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Overview

Linda K. Medlin is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research spans key areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focused on marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, as well as the study of protist diversity and phylogeny.

Within these broad fields, Medlin's work concentrates on several subfields including Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering. The specific topics addressed in their publications highlight the complexities of marine biology and ecology, with significant attention to marine toxins and detection methods, as well as diatom and algae research.

Their recent papers reflect a diversity of research interests. Notable publications include:

  • A Review of the Dinoflagellates and Their Evolution from Fossils to Modern (2022, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering)
  • Advances in the Detection of Toxic Algae Using Electrochemical Biosensors (2020, Biosensors)
  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of diatoms using a seven-gene dataset, multiple outgroups, and morphological data for a total evidence approach (2020, Phycologia)
  • Complex Plastids and the Evolution of the Marine Phytoplankton (2023, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering)
  • Impact of the '10,000 lives' program on Quitline referrals, use and outcomes by demography and Indigenous status (2022, Drug and Alcohol Review)

Medlin frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Biosensors, Phycologia, Drug and Alcohol Review, and Nova Hedwigia Beihefte, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across marine science and applied biosensor technology.

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their research career, with frequent co-authors including Gerardo Mengs, Atchaneey Boonprakob, Nina Lundholm, Øjvind Moestrup, and James B. Riding. These collaborations indicate active participation in networks related to marine biology, phytoplankton research, and evolutionary biology.

Best Publications

  • The characterization of enzymatically amplified eukaryotic 16S-like rRNA-coding regions.

    Linda Medlin;Hille J. Elwood;Shawn Stickel;Mitchell L. Sogin

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • Evolution of the diatoms: V. Morphological and cytological support for the major clades and a taxonomic revision

    Linda K. Medlin;Irena Kaczmarska

  • Evolution of the diatoms: insights from fossil, biological and molecular data

    Patricia A. Sims;David G. Mann;Linda K. Medlin

  • DIVERSITY IN THE GENUS SKELETONEMA (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE). II. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TAXONOMY OF S. COSTATUM-LIKE SPECIES WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES†

    Diana Sarno;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Linda K. Medlin;Isabella Percopo

  • THE PHYLOGENY OF PLASTIDS: A REVIEW BASED ON COMPARISONS OF SMALL-SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA CODING REGIONS

    Debashish Bhattacharya;Linda Medlin

  • Pseudo-cryptic speciation in coccolithophores

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

  • The origin and evolution of the diatoms: their adaptation to a planktonic existence

    Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra;Rainer Gersonde;Linda K. Medlin;David G. Mann

  • Abundance and diversity of prymnesiophytes in the picoplankton coμmunity from the equatorial Pacific Ocean inferred from 18S rDNA sequences

    Seung Yeo Moon-van der Staay;Georg W. M. van der Staay;Laure Guillou;Daniel Vaulot

  • BOLIDOMONAS : A NEW GENUS WITH TWO SPECIES BELONGING TO A NEW ALGAL CLASS,THE BOLIDOPHYCEAE (HETEROKONTA)

    Laure Guillou;Marie-Josèphe Chrétiennot-Dinet;Linda K. Medlin;Hervé Claustre

  • Phylogenetic reconstructions of the Haptophyta inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences and available morphological data

    Bente Edvardsen;Wenche Eikrem;J. C. Green;Robert A. Andersen

  • Picobiliphytes: A Marine Picoplanktonic Algal Group with Unknown Affinities to Other Eukaryotes

    Fabrice Not;Klaus Valentin;Khadidja Romari;Connie Lovejoy

  • Evolution of the Diatoms (Bacillariophyta): IV. A Reconstruction of Their Age from Small Subunit rRNA Coding Regions and the Fossil Record

    Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra;Linda K. Medlin

  • Polar Marine Diatoms

    Linda K Medlin;Julian Priddle

  • Genetic characterisation of Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta)

    Linda Medlin;G. L. A. Barker;L. Campbell;J. C. Green

  • Oligonucleotide Probes for the Identification of Three Algal Groups by Dot Blot and Fluorescent Whole‐Cell Hybridization

    Nathalie Simon;Lisa Campbell;Erla Örnolfsdottir;René Groben

  • The Application of a Molecular Clock Based on Molecular Sequences and the Fossil Record to Explain Biogeographic Distributions Within the Alexandrium tamarense “Species Complex” (Dinophyceae)

    Uwe John;Robert A. Fensome;Linda K. Medlin

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the 'golden algae' (haptophytes, heterokont chromophytes) and their plastids

    Linda K. Medlin;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Daniel Potter;Gary W. Saunders

  • Ribosomal RNA Analysis Indicates a Benthic Pennate Diatom Ancestry for the Endosymbionts of the Dinoflagellates Peridinium foliaceum and Peridinium balticum (Pyrrhophyta)

    Joby M. Chesnick;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Ursula Wellbrock;Linda K. Medlin

  • Morphological and genetic variation within the diatom Skeletonema costatum (Bacillariophyta) : evidence for a new species, Skeletonema pseudocostatum

    Linda K. Medlin;Hille J. Elwood;Shawn Stickel;Mitchell L. Sogin

Frequent Co-Authors

Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Uwe John
Uwe John Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
David G. Mann
David G. Mann Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Jeremy R. Young
Jeremy R. Young University College London
Ian Probert
Ian Probert Université Paris Cité
Daniel Vaulot
Daniel Vaulot Station Biologique De Roscoff
Marina Montresor
Marina Montresor Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam
Laure Guillou
Laure Guillou Sorbonne University
Mitchell L. Sogin
Mitchell L. Sogin Marine Biological Laboratory

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