Publications


  • Artigas P., Meyer D.J., Young V.C., Spontarelli K., Eastman J., Strandquist E., Rui H., Roux B., Birk M.A., Nakanishi H., Abe K., Gatto C. (2023). A Na pump with reduced stoichiometry is up-regulated by brine shrimp in extreme salinities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(52): e2313999120.
  • Birk M.A., Liscovitch-Brauer N., Dominguez M.J., McNeme S., Yue Y., Hoff J.D., Twersky I., Verhey K.J., Sutton R.B., Eisenberg E., Rosenthal J.J.C. (2023). Temperature-dependent RNA editing in octopus extensively recodes the neural proteome. Cell, 186(12): 2544-2555.
  • Seibel B.A, Birk M.A. (2022). Unique thermal sensitivity imposes a cold-water energetic barrier for vertical migrators. Nature Climate Change, 12: 1052-1058.
  • Seibel B.A., Andres A., Birk M.A., Burns A.L., Shaw C.T., Timpe A.W., Welsh C.J. (2021). Oxygen supply capacity breathes new life into the critical oxygen partial pressure (Pcrit). Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(8): jeb242210.
  • Geffeney S.L., Williams B.L., Rosenthal J.J.C., Birk M.A., Felkins J., Wisell C.M., Curry E.R., Hanifin C.T. (2019). Convergent evolution in a voltage-gated sodium channel underlies TTX-resistance in the greater blue-ringed octopus: Hapalochlaena lunulataToxicon, 170: 77-84.
  • Birk M.A., Mislan K.A.S., Wishner K.F., Seibel B.A. (2019). Metabolic adaptations of the pelagic octopod Japetella diaphana to oxygen minimum zones. Deep-Sea Research Part I​148: 123-131.
  • Wishner K.F., Seibel B.A., Roman C., Deutsch C., Outram D., Shaw C.T., Birk M.A., Mislan K.A.S., Adams T.J., Moore D., Riley S. (2018). Ocean deoxygenation and zooplankton: Very small oxygen differences matter. Science Advances, 4: eaau5180.
  • Birk M.A., McLean E.L., Seibel B.A. (2018). Ocean acidification does not limit squid metabolism via blood oxygen supply. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(19): jeb187443.
  • Birk M.A., Dymowska A.K., Seibel B.A. (2018). Do squids breathe through their skin?. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(19): jeb185553.
  • Chubb C., Chiao C.-C., Ulmer K., Buresch K., Birk M.A., Hanlon R.T. (2018). Dark scene elements strongly influence cuttlefish camouflage responses in visually cluttered environments. Vision Research, 149: 86-101.
  • Birk M.A., Paight C., Seibel B.A. (2017). Observations of multiple pelagic egg masses from small-sized jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Gulf of California. Journal of Natural History, 51(43-44): 2569-2584.
  • Birk M.A.,J.W. White (2014). Experimental determination of the spatial scale ​of a prey patch from the predator’s perspective. Oecologia, 174(3): 723-729.