Adrianna Ianora
Research interests:
My research interests are in the area of microalgal chemical ecology and copepod ecology, reproduction, development, nutrition and physiology. My laboratory is particularly interested in employing an integrative approach to the study of plant-herbivore and predator-prey interactions in marine planktonic communities, and on understanding the role of chemical defences in mediating biotic interactions. Our group was the first to discover that diatoms produce anti-proliferative compounds (unsaturated aldehydes and other oxylipins) that potentially sabotage future generations of copepods by inducing abortions, birth defects and slow development rates. Currently we are screening for the presence of new anti-proliferative compounds in dinoflagellates and other microalgal groups and exploring the biotechnological applications of microalgal secondary metabolites as pharmaceuticals.
Current projects:
1. Investigations on the effects of diatoms on copepod reproduction;
2. Marine Biotechnology: Drug Discovery
Selected Publications:
Fontana A., d’Ippolito G., Cutignano A., Romano G., Lamari N., Massa Gallucci A., Cimino G., Miralto A. & Ianora A. 2007. LOX-induced peroxidation mechanism responsible for the detrimental effect of marine diatoms on zooplankton grazers ChemBioChem 8: 1810-1818.
Ribalet F., Wichard T., Pohnert G., Ianora A., Miralto A. & Casotti R. 2007. Age and nutrient limitation enhance polyunsaturated aldehyde production in marine diatoms. Phytochemistry 68: 2059-2067.
Ianora A., Boersma M., Casotti R., Fontana A., Harder J., Hoffman F., Pavia H., Poulet S.A. & Toth G. 2006. New Trends in Marine Chemical Ecology. Invited Odum Lecture in Estuaries and Coasts 29: 531-551.
Casotti, R., Mazza S., Brunet C., Vantrepotte V., Ianora A. & Miralto A. 2005. Growth inhibition and toxicity of the algal aldehyde 2-trans-2-cis decadienal Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae) J. Phycol. 41: 7-20.
Ianora, A., Miralto A., Poulet S.A., Carotenuto Y., Buttino I., Romano G., Casotti R., Pohnert G., Wichard T., Colucci D’Amato L., Terrazzano G. & Smetacek V. 2004. Aldehyde suppression of copepod recruitment in blooms of a ubiquitous planktonic diatom. Nature 429: 403-407.
Ianora A., Poulet S.A. & Miralto A. 2003. The effects of diatoms on copepod reproduction: A review. Phycologia 42: 351-363.
Miralto A., Barone G., Romano G., Poulet S.A., Ianora A., Russo L., Buttino I., Mazzella G., Laabir M., Cabrini M. & Giacobbbe M.G. 1999. The insidious effect of diatoms on copepod reproduction. Nature 402: 173-176.
Ban S., Burns C., Castel J., Christou E., Escribano R. Fonda Umani S., Gasparini S., Guerrero Ruiz F., Hoffmeyer H., Ianora A., Kang H., Laabir M., Lacoste A., Miralto A., Poulet S., Ning X., Rodriguez V., Runge J., Shi J., Starr M., Uye S. & Wang Y. 1997. The paradox of diatom-copepod interactions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 157: 287-293.
Poulet S.A., Ianora A., Miralto A. & Meijer L. 1994. Do diatoms arrest egg development in copepods? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 111: 79-86.
Ianora A.& Poulet S.A.1993. Egg viability in the copepod Temora stylifera. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 1615-1626.
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