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Ian Probert is a researcher affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on Ecology and Oceanography as key subfields of study.

Their research topics encompass a range of subjects centered on marine and microbial environments. These topics include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Probert's publication record features contributions to several scientific journals and platforms, with frequent works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Current Biology
  • Phycologia

Among recent papers co-authored by them or within their close collaborative network are:

  • Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems, 2022, eLife
  • Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Rapid diversification underlying the global dominance of a cosmopolitan phytoplankton, 2023, The ISME Journal
  • Dissolved organic phosphorus uptake by marine phytoplankton is enhanced by the presence of dissolved organic nitrogen, 2020, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • Role of silicon in the development of complex crystal shapes in coccolithophores, 2021, New Phytologist

In terms of collaborations, Ian Probert frequently works with several co-authors, including:

  • Priscillia Gourvil
  • Adriana Lopes dos Santos
  • Gerald Langer
  • Daniel Vaulot
  • Catherine Gérikas Ribeiro

Their research contributions provide insights to various aspects of microbial ecology and marine ecosystems, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach integrating molecular biology, paleontology, and material science within an ecological framework.

Best Publications

  • The Protist Ribosomal Reference database (PR2): a catalog of unicellular eukaryote Small Sub-Unit rRNA sequences with curated taxonomy

    Laure Guillou;Dipankar Bachar;Stéphane Audic;David Bass

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification

    L. Beaufort;I. Probert;T. de Garidel-Thoron;E. M. Bendif

  • Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

    Betsy A. Read;Jessica Kegel;Mary J. Klute;Alan Kuo

  • Strain-specific responses of Emiliania huxleyi to changing seawater carbonate chemistry

    Gerald Langer;Gerald Langer;G. Nehrke;I. Probert;J. Ly;J. Ly

  • Marine protist diversity in European coastal waters and sediments as revealed by high-throughput sequencing

    Ramon Massana;Angélique Gobet;Angélique Gobet;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;David Bass;David Bass

  • Pseudo-cryptic speciation in coccolithophores

    Alberto G. Sáez;Ian Probert;Markus Geisen;Patrick Quinn

  • Extreme diversity in noncalcifying haptophytes explains a major pigment paradox in open oceans.

    Hui Liu;Ian Probert;Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre

  • The "Cheshire Cat" escape strategy of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in response to viral infection

    Miguel Frada;Ian Probert;Michael J. Allen;William H. Wilson

  • Effects of temperature on photosynthetic parameters and TEP production in eight species of marine microalgae

    Pascal Claquin;Ian Probert;Sébastien Lefebvre;Benoît Veron

  • PhytoREF: a reference database of the plastidial 16S rRNA gene of photosynthetic eukaryotes with curated taxonomy

    Johan Decelle;Sarah Romac;Rowena F Stern;El Mahdi Bendif

  • Life-cycle associations involving pairs of holococcolithophorid species: intraspecific variation or cryptic speciation?

    Markus Geisen;Chantal Billard;Alexandra T.C. Broerse;Lluisa Cros

  • On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov sp nov and Isochrysis nuda sp nov in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta)

    El Mahdi Bendif;Ian Probert;Declan C. Schroeder;Colomban de Vargas

  • Origin and evolution of Coccolithophores : From coastal hunters to oceanic farmers

    Colomban De Vargas;Marie-Pierre Aubry;Ian Probert;Jeremy Young

  • An original mode of symbiosis in open ocean plankton

    Johan Decelle;Ian Probert;Lucie Bittner;Yves Desdevises

  • Diversity and Ecology of Eukaryotic Marine Phytoplankton

    Fabrice Not;Raffaele Siano;Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra;Nathalie Simon

  • A review of selected aspects of coccolithophore biology with implications for paleobiodiversity estimation

    Jeremy R. Young;Markus Geisen;Ian Probert

  • Transcriptome analysis of functional differentiation between haploid and diploid cells of Emiliania huxleyi, a globally significant photosynthetic calcifying cell

    Peter von Dassow;Hiroyuki Ogata;Ian Probert;Patrick Wincker

  • Holococcolithophore-heterococcolithophore (Haptophyta) life cycles: flow cytometric analysis of relative ploidy levels

    Aude Houdan;Chantal Billard;Dominique Marie;Fabrice Not

  • Pelagodinium gen. nov. and P. béii comb. nov., a dinoflagellate symbiont of planktonic foraminifera.

    Raffaele Siano;Marina Montresor;Ian Probert;Fabrice Not

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy R. Young
Jeremy R. Young University College London
Fabrice Not
Fabrice Not Roscoff Marine Station
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Daniel Vaulot
Daniel Vaulot Station Biologique De Roscoff
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Lucie Bittner
Lucie Bittner Université Paris Cité
Corinne Da Silva
Corinne Da Silva University of Paris-Saclay
Stéphane Audic
Stéphane Audic Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jorijntje Henderiks
Jorijntje Henderiks Uppsala University

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