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Marine Sponges and Natural Products

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Lavinia Donald
University of the South Pacific
2
Shani Levy
Centre for Genomic Regulation
3
Paul D. Scesa
University of Utah
4
Djordje Vuckovic
Stanford University
5
Suélen Karine Sartori
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
6
Yi Li
Guilin University of Aerospace Technology
7
Robert F. Lusi
Stanford University
8
Justin Maire
The University of Melbourne
9
Li-Hong Yan
Taizhou University
10
Monika Dagliya
Indian Institute of Management Indore

Papers

1
Tissue-associated and vertically transmitted bacterial symbiont in the coral <i>Pocillopora acuta</i>
The ISME Journal|2024
17 cit.
2
Chlamydiae in corals: shared functional potential despite broad taxonomic diversity
ISME Communications|2024
6 cit.
3
Chlamydiae as symbionts of photosynthetic dinoflagellates
The ISME Journal|2024
6 cit.
4
Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis: Unravelling a Decades Old Problem in Animal Specialized Metabolism
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
6 cit.
5
Optimization of Urease Amount for Calcite Precipitation in Indian Desert Sand Using Biologically Inspired Method
Indian geotechnical journal|2024
5 cit.
6
Publication in Nature (2025) [2 citations, W4415196126]
Nature|2025
2 cit.
7
Publication in Indian geotechnical journal (2025) [1 citation, W4409894938]
Indian geotechnical journal|2025
1 cit.
8
Publication in Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology (2024) [W4393954916]
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology|2024
0 cit.
9
Publication in Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities (2025) [W4411613220]
Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026) [W7127116980]
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Hucheng Zhu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2
Rajeswari Narayanasamy
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
3
Fei Cao
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
4
Oleg Simakov
Vienna University of Economics and Business
5
Cecilia Conaco
State University of New York
6
Jinghan Gui
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
7
Ling‐Hong Meng
Institute of Oceanology
8
Marcin Wysokowski
Poznań University of Technology
9
Minju Joy
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
10
Ronghua Yin
Minzu University of China

Papers

1
Deeply conserved synteny and the evolution of metazoan chromosomes
Science Advances|2022
217 cit.
2
Emergence of novel cephalopod gene regulation and expression through large-scale genome reorganization
Nature Communications|2022
54 cit.
3
Oxalierpenes A and B, Unusual Indole-Diterpenoid Derivatives with Antiviral Activity from a Marine-Derived Strain of the Fungus <i>Penicillium oxalicum</i>
Journal of Natural Products|2022
36 cit.
4
Syntheses of Bufospirostenin A and Ophiopogonol A by a Conformation-Controlled Transannular Prins Cyclization
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
30 cit.
5
Antifungal activity and mechanism of chaetoglobosin D against Alternaria alternata in tomato postharvest storage
Postharvest Biology and Technology|2024
30 cit.
6
Re-understanding of structure and anticoagulation: Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from sea cucumber Ludwigothurea grisea
Carbohydrate Polymers|2022
29 cit.
7
Bioinspired Skeletal Reorganization Approach for the Synthesis of Steroid Natural Products
Accounts of Chemical Research|2024
25 cit.
8
Sesquiterpene and Sorbicillinoid Glycosides from the Endophytic Fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum EN-586 Derived from the Marine Red Alga Laurencia obtusa
Marine Drugs|2022
24 cit.
9
Chromosome-level genome assembly of <i>Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus</i>
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics|2023
19 cit.
10
Antifungal Activity and Mechanism of Diaporthein B against <i>Botryosphaeria dothidea</i> in Prevention of Apple Ring Rot
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry|2024
19 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
William Fenical
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2
Jon Clardy
Harvard University
3
William H. Gerwick
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
4
Wernér E.G. Müller
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
5
Peter Proksch
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
6
Phillip Crews
University of California, Santa Cruz
7
Bin‐Gui Wang
Hubei Normal University
8
T. Frede Thingstad
University of Bergen
9
Jyh‐Horng Sheu
National Sun Yat-sen University
10
Nobuhiro Fusetani
Waseda University

Papers

1
The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea
Marine Ecology Progress Series|1983
5.4k cit.
2
Atomic Structures of the Human Immunophilin FKBP-12 Complexes with FK506 and Rapamycin
Journal of Molecular Biology|1993
1.2k cit.
3
Prokaryotic Diversity--Magnitude, Dynamics, and Controlling Factors
Science|2002
1.2k cit.
4
Salinosporamide A: A Highly Cytotoxic Proteasome Inhibitor from a Novel Microbial Source, a Marine Bacterium of the New Genus <i>Salinospora</i>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2003
1.1k cit.
5
Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems
Limnology and Oceanography|2000
1k cit.
6
Structure of the FKBP12-Rapamycin Complex Interacting with Binding Domain of Human FRAP
Science|1996
930 cit.
7
<i>Ruminococcus gnavus</i> , a member of the human gut microbiome associated with Crohn’s disease, produces an inflammatory polysaccharide
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2019
821 cit.
8
Developing a new resource for drug discovery: marine actinomycete bacteria
Nature Chemical Biology|2006
790 cit.
9
Theoretical models for the control of bacterial growth rate, abundance, diversity and carbon demand
Aquatic Microbial Ecology|1997
735 cit.
10
MARINE PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS: The Ecology of Chemical Defense
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1988
705 cit.

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