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Elizabeth C. Ruck Data-verified
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High Impact
Post doctoral fellow
postdoc
20 h-index
50 pubs
1,386 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Elizabeth C. Ruck studies the evolution and adaptation of diatoms, a group of single-celled algae. Her research utilizes genomic and phylogenetic approaches to understand how these organisms evolve, particularly in response to environmental changes such as salinity gradients. Ruck has investigated the genetic basis of adaptation in marine diatoms and explored the evolutionary pathways of nonphotosynthetic diatoms transitioning to heterotrophy.
Her work has contributed to resolving complex evolutionary relationships within diatoms, examining gene tree discordance, and identifying genome-wide changes associated with adaptation to diverse environmental conditions. Ruck also studies the biogeography of diatoms, including the spread of invasive species. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 20 and over 50 publications. She has collaborated extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Andrew J. Alverson, Wade R. Roberts, Eveline Pinseel, and Teofil Nakov.
Metrics
- h-index: 20
- Publications: 50
- Citations: 1,386
Selected Publications
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Reference genome for the benthic marine diatom <i>Psammoneis japonica</i> : 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)
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The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Andrew J. Alverson
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
19 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- 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
- Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
Showing 5 of 19 shared publications
Wade R. Roberts
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
15 shared publications
In database
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Eveline Pinseel
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Teofil Nakov
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: the recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
- Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution
- Genome‐Wide Adaptation to a Complex Environmental Gradient in a Keystone Phytoplankton Species
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Kala M. Downey
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 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
- 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 discordant gene trees
Showing 5 of 8 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 (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
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.
Anastasiia Onyshchenko
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Jeffrey A. Lewis
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
- The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis
Kathryn Judy
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline
- 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
Per R. Jonsson
University of Gothenburg (SE)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Local adaptation of a marine diatom is governed by genome-wide changes in diverse metabolic processes
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