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Our new study showed that a marine-derived compound malformin can help with chemoresistant ovarian cancer

Malformin-A1 (MA1) Sensitizes Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin-Induced Apoptosis High-grade epithelial ovarian cancer is a fatal disease in women frequently associated with drug resistance and poor outcomes. We previously demonstrated that a marine-derived compound MalforminA1 (MA1) was cytotoxic for the breast cancer cell line MCF-7. In this study, we aimed to examine the effec...

An excellent review about marine natural antifouling products has been published by the Biofouling journal

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The talk of our collaborator Dr. Greta Abey about coral diseases.

EP1_Coral Disease in the Arabian Gulf - Scientific Stories from the Sea of Knowledge In this first episode Dr. Greta Abey talks us through what are coral reefs, what is coral disease, what it looks like and what kind of diseases are found in ...

UV radiation impacts microbial communities associated with seaweeds. Read more about it in our new publication.

Impact of UV radiation on the red seaweed Gelidium lingulatum and its associated bacteria (2020). Impact of UV radiation on the red seaweed Gelidium lingulatum and its associated bacteria. European Journal of Phycology. Ahead of Print.

Who could imagine that sea turtles also have biofilms? Check our latest collaborative study to know more.

Diatoms on sea turtles and floating debris in the Persian Gulf (Western Asia) (2020). Diatoms on sea turtles and floating debris in the Persian Gulf (Western Asia). Phycologia. Ahead of Print.