Browsing Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy by Author "Marron, Alan Oliver"

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  • A model for the effects of germanium on silica biomineralization in choanoflagellates 

    Marron, Alan Oliver; Chappell, Helen; Ratcliffe, Sarah; Goldstein, Raymond Ethan (Royal Society PublishingJournal of the Royal Society Interface, 2016-09-21)
    Silica biomineralization is a widespread phenomenon of major biotechnological interest. Modifying biosilica with substances like germanium (Ge) can confer useful new properties, although exposure to high levels of Ge ...

  • Aerotaxis in the closest relatives of animals 

    Kirkegaard, Julius Bier; Bouillant, A; Marron, Alan Oliver; Leptos, Kyriacos; Goldstein, Raymond Ethan (eLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife, 2016-11-24)
    As the closest unicellular relatives of animals, choanoflagellates serve as useful model organisms for understanding the evolution of animal multicellularity. An important factor in animal evolution was the increasing ocean ...

  • Motility of Colonial Choanoflagellates and the Statistics of Aggregate Random Walkers 

    Kirkegaard, Julius Bier; Marron, Alan Oliver; Goldstein, Raymond Ethan (American Physical SocietyPhysical Review Letters, 2016-01-22)
    We illuminate the nature of the three-dimensional random walks of microorganisms composed of individual organisms adhered together. Such aggregate random walkers are typified by choanoflagellates, eukaryotes that are the ...

  • The Evolution of Silicon Transport in Eukaryotes 

    Marron, Alan Oliver; Ratcliffe, Sarah; Wheeler, Glen L; Goldstein, Raymond Ethan; King, Nicole; Not, Fabrice; de, Vargas Colomban; Richter, Daniel J (Oxford University PressMolecular Biology and Evolution, 2016-10-11)
    Biosilicification (the formation of biological structures from silica) occurs in diverse eukaryotic lineages, plays a major role in global biogeochemical cycles, and has significant biotechnological applications. Silicon ...