Hentschel U (2018); Sci Rep. 8(1):16081.doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w

2018
A2
B1
INF
Z2

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.

Pita L, Rix L, Slaby B M, Franke A, Hentschel U (2018); Microbiome, 6(46). doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1

2018
A1
A2
A3
A4
B1
B2
C1
Z1

Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl W J, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Galan P L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad M M, Schmitz R A, Schulenburg H, Voolstra C R, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch T C G (2018); Zoology, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004

2016
A4
B1
Z2

Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses.

Pita L, Fraune S, Hentschel U (2016); Front Microbiol., 7:2102. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102

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