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Target gene expression studies on Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis cfr massiliensis at the shallow CO2 vents off Ischia, Italy (2017)
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Wäge, J., Rotchell, J. M., Gambi, M.-C., & Hardege, J. D. (2018). Target gene expression studies on Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis cfr massiliensis at the shallow CO2 vents off Ischia, Italy. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 207, 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.012

Many studies predict negative effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms, potentially leading to loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Research on species inhabiting naturally high pCO2 environments, such as volcanic CO2 vents, offers... Read More about Target gene expression studies on Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis cfr massiliensis at the shallow CO2 vents off Ischia, Italy.

The sibling polychaetes Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis massiliensis in the Mediterranean Sea: are phylogeographic patterns related to exposure to ocean acidification? (2017)
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Wäge, J., Valvassori, G., Hardege, J. D., Schulze, A., & Gambi, M. C. (2017). The sibling polychaetes Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis massiliensis in the Mediterranean Sea: are phylogeographic patterns related to exposure to ocean acidification?. Marine Biology, 164(10), Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3222-x

High pCO2 environments, such as volcanic carbon dioxide (CO2) vents, which mimic predicted near-future scenarios of ocean acidification (OA), offer an opportunity to examine effects of low pH conditions on marine biodiversity and adaptation/acclimati... Read More about The sibling polychaetes Platynereis dumerilii and Platynereis massiliensis in the Mediterranean Sea: are phylogeographic patterns related to exposure to ocean acidification?.

Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana (2017)
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Addico, G. N. D., Hardege, J. D., Kohoutek, J., DeGraft-Johnson, K. A. A., & Babica, P. (2017). Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana. Advances in oceanography and limnology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2017.6323

© 2017, Page Press Publications. All rights reserved. Although cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins represent a worldwide-occurring phenomenon, there are large differences among different countries in cyanotoxin-related human health risk assessment,... Read More about Cyanobacteria and microcystin contamination in untreated and treated drinking water in Ghana.

Electro-oxidation of Ni42 steel: A highly active bifunctional electrocatalyst (2016)
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Schäfer, H., Chevrier, D. M., Zhang, P., Stangl, J., Müller-Buschbaum, K., Hardege, J. D., Kuepper, K., Wollschläger, J., Krupp, U., Dühnen, S., Steinhart, M., Walder, L., Sadaf, S., & Schmidt, M. (2016). Electro-oxidation of Ni42 steel: A highly active bifunctional electrocatalyst. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(35), 6402-6417. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201601581

Janus type water‐splitting catalysts have attracted highest attention as a tool of choice for solar to fuel conversion. AISI Ni42 steel is upon harsh anodization converted into a bifunctional electrocatalyst. Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydro... Read More about Electro-oxidation of Ni42 steel: A highly active bifunctional electrocatalyst.

Short-term effects of CO₂-induced low pH exposure on target gene expression in Platynereis dumerilii (2016)
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Wäge, J., Rohr, S., Hardege, J. D., & Rotchell, J. M. (2016). Short-term effects of CO₂-induced low pH exposure on target gene expression in Platynereis dumerilii. Journal of Marine Biology and Oceanography, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.4172/2324-8661.1000155

Objective: Increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration are causing changes to the seawater carbonate chemistry, lowering the pH and we study potential impacts of these changes at the molecular level in a non-calcifying, marine polychaete species Platyne... Read More about Short-term effects of CO₂-induced low pH exposure on target gene expression in Platynereis dumerilii.

Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules (2016)
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Roggatz, C. C., Lorch, M., Hardege, J. D., & Benoit, D. M. (2016). Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules. Global change biology, 22(12), 3914-3926. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13354

Ocean acidification is a global challenge that faces marine organisms in the near future with a predicted rapid drop in pH of up to 0.4 units by the end of this century. Effects of the change in ocean carbon chemistry and pH on the development, growt... Read More about Ocean acidification affects marine chemical communication by changing structure and function of peptide signalling molecules.

Seizure control by decanoic acid through direct AMPA receptor inhibition (2015)
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Chang, P., Augustin, K., Boddum, K., Williams, S., Sun, M., Terschak, J. A., Hardege, J. D., Chen, P. E., Walker, M. C., & Williams, R. S. (2016). Seizure control by decanoic acid through direct AMPA receptor inhibition. Brain, 139(2), 431-443. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awv325

The medium chain triglyceride ketogenic diet is an established treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy that increases plasma levels of decanoic acid and ketones. Recently, decanoic acid has been shown to provide seizure control in vivo, yet its mechani... Read More about Seizure control by decanoic acid through direct AMPA receptor inhibition.

Oxidized mild steel S235: an efficient anode for the electrocatalytically initiated water-splitting (2015)
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Schäfer, H., Küpper, K., Wollschläger, J., Kashaev, N., Hardege, J., Walder, L., Mohsen Beladi-Mousavi, S., Hartmann-Azanza, B., Steinhart, M., Sadaf, S., & Dorn, F. (2015). Oxidized mild steel S235: an efficient anode for the electrocatalytically initiated water-splitting. ChemSusChem, 8(18), 3099-3110. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201500666

The surface of steel S235 was oxidized by Cl₂ gas and checked for its electrocatalytic efficiency regarding oxygen formation in aqueous solution. If exposed to humid Cl₂ gas for 110 min, steel S235 became an electrocatalyst that exhibits an overpoten... Read More about Oxidized mild steel S235: an efficient anode for the electrocatalytically initiated water-splitting.

Stainless steel made to rust: a robust water-splitting catalyst with benchmark characteristics (2015)
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Schäfer, H., Sadaf, S., Walder, L., Kuepper, K., Dinklage, S., Wollschläger, J., Schneider, L., Steinhart, M., Hardege, J., & Daum, D. (2015). Stainless steel made to rust: a robust water-splitting catalyst with benchmark characteristics. Energy & environmental science, 8(9), 2685-2697. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ee01601k

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is known as the efficiency-limiting step for the electrochemical cleavage of water mainly due to the large overpotentials commonly used materials on the anode side cause. Since Ni–Fe oxides reduce overpotentials oc... Read More about Stainless steel made to rust: a robust water-splitting catalyst with benchmark characteristics.

Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii (2015)
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Wäge, J., Hardege, J. D., Larsson, T. A., Simakov, O., Chapman, E. C., Arendt, D., & Rotchell, J. M. (2015). Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. Marine pollution bulletin, 95(1), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.027

An important priority for any organism is to maintain internal cellular homeostasis including acidbase balance. Yet, the molecular level impacts of changing environmental conditions, such as low pH, remain uncharacterised. Herein, we isolate partial... Read More about Effects of low seawater pH on the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii.