Dam's Planktonomics Lab

Still collaborating wirh former, and now a colleague, Jimmy deMayo on this brief review of adaptation costs in the Anthropocene. Free reprint until December 11, 2025 authors.elsevier.com/c/1l~4u…

Continuing the fruitful collaboration with Reid Brennan and Melissa Pespeni, we examine the complementary role of genetic adaptation and epigenetics in adaptive responses of our model marine copepod. Check out the paper in PNAS. Click below. pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…

New paper from the lab, where we argue that, once again, ocean modelers can benefit from closer interaction with empiricists. Thanks to Kevin Flynn for leading this effort. nature.com/articles/s41559-0…

New collaborative paper with the labs of Piero Calosi (Canada) and Diana Madeira (Portugal). Copepod offspring pay for their parents exposure to heatwaves and hypoxia. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

New paper from the lab. Toxic dinoflagellates are induced to produce toxins long after their grazers are gone. Toxin production is modulated by nutrient regime, with a stronger trade off under nutrient deplete conditions! mdpi.com/2072-6651/17/6/290

New open access article in ISME Communications. We show that a defense portfolio (multiple forms of defense) pays a fitness benefits against predators. Intuitively, but not trivial to show it. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/…

New paper from Dam's lab: Acclimation and transgenerational plasticity mitigate negative effects of heatwaves on zooplankton. Check out those seasonally variable thermal performance curves! doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14…

Sex-specific contrasts in copepod responses to combined warming and hypoxia. Great collaboration with Fanny Vermandale, Piero Calosi, and Diana Madeira onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Belated congratulations to Ewaldo Leitao for defending his thesis at UConn. Happy sailing during his postdoc at Duke University.

We finished the 15th ICOC with a bang. WAC student awards were handed out at the farewell party. Our Japanese hosts organized an exquisite event. We’ll see everybody again at the 16th ICOC in Naples, Italy in 2027. facebook.com/share/p/bRsQ9gJ…

It was a great honor to give the Maxilliped lecture at the 15th ICOC in Hiroshima, Japan, and to present the Monoculus award to Professor Susumu Otsuka, for his outstanding contributions to the World Association of Copepoldologists, WAC. facebook.com/share/p/3W4SPk8…

This past week was the conclusion of my term as President of the World Association of Copepodologists, WAC, during the 15th International Conference on Copepoda. I had the honor of kicking up the conference with a toast, and giving opening remarks. facebook.com/share/p/o7TPpdf…

Signatures needed! The (FY25) Budget Request pending before Congress recommends a devastating 75% cut to the funding line for harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, putting people, projects, and partnerships at risk for termination. Signing is quick and easy: forms.gle/4HVeQT49fj7nhbum9

New paper from the lab on antagonistic interactions of a toxic dinoflagellate under warming and acidification. Kudos to Ewaldo Leitao and undergrad Diana Castellanos authors.elsevier.com/c/1iymw…

The collaboration with the @mpespeni keeps on giving. New paper on the role of adaptation and developmental plasticity on copepod thermal tolerance. Kudos to @laurenashlock for her cool paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

New paper from the Dam lab on reduction of CT max by starvation. Kudos to REU student (and fellow Venezuelan) Gaia Rueda Moreno and former postdoc Matt Sasaki. Paper freely available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

The Student Grant Program of the World Association of Copepodologists is accepting applications: monoculus.org/student-grants…

Our new paper on a portable and inexpensive CTmax system is out. We show it works nicely in the field. Kudos to @Matt_Sasaki. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2…

New paper from the Dam lab on costs of adapting to simultaneous ocean warming and acidification. Kudos to former Ph.D. student, Jimmy deMayo, and collaborators from UConn, U Vermont, and Geomar (Germany). (Contact me for a personal link to the paper). royalsocietypublishing.org/d…