• On the contribution of Mary Agard Pocock to developmental biology research of the genus Volvox L. Desnitskiy A.G., Sym S.D. & Durand P.M. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa; click here for an electronic reprint
  

2015

• Transcriptional analysis of Volvox photoreceptors suggests the existence of different cell-type specific light-signaling pathways. Kianianmomeni, A. & Hallmann, A. (2014). Curr Genet. 
DOI 10.1007/s00294-014-0440-3

2014

• Cell-type specific light-mediated transcript regulation in the multicellular alga Volvox carteri. Kianianmomeni, Arash. BMC GENOMICS  Volume: 15     Article Number: 764  
  
• Stable nuclear transformation of Pandorina morum. Lerche, Kai; Hallmann, Armin. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY  Volume: 14; Article Number: 65  
  
• Early evolution of the genetic basis for soma in the Volvocaceae. Hanschen, Erik R.; Ferris, Patrick J.; Michod, Richard E. EVOLUTION  68(7): 2014-2025  
  
• Sex-Specific Posttranslational Regulation of the Gamete Fusogen GCS1 in the Isogamous Volvocine Alga Gonium pectorale. Kawai-Toyooka, Hiroko; Mori, Toshiyuki; Hamaji, Takashi; et al. 2014. EUKARYOTIC CELL  13(5); 648-656 
• Evolution of Sexes from an Ancestral Mating-Type  Specification Pathway.  Geng S.,  De Hoff P., Umen JG.  2014.  PLoS Biol 12(7): e1001904
• Ontogenetic Diversity of Colonies and Intercellular Cytoplasmic Bridges in the Algae of the Genus Volvox. A. G. Desnitskiy. 2014.  Russian Journal of Developmental Biology, 2014, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 231-234.
• Simultaneous coupling of phototaxis and electrotaxis in Volvox algae
  By: Hayashi, Yoshikatsu; Sugawara, Ken. PHYSICAL REVIEW E  Volume: 89   Issue: 4 Article Number: 042714
• New "missing link" genus of the colonial volvocine green algae gives insights into the evolution of oogamy. Nozaki, Hisayoshi; Yamada, Toshihiro K.; Takahashi, Fumio; et al.BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY  Volume: 14  Article Number: 37
  
• A rickettsial endosymbiont inhabiting the cytoplasm of Volvox carteri (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Kawafune, Kaoru; Hongoh, Yuichi; Nozaki, Hisayoshi.PHYCOLOGIA  Volume: 53   Issue: 1   Pages: 95-99 
  
• microRNAs in a multicellular green alga Volvox carteri
  By: Li JingRui; Wu Yang; Qi YiJun. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES  Volume: 57   Issue: 1   Special Issue: SI   Pages: 36-45
  
• Algal photoreceptors: in vivo functions and potential applications
  By: Kianianmomeni, Arash; Hallmann, Armin. PLANTA  Volume: 239   Issue: 1   Pages: 1-26   Published: JAN 2014
• Volvox, Rolling out from under the Shadow of Chlamydomonas with Support from the AGA By: Smith, David Roy JOURNAL OF HEREDITY  Volume: 105   Issue: 1   Pages: 143-144   Published: JAN-FEB 2014 
  

• The Simplest Integrated Multicellular Organism Unveiled.Arakaki, Yoko; Kawai-Toyooka, Hiroko; Hamamura, Yuki; et al. PLOS ONE  Volume: 8   Issue: 12 Article Number: e81641 
  
• The production of volvox spheres and their potential application in multi-drugs encapsulation and release. Teong, Benjamin; Chang, Shwu Jen; Chuang, Chin Wen; et al. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS  Volume: 33   Issue: 8   Pages: 4859-4866
  
• Validation of reference genes for quantitative gene expression studies in Volvox carteri using real-time RT-PCR. Kianianmomeni, Arash; Hallmann, Armin. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS  Volume: 40   Issue: 12   Pages: 6691-6699
• Experimental evolution of an alternating uni- and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Ratcliff, William C.; Herron, Matthew D.; Howell, Kathryn; et al. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS  Volume: 4     Article Number: 2742
  
• Cleavage, incomplete inversion, and cytoplasmic bridges in Gonium pectorale (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Iida, Hitoshi; Ota, Shuhei; Inouye, Isao
  JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH  Volume: 126   Issue: 5   Pages: 699-707
  
• Species and Population Level Molecular Profiling Reveals Cryptic Recombination and Emergent Asymmetry in the Dimorphic Mating Locus of C. reinhardtii. De Hoff, Peter L.; Ferris, Patrick; Olson, Bradley J. S. C.; et al.
  PLOS GENETICS  Volume: 9   Issue: 8     Article Number: e1003724
• Distribution of the Sex-Determining Gene MID and Molecular Correspondence of Mating Types within the Isogamous Genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Hamaji, Takashi; Ferris, Patrick J.; Nishii, Ichiro; et al. PLOS ONE  Volume: 8   Issue: 5     Article Number: e64385  
  
• The Evolution of Male-Female Sexual Dimorphism Predates the Gender-Based Divergence of the Mating Locus Gene MAT3/RB
  By: Hiraide, Rintaro; Kawai-Toyooka, Hiroko; Hamaji, Takashi; et al.
  MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION  Volume: 30   Issue: 5   Pages: 1038-1040
• Organelle Genome Complexity Scales Positively with Organism Size in Volvocine Green Algae. Smith, David Roy; Hamaji, Takashi; Olson, Bradley J. S. C.; et al. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION  Volume: 30   Issue: 4   Pages: 793-797 
• A General Allometric and Life-History Model for Cellular Differentiation in the Transition to Multicellularity. Solari, CA; Kessler JO; Goldstein  RE. AMERICAN NATURALIST  Volume: 181(3): 369-380 
•  Mitochondrial and Plastid Genomes of the Colonial Green Alga Gonium pectorale Give Insights into the Origins of Organelle DNA Architecture within the Volvocales, Hamaji T; Smith DR.; Noguchi, Hideki; et al. PLOS ONE  8(2): e57177
  
• Organelle Genome Complexity Scales Positively with Organism Size in Volvocine Green Algae. Smith DR et al. 2013. Mol Biol Evol 30(4): 793-797 
• Stable nuclear transformation of Eudorina elegans. 2013. Lerche K and Hallmann A. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY 13:11.
  

• Hydrodynamic Synchronization and Metachronal Waves on the Surface of the Colonial Alga Volvox carteri. 2012. Brumley DR, Polin M, Pedley TJ, amd Goldstein RE. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS   109(26): 268102
  

• Description of two new monoecious species of Volvox sect. Volvox  (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae), based on comparative morphology and molecualr phylogeny of cultured material. 2012. Nanako Isaka, Hiroko Kawai-Toyooka, Ryo Matsuzaki, Takashi Nakada and Hisayoshi Nozaki. J. Phycology 48(3): 759-767.
  
• Evidence for tubular mating structures induced in each mating type of heterothallic Gonium pectorale (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). 2012. Yuko Mogi, Takashi Hamaji, Masahiro Suzuki, Patrick Ferris, Toshiyuki Mori, Yukihiro Kabeya, Shin-ya Miyagishima and Hisayoshi Nozaki; J. Phycology. 48(3): 670-674
  
• A comparative analysis of the Volvocaceae (Chlorophyta). 2012. A.W. Coleman. J. Phycology. 48(3): 491-513
  

• Molecular Identification of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in the Non-Phagotrophic Volvocalean Green Algae. Kawafune Kaoru; Hongoh Yuichi; Hamaji Takashi; Hisayoshi Nozaki.PLOS ONE  Volume: 7   Issue: 2     Article Number: e31749  
  
• There is more than one way to turn a spherical cellular monolayer inside out: type B embryo inversion in Volvox globator. Hohn Stephanie and Hallmann Armin. BMC Biology 2011, 9:89
  

• Dynamic Evolution of Telomeric Sequences in the Green Algal Order Chlamydomonadales
  Author(s): Fulneckova Jana; Hasikova Tereza; Fajkus Jiri; et al.
  Source: GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION  Volume: 4   Issue: 3   Pages: 248-264
  

• Evolution of sex and mating loci: An expanded view from Volvocine algae
  Author(s): Umen James G.
  Source: CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY  Volume: 14   Issue: 6   Pages: 634-641
  

• Flagellar phenotypic plasticity in volvocalean algae correlates with Peclet number
  Author(s): Solari Cristian A.; Drescher Knut; Ganguly Sujoy; et al.
  Source: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE  Volume: 8   Issue: 63   Pages: 1409-1417   DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0023   Published: OCT 7 2011
  

• A post-doctoral Research Associate position is available fall 2011 at Kansas State University in the Division of Biology to study multicellular evolution using algae as a model system.  This is a cross-disciplinary position and preference will be given to those with demonstrated experience in any of these areas: genome/transcriptome sequencing, genetic screening, molecular cell biology, or algal biology.  Computational biology experience is highly desired.  The successful candidate will have access to state of the art facilities and the ability to work collaboratively within Kansas State and with national and international collaborators.  A highly motivated career oriented candidate is most preferred.  Salary will be commensurate with experience.    
  
  Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a one-page summary of their past research accomplishments and a one page summary of future research interests and career goals to Dr. Bradley Olson at biology@k-state.edu.  In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to the same email address. 
  
  Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer and highly encourages diversity among its employees.  Background checks are required for all employees.
  The official posting: http://www.k-state.edu/biology/position_openings/olson_pd.html). Laboratory home: http://www.k-state.edu/olsonlab/

• A NEW SPECIES OF VOLVOX SECT. MERRILLOSPHAERA (VOLVOCACEAE, CHLOROPHYCEAE) FROM TEXAS.   Nozaki H and Coleman AW.  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 47   Issue: 3   Pages: 673-679   

Hallmann A. Evolution of reproductive development in the volvocine algae. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 24(2):97-112

Cristian A. Solari , Knut Drescher and Raymond E. Goldstein.  The Flagellar Photoresponse in Volvox species (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) J. Phycol. 47(3): 580-583. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00983.x

Setohigashi Y, Hamaji T, Hayama M, et al. Uniparental Inheritance of Chloroplast DNA Is Strict in the Isogamous Volvocalean Gonium. PLOS ONE 6(4): e19545

Cristian A. Solari, Knut Drescher, Sujoy Ganguly, John O. Kessler, Richard E. Michod and Raymond E. Goldstein. Flagellar phenotypic plasticity in volvocalean algae correlates with Péclet number. J. R. Soc. Interface doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0023

The 1st Volvox International Meeting to be held at the Biosphere 2 is in the planning stage; check back for updates.

	Volvox made it on the poster for the XIth Biocomplexity Workshop on the Evolution of Cooperation at the Indiana University
	Nishii, I., and Miller, S.M. (2010) Volvox: simple steps to developmental complexity? Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 13:1-8.
	Nordhues A., Miller S.M., Mühlhaus T., Schroda M. (2010) New insights into the roles of molecular chaperones in Chlamydomonas and Volvox. Int. Rev. Cell Mol. Biol. 285:75-113.

	Watch live Volvox in a JGI story about the Volvox genome at Make science visible
	Volvox, Chlamydomonas, and the Evolution of Multicellularity. Miller, S. M. (2010) Nature Education 3(9):65

	Direct Measurement of the Flow Field around Swimming Microorganisms. Drescher K, Goldstein RE, Michel N, et al. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS   Volume: 105   Issue: 16 Article Number: 168101
	Fluid Velocity Fluctuations in a Suspension of Swimming Protists. Rushkin I, Kantsler V, Goldstein RE. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS   Volume: 105   Issue: 18 Article Number: 188101
	Low Nucleotide Diversity for the Expanded Organelle and Nuclear Genomes of Volvox carteri Supports the Mutational-Hazard Hypothesis. Smith DR, Lee RW. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   Volume: 27   Issue: 10   Pages: 2244-2256

	Another Origin of Coloniality in Volvocaleans: The Phylogenetic Position of Pyrobotrys Arnoldi (Spondylomoraceae, Volvocales). Nakada T, Nozaki H, Tomita M. JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY   Volume: 57   Issue: 4   Pages: 379-382
	How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga Volvox. Ueki N, Matsunaga S, Inouye I, Hallmann A. BMC Biology 8:103.

	Volvox Genome Shows It Doesn't Take Much to Be Multicellular. Pennisi E. SCIENCE   Volume: 329   Issue: 5988   Pages: 128-129
	Genomic Analysis of Organismal Complexity in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri. Prochnik SE, Umen J, Nedelcu AM, et al. SCIENCE   Volume: 329 Issue: 5988   Pages: 223-22 -This week in Science -Science News of the week -Science daily

	Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis. Drescher K, Goldstein RE, Tuval I. PNAS. Volume: 107   Issue: 25   Pages: 11171-11176
	International Chlamydomonas Conference 2010 see Chlamydomonas 2010 Abstracts

Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Gonium maiaprilis sp nov (Goniaceae, Chlorophyta) from Japan. Hayama M, Nakada T, Hamaji T, et al. PHYCOLOGIA   Volume: 49   Issue: 3   Pages: 221-234

	Evolution of an Expanded Sex-Determining Locus in Volvox. Ferris P, Olson BJSC, De Hoff PL, et al. SCIENCE   vol 328   Issue: 5976   Pages: 351-354
	EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS IN VOLVOX (CHLOROPHYTA). Herron MD, Desnitskiy AG, Michod RE. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 46   Issue: 2   Pages: 316-324

The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA. Smith DR, Lee RW. BMC GENOMICS   Volume: 10 Article Number: 132

Life and light - The male gene. Hisayoshi Nozaki

The creation of form in multicellular organisms as seen through the volvox. Ichiro Nishii, Biohistory Jyournal, Winter, 2003

	IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINUS MATING-TYPE SPECIFIC GENE MTD1 FROM GONIUM PECTORALE (VOLVOCALES, CHLOROPHYTA).  Hamaji T, Ferris PJ, Nishii I, et al. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 45   Issue: 6   Pages: 1310-1314
	Environmentally induced responses co-opted for reproductive altruism. Nedelcu AM. BIOLOGY LETTERS   Volume: 5   Issue: 6   Pages: 805-808

Functional analysis of the Volvox carteri asymmetric division protein GlsA.  Pappas V, Miller SM. MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT   Volume: 126   Issue: 10   Pages: 842-851

Channelrhodopsins of Volvox carteri Are Photochromic Proteins That Are Specifically Expressed in Somatic Cells under Control of Light, Temperature, and the Sex Inducer. Kianianmomeni A, Stehfest K, Nematollahi G, et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   151:1   Pages: 347-366

	Stable nuclear transformation of Gonium pectorale Lerche K, Hallmann A. BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY  9: 64
	Volvox (Chlorophyta, Volvocales) as a model organism in developmental biology. Ontogenez. Desnitskiy A.G. (2009) Vol. 40. No 4. pp. 238-241
	Key elements of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pathway in Volvox carteri.  Hallmann A. Commun. Integr. Biol. 2 (in press).
	Stable nuclear transformation of Gonium pectorale. Lerche, K. & Hallmann, A. BMC Biotechnol. 9, 64.

	A Volvox inversionless mutant highlights the importance of the extracellular matrix in morphogenesis. Eckardt NA. Plant Cell 21:1029.
	Controlled enlargement of the glycoprotein vesicle surrounding a Volvox embryo requires the InvB nucleotide-sugar transporter and is required for normal morphogenesis. Ueki N & Nishii I. Plant Cell 21: 1166-1181.

Many from one: lessons from the volvocine algae on the evolution of multicellularity. Matt Herron. Communicative & Integrative Biology.

Dancing Volvox: Hydrodynamic Bound States of Swimming Algae. Drescher K, Leptos KC, Tuval I, Ishikawa T, Pedley TJ, Goldstein RE. Phys.Rev.Let. vol 102:16; DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.168101 - Volvox made the Cover of Physical Review Letters!  - also read the ScienceNow article: Pond Scum to Pond Scum: "Shall We Dance?" and see Volvox dance

	The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of Volvox carteri: bloated molecules rich in repetitive DNA.  Smith DR and Lee RW. BMC Genomics 10:132
	Triassic origin and early radiation of multicellular volvocine algae. Herron MD, Hackett JD, Aylward FO, Michod RE. PNAS 106: 3254-3258

A nice report on last summer's Chlamydomonas Meeting

	Idaten is a new cold-inducible transposon of Volvox carteri that can be used for tagging developmentally important genes. Ueki N and Nishii I. Genetics 180:1343-1353
	A new male-specific gene "OTOKOGI" in Pleodorina starrii (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) unveils the origin of male and female. Nozaki H.  Biologia. 63: 772-777.
	Zygote germination in Pleodorina starrii (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Nozaki H.  Biologia. 63: 778-780.

Volvox barberi, the fastest swimmer of the Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Solari CA, Michod RE, Goldstein RE. J Phycology 44, 1395-1398

A gender-specific retinoblastoma-related protein in Volvox carteri implies a role for the retinoblastoma protein family in sexual development. Arash Kianianmomeni, Ghazaleh Nematollahi, and Armin Hallmann. The Plant Cell, Vol. 20: 2399–2419

A taxonomic study of Eudorina unicocca (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) and related species, based on morphology and molecular phylogeny Yamada TK, Miyaji K, Nozaki H EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY   Volume: 43   Issue: 3   Pages: 317-326

Molecular systematics of Volvocales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on exhaustive 18S rRNA phylogenetic analyses Nakada T, Misawa K, Nozaki H MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION   Volume: 48   Issue: 1   Pages: 281-291

Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri Zhang F, Prigge M, Beyriere F, et al. NATURE NEUROSCIENCE   Volume: 11   Issue: 6   Pages: 631-633

	13th International Chlamydomonas Conference - see Abstracts submitted
	Resolving the first steps to multicellularity Sachs JL. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION   Volume: 23   Issue: 5   Pages: 245-248

On the problem of ecological evolution in Volvox Desnitskiy AG. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   Volume: 39   Issue: 2   Pages: 122-124

	Evolution of complexity in the volvocine algae: Transitions in individuality through Darwin's eye. Herron MD, Michod RE.  EVOLUTION   Volume: 62   Issue: 2   Pages: 436-451
	VCRPs, small cysteine-rich proteins, might be involved in extracellular signaling in the green alga Volvox. Hallmann, A. Plant Signal. Behav. 3, 124‑127.

	Vectorette PCR-primed transposon display using the Jordan transposon in Volvox carteri: An efficient tool that analyzes more than 300 Jordan-Derived PCR fragments to retrieve tagged genes Ishida K. PROTIST   Volume: 159   Issue: 1   Pages: 5-19
	Identification of the minus-dominance gene ortholog in the mating-type locus of Gonium pectorale Hamaji T, Ferris PJ, Coleman AW, et al. GENETICS   Volume: 178   Issue: 1   Pages: 283-294

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