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Marta Ribes is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work spans multiple disciplines within biological and environmental sciences, focusing extensively on marine ecosystems and molecular biology.

The main fields of study explored by Marta Ribes include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad categories, their research delves into subfields such as Biotechnology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Ocean Engineering.

The research topics covered reflect a strong interest in marine and cellular biology, with particular attention to:

  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

Marta Ribes has published research in a variety of scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • The ISME Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Recent papers include:

  • "Clonal fitness inferred from time-series modelling of single-cell cancer genomes," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Single-cell genomic variation induced by mutational processes in cancer," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses," 2020, published in The ISME Journal
  • "Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy," 2021, published in The ISME Journal
  • "Wounding response in Porifera (sponges) activates ancestral signaling cascades involved in animal healing, regeneration, and cancer," 2022, published in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in Marta Ribes' research include:

  • Rafel Coma
  • Ute Hentschel
  • Lucía Pita
  • Daniel Lai
  • Dario Bressan

Best Publications

  • Mass mortality in Northwestern Mediterranean rocky benthic communities: effects of the 2003 heat wave

    J. Garrabou;J. Garrabou;R. Coma;N. Bensoussan;Marc Bally

  • Global warming-enhanced stratification and mass mortality events in the Mediterranean

    Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes;Eduard Serrano;Eroteida Jiménez

  • Seasonality in coastal benthic ecosystems

    Rafel Coma;Rafel Coma;Marta Ribes;Josep-Maria Gili;Mikel Zabala

  • Nutrient fluxes through sponges: biology, budgets, and ecological implications.

    Manuel Maldonado;Marta Ribes;Fleur C. van Duyl

  • Natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate sponge Dysidea avara (Demospongiae, Dendroceratida) throughout an annual cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J. M. Giti

  • Effects of climate change on Mediterranean marine ecosystems: the case of the Catalan Sea

    Eva María Calvo;Rafel Simó;Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes

  • Functional convergence of microbes associated with temperate marine sponges

    Marta Ribes;Eroteida Jiménez;G. Yahel;P. López-Sendino

  • LONG‐TERM ASSESSMENT OF TEMPERATE OCTOCORAL MORTALITY PATTERNS, PROTECTED VS. UNPROTECTED AREAS

    Rafel Coma;Emilià Pola;Marta Ribes;Mikel Zabala

  • Seasonal energetic constraints in Mediterranean benthic suspension feeders: effects at different levels of ecological organization

    Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes

  • Heterogeneous feeding in benthic suspension feeders: the natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) over a year cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Consequences of a mass mortality in populations of Eunicella singularis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Menorca (NW Mediterranean)

    Rafael Coma;Cristina Linares;Marta Ribes;David Díaz

  • Sponges as a source of dissolved inorganic nitrogen: Nitrification mediated by temperate sponges

    Eroteida Jiménez;Marta Ribes

  • Growth in a modular colonial marine invertebrate

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J.-M. Gili

  • Temporal variability in abundance of the sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula in the northwestern Mediterranean: comparison between a marine reserve and an unprotected area

    Enric Sala;Marta Ribes;Bernat Hereu;Mikel Zabala

  • Stable symbionts across the HMA-LMA dichotomy: low seasonal and interannual variation in sponge-associated bacteria from taxonomically diverse hosts.

    Patrick M. Erwin;Rafel Coma;Paula López-Sendino;Eduard Serrano

  • Heterotrophic feeding by gorgonian corals with symbiotic zooxanthella

    Marta Ribes;Rafel Coma;Josep-Maria Gili

  • Natural diet of coral-excavating sponges consists mainly of dissolved organic carbon (DOC).

    Benjamin Mueller;Jasper M. de Goeij;Mark J. A. Vermeij;Yannick Mulders

  • Cell Turnover and Detritus Production in Marine Sponges from Tropical and Temperate Benthic Ecosystems

    Brittany E. Alexander;Kevin Liebrand;Ronald Osinga;Harm G. van der Geest

  • Sponges and ascidians control removal of particulate organic nitrogen from coral reef water

    Marta Ribes;Rafel Coma;Marlin J. Atkinson;Robert A. Kinzie

  • Particle removal by coral reef communities: picoplankton is a major source of nitrogen

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;M.J. Atkinson;Robert A. Kinzie Iii

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Coma
Rafael Coma Spanish National Research Council
Ute Hentschel
Ute Hentschel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Joaquim Garrabou
Joaquim Garrabou Spanish National Research Council
Carlota Dobaño
Carlota Dobaño Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Cristina Linares
Cristina Linares University of Barcelona
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Bas E. Dutilh
Bas E. Dutilh Utrecht University
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi University of Salento

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