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Michael Melkonian

Michael Melkonian

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
27009
World Ranking
3472
National Ranking
264

Overview

Michael Melkonian is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a significant body of research focused on algal biology and related fields. Their work spans across several interconnected topics and subfields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to plant science and environmental studies.

The primary topics covered in Melkonian's research include:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics
  • Diatoms and algae research
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Biocrusts and microbial ecology

Their publications often address questions in these areas through molecular biology and ecological perspectives. Melkonian's subfields of study highlight Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, and Oceanography.

Some of the prominent publication venues where Melkonian's work appears include:

  • Protist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • New Phytologist
  • Water Science & Technology

Melkonian has contributed to several notable papers, including:

  • The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Rubisco and carbon-concentrating mechanism co-evolution across chlorophyte and streptophyte green algae, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Wastewater nutrient recovery using twin-layer microalgae technology for biofertilizer production, 2020, Water Science & Technology
  • Cation and Anion Channelrhodopsins: Sequence Motifs and Taxonomic Distribution, 2021, mBio
  • Conductance Mechanisms of Rapidly Desensitizing Cation Channelrhodopsins from Cryptophyte Algae, 2020, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Melkonian include:

  • Barbara Melkonian
  • Gane Ka-Shu Wong
  • Sibo Wang
  • Linzhou Li
  • Sunil Kumar Sahu

Best Publications

  • Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

    Nathan C Klapoetke;Yasunobu Murata;Sung Soo Kim;Stefan R Pulver

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

    Daniel R Hochbaum;Yongxin Zhao;Samouil L Farhi;Nathan Klapoetke

  • Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

    Naim Matasci;Ling Hong Hung;Zhixiang Yan;Eric J. Carpenter

  • Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater using microalgae immobilized on twin layers: an experimental study

    Jing Shi;Björn Podola;Michael Melkonian

  • Striated Flagellar Roots" Isolation and Partial Characterization of a Calcium-modulated Contractile Organelle

    J. L. Salisbury;A. Baron;Barbara Surek;M. Melkonian

  • Genomes of Subaerial Zygnematophyceae Provide Insights into Land Plant Evolution.

    Shifeng Cheng;Wenfei Xian;Yuan Fu;Birger Marin

  • Origin of land plants: Do conjugating green algae hold the key?

    Sabina Wodniok;Henner Brinkmann;Gernot Glöckner;Andrew J Heidel

  • A plastid in the making: evidence for a second primary endosymbiosis.

    Birger Marin;Eva C. M. Nowack;Michael Melkonian

  • Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure.

    Birger Marin;Anne Palm;M.a.x. Klingberg;Michael Melkonian

  • Chromatophore Genome Sequence of Paulinella Sheds Light on Acquisition of Photosynthesis by Eukaryotes

    Eva C.M. Nowack;Michael Melkonian;Gernot Glöckner

  • Algal ancestor of land plants was preadapted for symbiosis

    Pierre-Marc Delaux;Pierre-Marc Delaux;Guru V. Radhakrishnan;Dhileepkumar Jayaraman;Jitender Cheema

  • Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyta). I. Emendation of Chlamydomonas Ehrenberg and Chloromonas Gobi, and description of Oogamochlamys gen. nov. and Lobochlamys gen. nov.

    Thomas Pröschold;Birger Marin;Uwe Gert Schlösser;Michael Melkonian

  • Use of Hepes buffer for microalgal culture media and fixation for electron microscopy

    G. I. McFadden;M. Melkonian

  • Occurrence, structure, and evolution of nitric oxide synthase–like proteins in the plant kingdom

    Sylvain Jeandroz;Daniel Wipf;Dennis J. Stuehr;Lorenzo Lamattina

  • Evaluating methods for isolating total RNA and predicting the success of sequencing phylogenetically diverse plant transcriptomes.

    Marc T.J. Johnson;Eric J. Carpenter;Zhijian Tian;Richard Bruskiewich

  • Endosymbiotic associations within protists.

    Eva C. M. Nowack;Michael Melkonian

  • Molecular phylogeny and classification of the Mamiellophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta) based on sequence comparisons of the nuclear- and plastid-encoded rRNA operons.

    Birger Marin;Michael Melkonian

  • Origin and evolution of the nuclear auxin response system

    Sumanth K. Mutte;Hirotaka Kato;Carl Rothfels;Michael Melkonian

  • All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

    Daniel R Hochbaum;Yongxin Zhao;Samouil L Farhi;Christopher A Werley

Frequent Co-Authors

Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University
Jim Leebens-Mack
Jim Leebens-Mack University of Georgia
Debashish Bhattacharya
Debashish Bhattacharya Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida

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