Kala M. Downey

Recognizing Salinity Threats in the Climate Crisis

Carol Eunmi Lee, Kala M. Downey, Rebecca Smith Colby et al. · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2022 · 48 citations · Full text

Strain-specific transcriptional responses overshadow salinity effects in a marine diatom sampled along the Baltic Sea salinity cline

Eveline Pinseel, Teofil Nakov, Koen Van den Berge et al. · The ISME Journal · 2022 · 35 citations · Full text

Improved Reference Genome for <i>Cyclotella cryptica</i> CCMP332, a Model for Cell Wall Morphogenesis, Salinity Adaptation, and Lipid Production in Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)

Wade R. Roberts, Kala M. Downey, Elizabeth C. Ruck et al. · G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2020 · 26 citations · Full text

Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient

Teofil Nakov, Kathryn Judy, Kala M. Downey et al. · Journal of Phycology · 2020 · 26 citations

The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom

Kala M. Downey, Kathryn Judy, Eveline Pinseel et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2022 · 19 citations