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  1. An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  2. A new carnivorous sponge (Porifera) from the Coral Sea

    Article • Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, January 2021, Queensland Museum

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  3. Anti-prion and α-Synuclein Aggregation Inhibitory Sterols from the Sponge Lamellodysidea cf. chlorea

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Anthony Carroll, Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  4. New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  5. Describing new species of carnivorous sponges from the East Coast of Australia

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  6. Soft sponges with tricky tree: On the phylogeny of dictyoceratid sponges

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  7. Identification of Fromiamycalin and Halaminol A from Australian Marine Sponge Extracts with Anthelmintic Activity against Haemonchus contortus

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  8. The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus Botrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  9. A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, June 2019, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  10. Capillasterin A, a Novel Pyrano[2,3-f]chromene from the Australian Crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  11. The unexpected, recent history of horsetails in Australia

    Article • Australian Systematic Botany, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  12. Age and area predict patterns of species richness in pumice rafts contingent on oceanic climatic zone encountered

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  13. A new species of the sponge Raspailia (Raspaxilla) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from deep seamounts of the Western Pacific

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  14. Taxonomic and Metabolite Diversity of Actinomycetes Associated with Three Australian Ascidians

    Article • Diversity, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  15. An Australian origin for the candle nut ( Aleurites , Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae) and the fossil record of the Euphorbiaceae and related families in Australia and New Zealand

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  16. Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the Pilbara, Northwestern Australia

    Article • Diversity, October 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  17. A new species of lithistid sponge hiding within the Isabella mirabilis species complex (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida) from seamounts of the Norfolk Ridge

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  18. Rhodocomatulin-Type Anthraquinones from the Australian Marine InvertebratesClathria hirsutaandComatula rotalaria

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  19. The Halicylindramides, Farnesoid X Receptor Antagonizing Depsipeptides from aPetrosiasp. Marine Sponge Collected in Korea

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  20. ChemInform Abstract: Dragmacidol A and Dragmacidolide A from the Australian Marine Sponge Dragmacidon australe.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  21. Dragmacidol A and dragmacidolide A from the Australian marine sponge Dragmacidon australe

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  22. Isolation and Total Synthesis of Stolonines A–C, Unique Taurine Amides from the Australian Marine Tunicate Cnemidocarpa stolonifera

    Article • Marine Drugs, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  23. Population genetics and gene flow between isolated deep sea sponge populations

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  24. Nothing in (sponge) biology makes sense – except when based on holotypes

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, May 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  25. ChemInform Abstract: Isolation, Structure Determination and Cytotoxicity Studies of Tryptophan Alkaloids from an Australian Marine Sponge Hyrtios sp.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  26. ChemInform Abstract: Sesquiterpenoids with PPARδ Agonistic Effect from a Korean Marine Sponge Ircinia sp.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  27. A new pygmy species of box jellyfish (Cubozoa: Chirodropida) from sub-tropical Australia

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  28. Cytotoxic 5α,8α-epidioxy sterols from the marine sponge Monanchora sp.

    Article • Archives of Pharmacal Research, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  29. Corrigendum to “Molecular and morphological systematics of the Ellisellidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): Parallel evolution in a globally distributed family of octocorals” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 73 (2014) 106–118]

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  30. Isolation, structure determination and cytotoxicity studies of tryptophan alkaloids from an Australian marine sponge Hyrtios sp.

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  31. Sesquiterpenoids with PPARδ agonistic effect from a Korean marine sponge Ircinia sp.

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  32. Two new desma-less species of Theonella Gray, 1868 (Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Theonellidae), from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia,and a re-evaluation of one species assigned previously to Dercitus Gray, 1867

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  33. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Ellisellidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): Parallel evolution in a globally distributed family of octocorals

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  34. Up-Regulated Expression of AOS-LOXa and Increased Eicosanoid Synthesis in Response to Coral Wounding

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  35. First record of the Caribbean box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora in Australian waters

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  36. Trikentramides A–D, Indole Alkaloids from the Australian SpongeTrikentrion flabelliforme

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  37. Phosphoiodyns A and B, Unique Phosphorus-Containing Iodinated Polyacetylenes from a Korean SpongePlacospongiasp.

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  38. Cytotoxic scalarane sesterterpenes from a Korean marine sponge Psammocinia sp.

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  39. Bioactive Sesterterpenoids from a Korean SpongeMonanchorasp.

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  40. Phosphoiodyns A and B, Unique Phosphorus-Containing Iodinated Polyacetylenes from a Korean SpongePlacospongiasp.

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  41. Population structure of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on sunflower in Australia

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  42. First record of the Australian ascidianEudistoma elongatumin northern New Zealand

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  43. Aggressiveness among isolates ofSclerotinia sclerotiorumfrom sunflower

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  44. Homothallism in Sclerotinia minor

    Article • Mycological Research, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  45. Identification ofSclerotiniaspecies

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  46. Carpogenic germination of Sclerotinia minor and potential distribution in Australia

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins