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Elizabeth C. Ruck
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High Impact
Post doctoral fellow
Also affiliated: The University of Texas at Austin (2008–2012)
21 h-index
51 pubs
1,442 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Elizabeth C. Ruck's research focuses on the molecular evolution and phylogenomics of diatoms (Bacillariophyta). Her work investigates the evolutionary history of diatom genomes, including extensive reorganization events, gene losses, and genome duplication. She has explored the origin and evolution of specific diatom structures, such as the canal raphe system, and analyzed variations in plastid genomes.
Ruck has published extensively on these topics, with recent work exploring the phylogenetic relationships within diatom orders and the challenges associated with reconstructing their evolutionary history. Her research also extends to the study of plastid genomes in other plant species, such as Trifolium subterraneum, examining genome organization and DNA insertions.
Her scholarly contributions have resulted in a h-index of 20, with over 1,400 citations across 51 publications. Ruck collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson, Wade R. Roberts, Eveline Pinseel, and Teofil Nakov, with whom she has co-authored numerous publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 21
- Publications: 51
- Citations: 1,442
Positions
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Post doctoral fellow publications 2014–2026The University of Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences ORCID
Selected Publications
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The 100 Diatom Genomes Project (2026)
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Reference genome for the benthic marine diatom Psammoneis japonica : Bacterial associations and repeat‐driven genome size evolution in diatoms (2025)
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Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species (2025)
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Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution (2025)
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Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance (2023)
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Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms. (2023)
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Dataset from: Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of gene tree discordance (2023)
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Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms. (2023)
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Gene Duplication, Shifting Selection, and Dosage Balance of Silicon Transporter Proteins in Marine and Freshwater Diatoms (2023)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes (2023)
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Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance (2023)
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Resolving marine–freshwater transitions by diatoms through a fog of discordant gene trees (2022)
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Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
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Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline (2022)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Andrew J. Alverson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
35 shared publications
In database
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
Showing 5 of 35 shared publications
Teofil Nakov
Universidad de Costa Rica
27 shared publications
In database
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Dissecting signal and noise in diatom chloroplast protein encoding genes with phylogenetic information profiling
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Molecular phylogeny of the Cymbellales (Bacillariophyceae, Heterokontophyta) with a comparison of models for accommodating rate variation across sites
Showing 5 of 27 shared publications
Wade R. Roberts
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
18 shared publications
In database
- Improved Reference Genome for Cyclotella cryptica CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Showing 5 of 18 shared publications
Eveline Pinseel
Ghent University
14 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Kala M. Downey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
11 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- Improved Reference Genome for Cyclotella cryptica CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Resolving Marine–Freshwater Transitions by Diatoms Through a Fog of Gene Tree Discordance
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Edward C. Theriot
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
9 shared publications
- Phylogeny, ecology, morphological evolution, and reclassification of the diatom orders Surirellales and Rhopalodiales
- Dissecting signal and noise in diatom chloroplast protein encoding genes with phylogenetic information profiling
- Serial Gene Losses and Foreign DNA Underlie Size and Sequence Variation in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms
- Molecular phylogeny of the Cymbellales (Bacillariophyceae, Heterokontophyta) with a comparison of models for accommodating rate variation across sites
- Hoarding and horizontal transfer led to an expanded gene and intron repertoire in the plastid genome of the diatom, Toxarium undulatum (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
9 shared publications
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta)
- A single loss of photosynthesis in diatoms
- Supporting Data For Onyshchenko Et Al. 2018 Single Loss Of Photosynthesis In Diatoms
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Norman J. Wickett
University of Vienna (AT)
6 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Recurrent Loss, Horizontal Transfer, and the Obscure Origins of Mitochondrial Introns in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
- Transcriptomic Insights into the Life History of Bolidophytes, the Sister Lineage to Diatoms
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Phylogenomics reveals an extensive history of genome duplication in diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Olga Kourtchenko
University of Gothenburg (SE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anke Kremp
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (DE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Conny Sjöqvist
Åbo Akademi University (FI)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Mats Töpel
Ghent University (BE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Anna Godhe
University of Gothenburg (SE)
6 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Kathryn Judy
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
4 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Genotype-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
Karolina Bryłka
Lund University (SE)
4 shared publications
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Gene Duplication, Shifting Selection, and Dosage Balance of Silicon Transporter Proteins in Marine and Freshwater Diatoms
- Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms.
- Supporting data for Bryłka et al., 2023 Gene duplication, shifting selection, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms.
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