Areas of expertise

• Invertebrate Biology 060808
• Evolution Of Developmental Systems 060305
• Gene Expression (Incl. Microarray And Other Genome Wide Approaches) 060405
• Developmental Genetics (Incl. Sex Determination) 060403
• Genome Structure And Regulation 060407
• Animal Systematics And Taxonomy 060301
• Biogeography And Phylogeography 060302
• Phylogeny And Comparative Analysis 060309
• Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) 060106
• Evolutionary Impacts Of Climate Change 060306
• Genomics 060408
• Animal Physiological Ecology 060806

Publications

• Ying, H, Hayward, D, Klimovich, A et al. 2022, 'The role of DNA methylation in genome defense in Cnidaria and other invertebrates', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 39, no. 2.
• Mason, B, Cooke, I, Moya, A et al. 2021, 'AmAMP1 from Acropora millepora and damicornin define a family of coral-specific antimicrobial peptides related to the Shk toxins of sea anemones', Developmental and Comparative Immunology, vol. 114.
• Mohamed, A, Chan, C, Ragan , M et al. 2020, 'Comparative transcriptomic analyses of Chromera and Symbiodiniaceae ', Environmental Microbiology Reports, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 435-443.
• Mohamed, A, Andrade, N, Moya, A et al. 2020, 'Dual RNA-sequencing analyses of a coral and its native symbiont during the establishment of symbiosis ', Molecular Ecology, vol. 29, no. 20, pp. 3921-3937.
• Attenborough, R, Hayward, D, Wiedemann, U et al 2019, 'Expression of the neuropeptides RFamide and LWamide during development of the coral Acropora millepora in relation to settlement and metamorphosis', Developmental Biology, vol. 446, no. 1, pp. 56-67.
• Ying, H, Hayward, D, Cooke, I et al. 2019, 'The Whole-Genome Sequence of the Coral Acropora millepora', Genome Biology and Evolution, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1374-1379.
• Jaspers, C, Fraune, S, Arnold, A et al. 2019, 'Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches', Zoology, vol. 133, no. -, pp. 81-87.
• Mohamed, A, Cumbo, V, Harii, S et al 2018, 'Deciphering the nature of the coral–Chromera association', The International Society of Microbial Ecology, vol. 12, pp. 776-790.
• Ying, H, Cooke, I, Sprungala, S et al. 2018, 'Comparative genomics reveals the distinct evolutionary trajectories of the robust and complex coral lineages', Genome Biology, vol. 19, no. 175, pp. 1-24pp.
• Lin, M, Moya, A, Ying, H et al 2017, 'Analyses of corallimorpharian transcriptomes provide new perspectives on the evolution of calcification in the scleractinia (corals)', Genome Biology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 150-160.
• Okubo, N, Hayward, D, Foret, S et al. 2016, 'A comparative view of early development in the corals Favia lizardensis, Ctenactis echinata, and Acropora millepora - Morphology, transcriptome, and developmental gene expression', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 16, no. 48, pp. 1-12.
• Moya, A, Sakamaki, K, Mason, B et al 2016, 'Functional conservation of the apoptotic machinery from coral to man: The diverse and complex Bcl-2 and caspase repertoires of Acropora millepora', BMC Genomics, vol. 17, no. 62, pp. 1-20.
• Mohamed, A, Cumbo, V, Harii, S et al 2016, 'The transcriptomic response of the coral Acropora digitifera to a competent Symbiodinium strain: The symbiosome as an arrested early phagosome', Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 13, pp. 3127-3141pp.
• Moya, A, Huisman, L, Foret, S et al 2015, 'Rapid acclimation of juvenile corals to CO2-mediated acidification by upregulation of heat shock protein and Bcl-2 genes', Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 438-452.
• Hayward, D, Grasso, L, Saint, R et al 2015, 'The organizer in evolution-gastrulation and organizer gene expression highlight the importance of Brachyury during development of the coral, Acropora millepora', Developmental Biology, vol. 399, no. 2, pp. 337-347.
• Bertucci, A, Foret, S, Ball, E et al 2015, 'Transcriptomic differences between day and night in Acropora millepora provide new insights into metabolite exchange and light-enhanced calcification in corals', Molecular Ecology, vol. 24, no. 17, pp. 4489-4504.
• Voolstra, C, Miller, D, Ragan, M et al. 2015, 'The ReFuGe 2020 Consortium-using "omics" approaches to explore the adaptability and resilience of coral holobionts to environmental change', Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 2, no. 68, pp. 1-8pp.
• Weiss, Y, Foret, S, Hayward, D et al 2013, 'The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune responses of corals with those of mammals and plants', BMC Genomics, vol. 14, no. 400, pp. 1-12.
• Okubo, N, Mezaki, T, Nozawa, Y et al 2013, 'Comparative Embryology of Eleven Species of Stony Corals (Scleractinia)', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 8, no. 12, pp. e84115-e84115.
• Moya, A, Huisman, L, Ball, E et al 2012, 'Whole Transcriptome Analysis of the Coral Acropora millepora Reveals Complex Responses to CO2-driven Acidification during the Initiation of Calcification', Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 2440-2454.
• Attenborough, R, Hayward, D, Kitahara, M et al 2012, 'A "Neural" Enzyme in Nonbilaterian Animals and Algae: Preneural Origins for Peptidylglycine a-Amidating Monooxygenase', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 3095-3109.
• Foret, S, Seneca, F, de Jong, D et al 2011, 'Phylogenomics Reveals an Anomalous Distribution of USP Genes in Metazoans', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 153-161.
• Ball, E, de Jong, D, Schierwater, B et al 2011, 'Cnidarian Gene Expression Patterns and the Origins of Bilaterality - Are Cnidarians Reading the same Game Plan as "Higher" Animals?', in Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater (ed.), Key Transitions in Animal Evolution, Science Publishers Inc., USA, pp. 197-216.
• Grasso, L, Negri, A, Foret, S et al 2011, 'The biology of coral metamorphosis: Molecular responses of larvae to inducers of settlement and metamorphosis', Developmental Biology, vol. 353, no. 2, pp. 411-419.
• Hayward, D, Hetherington, S, Behm, C et al 2011, 'Differential Gene Expression at Coral Settlement and Metamorphosis - A Subtractive Hybridization Study', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 6, no. 10, pp. e26411-e26411.
• Miller, D, Ball, E, Foret, S et al 2011, 'Coral genomics and transcriptomics - Ushering in a new era in coral biology', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 408, no. 1-2, pp. 114-119.
• Hayward, D, Hetherington, S, Behm, C et al 2011, 'Differential Gene Expression at Coral Settlement and Metamorphosis - A Subtractive Hybridization Study', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 6, no. 10, pp. e26411-e26411.
• Miller, D, Ball, E, Foret, S et al 2011, 'Coral genomics and transcriptomics - Ushering in a new era in coral biology', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 408, no. 1-2, pp. 114-119.
• Foret, S, Seneca, F, de Jong, D et al 2011, 'Phylogenomics Reveals an Anomalous Distribution of USP Genes in Metazoans', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 153-161.
• Foret, S, Knack, B, Houliston, E et al 2010, 'New tricks with old genes: the genetic bases of novel cnidarian traits', Trends in Genetics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 154-158.
• Catmull, J, Hayward, D, McIntyre, N et al 1998, 'Pax-6 origins - Implications from the structure of two coral Pax genes', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 208, no. 6, pp. 352-356.
• Ball, E & Truman, J 1998, 'Patterns of embryonic neurogenesis in a primitive wingless insect, the silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudata: Comparison with those seen in flying insects', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 208, no. 7, pp. 357-368.
• Kucharski, R, Maleszka, R, Hayward, D et al 1998, 'A royal jelly protein is expressed in a subset of Kenyon cells in the mushroom bodies of the honey bee brain', Naturwissenschaften, vol. 85, no. 7, pp. 343-346.
• Foret, S, Knack, B, Houliston, E et al 2010, 'New tricks with old genes: the genetic bases of novel cnidarian traits', Trends in Genetics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 154-158.
• Ball, E & Miller, D 2010, 'Putting placozoans on the (phylogeographic) map', Molecular Ecology, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 2181-2183.
• Miller, D & Ball, E 2009, 'The gene complement of the ancestral bilaterian - was Urbilateria a monster?', Journal of Biology, vol. 8, no. 89, pp. 89.1 - 89.4.
• Reyes-Bermudez, A, Lin, Z, Hayward, D et al. 2009, 'Differential expression of three galaxin-related genes during settlement and metamorphosis in the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 9, no. 178, pp. 1-12.
• Seneca, F, Foret, S, Ball, E et al 2009, 'Patterns of Gene Expression in a Scleractinian Coral Undergoing Natural Bleaching', Marine Biotechnology, vol. Online, p. 11.
• Knack, B, Iguchi, A, Shinzato, C et al. 2008, 'Unexpected diversity of cnidarian integrins: expression during coral gastrulation', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 8, no. 136, pp. 1-11.
• Miller, D & Ball, E 2008, 'Cryptic complexity captured: the Nematostella genome reveals its secrets', Trends in Genetics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-4.
• Miller, D & Ball, E 2008, 'Animal Evolution: Trichoplax, Trees, and Taxonomic Turmoil', Current Biology, vol. 18, no. 21, pp. 1003-1005.
• Grasso, L, Maindonald, J, Rudd, S et al 2008, 'Microarray analysis identifies candidate genes for key roles in coral development', BMC Genomics, vol. 9, pp. 1-18.
• Shinzato, C, Iguchi, A, Hayward, D et al. 2008, 'Sox genes in the coral Acropora millepora: divergent expression patterns reflect differences in developmental mechanisms within the Anthozoa', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 8, no. 311, pp. 1-16.
• Anctil, M, Hayward, D, Miller, D et al 2007, 'Sequence and expression of four coral G protein-coupled receptors distinct from all classifiable members of the rhodopsin family.', Gene, vol. 392, no. 1/2, pp. 14-21.
• Miller, D, Hemmrich, G, Ball, E et al 2007, 'The innate immune repertoire in Cnidaria - ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss', Genome Biology, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. R59.1-.13.
• Foret, S, Miller, D, Kassahn, K et al 2007, 'Genomic and microarray approaches to coral reef conservation biology', Coral Reefs, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 475-486.
• Ball, E, DeJong, D, Schierwater, B et al 2007, 'Implications of cnidarian gene expression patterns for the origins of bilaterality - is the glass half full or half empty?', Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 701-711.
• de Jong, D, Hislop, N, Hayward, D et al. 2006, 'Components of both major axial patterning systems of the Bilateria are differentially expressed along the primary axis of a 'radiate' animal, the anthozoan cnidarian Acropora millepora', Developmental Biology, vol. 298, pp. 632-643.
• Ball, E & Miller, D 2006, 'Phylogeny: The continuing classificatory conundrum of chaetognaths', Current Biology, vol. 16, no. 15, pp. R593-R596.
• Technau, U, Rudd, S, Maxwell, P et al 2005, 'Maintenance of ancestral complexity and non-metazoan genes in two basal cnidarians', Trends in Genetics, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 633-639.
• Hislop, N, de Jong, D, Hayward, D et al. 2005, 'Tandem organization of independently duplicated homeobox genes in the basal cnidarian Acropora millepora', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 215, pp. 268-273.
• Miller, D, Ball, E & Technau, U 2005, 'Cnidarians and ancestral genetic complexity in the animal kingdom', Trends in Genetics, vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 536-39.
• Miller, D, Ball, E & Miller, D 2005, 'Animal Evolution: The Enigmatic Phylum Placozoa Revisited', Current Biology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. R26-R28.
• Hayward, D, Trueman, J, Bastiani, M et al 2005, 'The structure of the USP/RXR of Xenos pecki indicates that Strepsiptera are not closely related to Diptera', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 215, pp. 213-219.
• Ball, E, Hayward, D, Saint, R et al 2004, 'A simple plan - Cnidarians and the origins of developmental mechanisms', Nature Genetics, vol. 5, pp. 567-577.
• Hayward, D, Miller, D & Ball, E 2004, 'Snail expression during embryonic development of the coral Acropora: blurring the diploblast/riploblast divide', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 214, pp. 257-260.
• Miller, S, Hayward, D, Bunch, T et al. 2003, 'A DM domain protein from a coral Acropora millepora homologous to proteins important for sex determination', Evolution and Development, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 251-258.
• Hayward, D, Dhadialla, T, Zhou, S et al 2003, 'Ligand specificity and developmental expression of RXR and ecdysone receptor in the migratory locust', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 49, pp. 1135-1144.
• Ball, E, Hayward, D, Reece-Hoyes, J et al. 2002, 'Coral development: From classic embryology to molecular control', International Journal of Developmental Biology, vol. 46, no. 671-678.
• Hayward, D, Samuel, G, Pontynen, P et al 2002, 'Localized expression of a dpp/BMP2/4 ortholog in a coral embryo', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 99, no. 12, pp. 8106-8111.
• Ball, E, Hayward, D, Reece-Hoyes, J et al. 2002, 'Coral development: From classic embryology to molecular control', International Journal of Developmental Biology, vol. 46, pp. 671-678.
• Grasso, L, Hayward, D, Trueman, J et al 2001, 'The Evolution of Nuclear Receptors: Evidence from the Coral Acropora', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 93-102.
• Hayward, D, Catmull, J, Reece-Hoyes, J et al. 2001, 'Gene structure and larval expression of cnox-2Am from the coral Acropora millepora', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 211, pp. 10-19.
• Patel, N, Hayward, D, Lall, S et al 2001, 'Grasshopper hunchback expression reveals conserved and novel aspects of axis formation and segmentation', Development, vol. 128, pp. 3459-3472.
• Kucharski, R, Ball, E, Hayward, D et al 2000, 'Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a cDNA encoding a glutamate transporter in the honeybee brain', Gene, vol. 244, pp. 399-405.
• Miller, D & Ball, E 2000, 'The coral Acropora: What it can contribute to our knowledge of metazoan evolution and the evolution of developmental processes', Bioessays, vol. 22, pp. 291-296.
• Miller, D, Hayward, D, Reece-Hoyes, J et al 2000, 'Pax gene diversity in the basal cnidarian Acropora millepora (Cnidaria; Anthozoa): Implications for the evolution of the Pax gene family', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 97, pp. 4475-4480.
• Pasquinelli, A, Reinhart, B, Slack, F et al. 2000, 'Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA', Nature, vol. 408, pp. 86-88.
• Davy, D, Ball, E, Matthaei, K et al. 2000, 'The flightless I protein localizes to actin-based structures during embryonic development', Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 78, pp. 423-429.
• Hayward, D, Bastiani, J, Trueman, J et al. 1999, 'The sequence of Locusta RXR, homologous to Drosophila Utraspiracle, and its evolutionary implications', Development Genes and Evolution, vol. 209, pp. 564-571.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• Sea-quence Bioinformatics Group - Foret (Primary Investigator)
• The transcriptome, genome, and metagenome of Acropora millepora: a model system for studying coral health and disease (Primary Investigator)