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2023

• X Chen, K Avia, A Forler, C Remoué, A Venon, A Rousselet, G Lucas, A O Kwarteng, R Rover, M Le Guilloux, H Belcram, V Combes, H Corti, S Olverà-Vazquez, M Falque, G Alins, T Kirisits, T M Ursu, A Roman, G M Volk, S Bazot, A Cornille, Ecological and evolutionary drivers of phenotypic and genetic variation in the European crabapple (Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.), a wild relative of the cultivated apple, Annals of Botany, 2023;, mcad061, https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad061

• Colniță, A.; Toma, V.-A.; Brezeștean, I.A.; Tahir, M.A.; Dina, N.E. A Review on Integrated ZnO-Based SERS Biosensors and Their Potential in Detecting Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Biosensors 2023, 13, 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13050499

• Halmagyi, A., Coste, A., Deliu, C., Băcilă, I. (2023) High frequency direct organogenesis in five Romanian tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum  Mill.) cultivars. Horticulturae 9(3): 411.

https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9030411

• Șuteu D., Băcila I., Stoica I.A., Balazs Z. R., Pușcaș M., Coldea Gh., 2023, Phylogeographic pattern of the high-alpine plant species Eritrichium nanum (Boraginaceae) within the Carpathians, Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Volume 51, Issue 1, Article number 12971, DOI:10.15835/nbha5111297

• Stoica, A.D.; Sevastre, B.; Suciu, M.; Pârvu, A.E.; Pârvu, M.; Toma, V.A.; Roman, I.; Dobre, C. Chemoprotective Effect of Plantago sempervirens Crantz Extract on Ovarian Structure and Folliculogenesis. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 3134. https://doi.org/10.3390/ app13053134

• Mihai Lupu, Camelia Alexandra Coada  Diana-Valentina Tudor, Ioana Baldea, Adrian Florea, Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Ana Lupsor, Remus Moldovan, Nicoleta Decea, Gabriela Adriana Filip. Iron chelation alleviates multiple pathophysiological pathways in a rat model of cardiac pressure overload. Free Radical Biology and Medicine DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.02.018

• Ioana V. Ardelean, Loredana Bălăcescu, Oana Sicora, Ovidiu Bălăcescu, Lia Mladin, Voichița Haș & Mihai Miclăuș. Maize cytolines as models to study the impact of different cytoplasms on gene expression under heat stress conditions. BMC Plant Biol 23, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-04023-8

• Butiuc-Keul A., Coste A. (2023) Biotechnologies and Strategies for Grapevine Improvement. Horticulturae, 9, 62. doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9010062

2022

• Anca D. Stoica, Vlad-Al. Toma, Ioana Roman, Bogdan Sevastre, Florina Scurtu, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, "Glutaraldehyde-Polymerized Hemerythrin: Evaluation of Performance as an Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models", Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, vol. 2022, Article ID 2209101, 6 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2209101

• Ristok, C., Weinhold, A., Ciobanu, M., Poeschl, Y., Roscher, C., Vergara, F., Eisenhauer, N., van Dam, N.M. 2022. Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry. Journal of Ecology, doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14032

• Garcés-Pastor, S., Coissac, E., Lavergne, S., (...), Hurdu, B.-I., Szatmari, P.-M., (...), Alsos, I.G., 2022. High resolution ancient sedimentary DNA shows that alpine plant diversity is associated with human land use and climate change. Nature Communications 13, 6559. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34010-4

• M. Lupu, D.-V. Tudor, V.-A. Toma, A. Florea, A. Lupsor, R. Moldovan, B. Stancu, N. Decea, A.G. Filip. 2022. Iron chelation effects on lipid peroxidation, inflammation and ventricular performance in a rat model of isoproterenol induced acute myocardial stress. Journal of physiology and pharmacology 2022, 73, 3, DOI: 10.26402/jpp.2022.3.04

• Briddon, C. L., Szekeres, E., Hegedüs, A., Nicoară, M., Chiriac, C., Stockenreiter, M., & Drugă, B. (2022). The combined impact of low temperatures and shifting phosphorus availability on the competitive ability of cyanobacteria. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20580-2

• Briddon, C.L., Metcalfe, S., Taylor, D., Bannister, W., Cunanan, M., Santos-Borja, A.C., Papa, R.D., McGowan. S. (2022) Changing water quality and thermocline depth along an aquaculture gradient in six tropical crater lakes. Hydrobiologia. Accepted

• Levente Zsolt Racz, Csaba Pal Racz, Lucian-Cristian Pop, Gheorghe Tomoaia, Aurora Mocanu, Ioana Barbu, Melinda Sárközi, Ioana Roman, Alexandra Avram, Maria Tomoaia-Cotisel and Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Strategies for Improving Bioavailability, Bioactivity, and Physical-Chemical Behavior of Curcumin. Molecules 2022, 27, 6854. https://doi.org/10.3390/ molecules27206854.

• Coldea Gh., Gafta D., Negrean G., Stoica I. A. & Hurdu B. I. (2022). Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns. Botanical Studies 63.29:1-21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8.

• Stupar, Z., Levei, E.A., Neag, E., Baricz, A., Szekeres, E., and Moldovan, O.T. (2022). Microbial water quality and health risk assessment in karst springs from Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:931893 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.931893

• Farkas, A., Coman, C., Szekeres, E., Teban-Man, A., Carpa, R., Butiuc-Keul, A. Molecular Typing Reveals Environmental Dispersion of Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococci under Anthropogenic Pressure. Antibiotics. 2022; 11(9):1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11091213

• Toma, V.-A.; Dume, B.; Trâncă, R.; Sevastre, B.; Barbu, L.; Filip, G.A.; Roman, I.; Sevastre-Berghian, A.-C. The Effect of Repeated Restraint Stress on Neuroglobin-Oligodendrocytes Functions in the CA3 Hippocampal Area and Their Involvements in the Signaling Pathways of the Stress-Induced Anxiety. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 8680. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178680

• Dina, N. E., Muntean, C. M., Bratu, I., Tican, A., Halmagyi, A., Purcaru, M. A. P., Coste, A. (2022). Structure and surface dynamics of genomic DNA as probed with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: Trace level sensing of nucleic acids extracted from plants.  Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 279,121477, ISSN 1386-1425, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2022.121477

• Hurdu, B.-I., Coste, A., Halmagyi, A., Szatmari, P.-M., Farkas, A., Puscas, M., Turtureanu, P. D., Rosca-Casian, O., Tănase, C., Oprea, A., Mardari, C., Rădutoiu, D., Camen-Comănescu, P., Sîrbu, I.-M., Stoie, A., Lupoae, P., Cristea, V., Jarda, L., Holobiuc, I., Goia, I., Cătană, C., Butiuc-Keul, A., 2022. Ex situ conservation of plant diversity in Romania: a synthesis of threatened and endemic taxa. J. Nat. Conserv., 126211. (doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126211)

• Ruicănescu, A., Dumbravă, A.-R., Drăghici, A.-C. (2022) Capnodis cariosa (Pallas, 1776) found in a new Romanian location at the northern limit of its distribution range (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 54 (1): 155–158. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/442

• Halmagyi, A., Vălimăreanu, S., Șovărel, G., Coste, A. (2022) Cryo-Technologies for Ex Situ Conservation of Rosa Germplasm. Plants 1: 1095. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11081095

• Adrian I. Stoica, Dan Gafta, Gheorghe Coldea, 2022, ”Scots pine bog woodlands in the Eastern Carpathians versus their northern, lowland counterparts: floristic dissimilarities and underlying ecological gradients, Mires and Peat, Volume 28 (2022), Article 09, 15 pp., http://www.mires-and-peat.net/, ISSN 1819-754X, International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society, DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2021.APG.StA.2337.

• Butiuc-Keul A, Coste A, Postolache D, Laslo V, Halmagyi A, Cristea V, Farkas A. (2022) Molecular Characterization of Prunus Cultivars from Romania by Microsatellite Markers. Horticulturae 8(4):291. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040291

• Charles Pouchon, Frédéric Boyer, Cristina Roquet, ..., B Hurdu, ..., P Wincker, 2022, S., ORTHOSKIM: In silico sequence capture from genomic and transcriptomic libraries for phylogenomic and barcoding applications. Molecular Ecology Resource (in press) https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13584

• Lembrechts, J.J., van der Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Aschroft, M.B., ..Ursu, T.-M.,.. & Lenoir, J. (2022). Global maps of soil temperature.Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

• Staude I.R., Pereira H.M., Daskalova G., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Diekmann M., Pauli H., ..Ursu T.-M.,.. & Baeten L. (2022). Directional turnover toward larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937

• Teban-Man, A., Szekeres, E., Fang, P., Klumper, E., Hegedus, A., Baricz, A., Berendonk, T.U., Pârvu, M., Coman, C. 2022. Municipal Wastewaters Carry Important Carbapenemase Genes Independent of Hospital Input and Can Mirror Clinical Resistance Patterns. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(2): e02711-21. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02711-21

• Opris, R. V., Toma, V., Baciu, A. M., Moldovan, R., Dume, B., Berghian-Sevastre, A., ... & Florea, A. (2022). Neurobehavioral and Ultrastructural Changes Induced by Phytosynthesized Silver-Nanoparticle Toxicity in an In Vivo Rat Model. Nanomaterials, 12(1), 58, DOI: 10.3390/nano12010058

• Anca Butiuc-Keul, Ana Coste, Holger Budahn, Frank Dunemann, Anca Farkas, Dragoș Postolache, Evelyn Klocke (2021) Analysis of Hypericumaccessions by DNA fingerprinting and flow cytometry. Acta Botanica Croatica, DOI: 10.37427/botcro-2021-026

2021

• Boeraș, I., Burcea, A., Coman, C., Bănăduc, D., Curtean-Bănăduc, A. (2021). Bacterial Microbiomes in the Sediments of Lotic Systems Ecologic Drivers and Role: A Case Study from the Mureş River, Transylvania, Romania. Water, 13(24), 3518. DOI:  10.3390/w13243518

• Lembrechts, J.J., van der Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Aschroft, M.B., ..Ursu, T.-M.,.. & Lenoir, J. (2021). Global maps of soil temperature.Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

• Drugă, B., Ramm, E., Szekeres, E., Chiriac, C., Hegedüs, A., & Stockenreiter, M. (2021). Long-    term acclimation might enhance the growth and competitive ability of Microcystis aeruginosa in warm environments. Freshw Biol, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13865

• Staude I.R., Pereira H.M., Daskalova G., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Diekmann M., Pauli H., ..Ursu T.-M.,.. & Baeten L. (2021). Directional turnover toward larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937

• Olvera-Vazquez S.G., ......., Roman A., Ursu T.M., ................ Cornille, A. 2021. Large-scale geographic survey provides insights into the colonization history of a major aphid pest on its cultivated apple host in Europe, North America and North Africa. Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology 1: Article No. e34. DOI: 

https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.26

• Țigu, Adrian B., Cristian S. Moldovan, Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Anca D. Farcaș, Augustin C. Moț, Ancuța Jurj, Eva Fischer-Fodor, Cristina Mircea, and Marcel Pârvu. 2021. "Phytochemical Analysis and In Vitro Effects of Allium fistulosum L. and Allium sativum L. Extracts on Human Normal and Tumor Cell Lines: A Comparative Study" Molecules 26, no. 3: 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030574

• Pop, Nadina L., Alexandrina Nan, Andrada E. Urda-Cimpean, Adrian Florea, Vlad A. Toma, Remus Moldovan, Nicoleta Decea, Daniela R. Mitrea, and Remus Orasan. 2021. "Chitosan Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles to Provide Neural Regeneration and Recovery after Experimental Model Induced Peripheral Nerve Injury" Biomolecules 11, no. 5: 676. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11050676

• Cenariu, Diana, Eva Fischer-Fodor, Adrian B. Țigu, Andrea Bunea, Piroska Virág, Maria Perde-Schrepler, Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Andrei Mocan, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe, Adela Pintea, Gianina Crișan, Mihai Cenariu, and Alma Maniu. 2021. "Zeaxanthin-Rich Extract from Superfood Lycium barbarum Selectively Modulates the Cellular Adhesion and MAPK Signaling in Melanoma versus Normal Skin Cells In Vitro" Molecules 26, no. 2: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26020333

• Dionisie, Vlad, Adela M. Ciobanu, Vlad A. Toma, Mihnea C. Manea, Ioana Baldea, Diana Olteanu, Alexandra Sevastre-Berghian, Simona Clichici, Mirela Manea, Sorin Riga, and Gabriela A. Filip 2021. "Escitalopram Targets Oxidative Stress, Caspase-3, BDNF and MeCP2 in the Hippocampus and Frontal Cortex of a Rat Model of Depression Induced by Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 14: 7483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22147483

• Marc, Gabriel, Anca Stana, Ana H. Franchini, Dan C. Vodnar, Gabriel Barta, Mihaela Tertiş, Iulia Şanta, Cecilia Cristea, Adrian Pîrnău, Alexandra Ciorîţă, Bogdan Dume, Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Laurian Vlase, Ilioara Oniga, and Ovidiu Oniga. 2021. "Phenolic Thiazoles with Antioxidant and Antiradical Activity. Synthesis, In Vitro Evaluation, Toxicity, Electrochemical Behavior, Quantum Studies and Antimicrobial Screening" Antioxidants 10, no. 11: 1707. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10111707

• Rauca VF, Patras L, Luput L, Licarete E, Toma VA, Porfire A, Mot AC, Rakosy-Tican E, Sesarman A, Banciu M. Remodeling tumor microenvironment by liposomal codelivery of DMXAA and simvastatin inhibits malignant melanoma progression. Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 11;11(1):22102. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01284-5. PMID: 34764332; PMCID: PMC8585864. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01284-5

• Popovici M., Coldea Gh., Coste A., Pop C., Tămaș M (2021) Comparative phytochemical evaluation in several Achillea species from Romania. Farmacia, 69(5): 928-933.

• Vlad-Alexandru Toma, Alia Colniță, Ioana Brezeștean, Bogdan Dume, Ioana Roman, Ioan Turcu, The complementary role of the Raman microspectroscopy to the oxidative stress assays in the neonatal synaptosomes characterization. Studia UBB Chemia, lXVI, 3, 2021 (p. 187-194), doi:10.24193/subbchem.2021.3.11

• Gafta D., Stoica I.A.,Coldea G., 2021, The ranked species occupancy curves reflect the dominant process of species sorting: evidence from forest/scrub communities, Journal of Vegetation Science, DOI:10.1111/jvs.13086

• Lăcrămioara M. Maghiar, Ilie A. Stoica, Andrew J. Tanentzap, Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians, Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7864

• Marușca T., Roman A., Taulescu E., Ursu T.M., Popa R.D.P. 2021. Detecting trends in the quality and productivity of grasslands by analyzing the historical vegetation relevés: A case study from Southeastern Carpathians, Vlădeasa Mountains (Romania). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. DOI: 10.15835/nbha49312378. https://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/forthcoming/view/index

• Muntean C.M., Dina N.E., Bratu I, Fǎlǎmaş A., Niţu (Năstase) S., Halmagyi A., Coste A. (2021) Effects of Femtosecond UV Laser Pulses on the Structure and Surface Dynamics of Medicinal Plants DNA, Monitored by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of Molecular Structure, 130482, ISSN 0022-2860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130482

• Muntean C.M., Dina N.E., Bratu I., Tripon C., Niţu (Năstase) S., Coste A. (2021) Acidic pH-responsive changes of DNA structure and surface dynamics as probed with ultrasensitive Raman spectroscopy, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 119866, ISSN 1386-1425, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2021.119866

• Kwon,T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I., Larsen, K., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Hagedorn, F., Eisenhauer, N., Djukic, I. and TeaComposition Network  with Ursu T-M. (2021) Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Front. For. Glob. Change 4:678480. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

• Teban-Man, A., Farkas, A., Baricz, A., Hegedus, A., Szekeres, E., Pârvu, M., Coman, C. 2021. Wastewaters, with or without hospital contribution, harbour MDR, carbapenemase-producing, but not hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antibiotics (Basel), 10(4), 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040361.

• Butiuc-Keul, A., Carpa, R., Podar, D., Szekeres, E., Muntean, V., Iordache, D., Farkas, A. 2021. Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas spp. Through the Urban Water Cycle. Current Microbiology, DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02389-w

• Puşcaş, M., Ronikier, M., Mráz, P. et Bogdan-Iuliu Hurdu.  2021. Biogeography of the Carpathians: towards a better understanding of biodiversity patterns. Plant Syst Evol 307, 29 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-021-01754-3

• Burli, S., Theurillat, J-P., Winkler, M., ..., Unterluggauer, P., Ursu, T-M., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., 2021. A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains. Alpine Botany. DOI:  10.1007/s00035-021-00250-1

• Bluhm, S.L., Eitzinger, B., Bluhm, C., Ferlian, O., Heidemann, K., Ciobanu, M., Maraun, M., Scheu, S. 2021. The impact of root-derived resources on forest soil invertebrates depends on body size and trophic position. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4:622370 https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.622370

• Jochum, M., Ferlian, O., Thakur, M.P., Ciobanu, M., Klarner, B., Salamon, J.A., Frelich, L.E., Johnson, E.A., Eisenhauer, N. 2021. Earthworm invasion causes declines across soil fauna size classes and biodiversity facets in northern North American forests. Oikos,  https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07867.

2020

• Anca D. Farcas, Vlad Al Toma, Ioana Roman, Bogdan Sevastre, Florina Scurtu, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu. (2020) Glutaraldehyde-Polymerized Hemoglobin: In Search of Improved Performance as Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models.  Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications Volume 2020, Article ID 1096573, 11 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/1096573

• Halmagyi, A., Coste, A., Jarda, L., A. Butiuc-Keul, I. Holobiuc, V. Cristea. (2020) A safeguard measure of endemic and endangered plant species: cryostorage of Dianthus taxa. Biodivers Conserv. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02032-3

• Katarína Hegedüšová, Joanna Korzeniak, Jana Májeková, Adrian Stoica, Gheorghe Coldea, Anna Kuzemko, Vasyl Budzhak, Alla Tokaryuk, Illya Chorney & Iveta Škodová (2020) Syntaxonomical revision of the Triseto flavescentis-Polygonion bistortae alliance in the Carpathians, Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2020.1801877

• Cristina M. Muntean, Nicoleta E. Dina, Teodor-Lucian Biter, Ioan Bratu, Maria Coroş, Crina Socaci, Ana Coste. 2020. Surface dynamics of genomic DNAs upon lowering the pH, in the presence of graphene/AgNPs-based SERS detection platform. Journal of Molecular Modeling (2020) 26:211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-020-04477-3

• Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Cristina Gruian, Cristina Pușcaș, Alexandra Simon, Eva Fischer-Fodor, Vlad Al. Toma, Anca Farcas, Ioana Roman, Violeta Florina Scurtu, Amr A.A. Attia, Grigore Damian, 2020.  Spin labelled hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOC): preparation and evaluation of in vivo / in vitro stability.  STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, LXV, 2, 2020 (p. 121-132) , 2020,  DOI:10.24193/subbchem.2020.2.10

• Turtureanu, P.D., Barros, C., Bec, S., Hurdu, B.-I., Saillard, A., Šibík, J., Balázs, Z., Novikov, A., Renaud, J., Podar, D., Thuiller, W., Pușcaș, M., Choler, P. Biogeography of intraspecific trait variability in matgrass (Nardus stricta): high phenotypic variation at the local scale exceeds large scale variability patterns, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 125555 (doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125555)

• Tanţău, I., Reille, M., Fărcaş, S., Grindean, R., de Beaulieu, J.-L., 2020, Mlaca Tătarilor peat bog, Southern Transylvania (Romania). GRANA: EPDB 47. Published online: 23 Jun 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2020.1737216

• Lembrechts J.J., Aalto J., Ashcroft M.B.,...Ursu T.M.,...Rossi C., Nijs I. (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123

• Breman E., Hurdu B.-I. (corresponding author), Kliment I., Kobiv I., Kučera J., Mráz P., Pușcaș M., Renaud J., Ronikier M., Šibík J., Schmotzer A., Štubňová E., Szatmari P.-M., Tasenkevich L., Turis P., Slovák M., 2020, Conserving the endemic flora of the Carpathian Region: an international project to increase and share knowledge of the distribution, evolution and taxonomy of Carpathian endemics and to conserve endangered species, Plant Systematics and Evolution (Accepted 11 Apr 2020). DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01685-5

• Ramona M. Galatus, Radu Papara, Loredana Buzura, AnaMaria Roman, Tudor Ursu, "Wearable multi-sensor for plant monitoring, based on fluorescent fibers," Proc. SPIE 11361, Biophotonics in Point-of-Care, 113610Z (1 April 2020); doi: 10.1117/12.2559993 

• Alsos, I.G., Lavergne, S., Merkel, M.K.F., Boleda, M., Lammers, Y., Alberti, A., Pouchon, C., Denoeud, F., Pitelkova, I., Pușcaș, M., Roquet, C., Hurdu, B.-I., Thuiller, W., Zimmermann, N.E., Hollingsworth, P.M., Coissac, E., 2020, The treasure vault can be opened: large-scale genome skimming works well using herbarium and silica gel dried material. Plants, 9, 432: 1-18. DOI:10.3390/plants9040432 https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/4/432

• Baricz, A., Chiriac, C.M., Andrei, A.-Ș., Bulzu, P.-A., Levei, E.A., Cadar, O., Battes, K.P., Cîmpean, M., Șenilă, M., Cristea, A., Muntean, V., Alexe, M., Coman, C., Szekeres, E.K., Sicora, C.I., Ionescu, A., Blain, D., O’Neill, W.K., Edwards, J., Hallsworth, J.E., Banciu, H.L. 2020. Spatio-temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater-to-hypersaline, oxic-hypoxic-euxinic waters of Ursu Lake. Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14909. https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1462-2920.14909

• Remizovschi, A., Carpa, R., Forray, F.L., Chiriac, C., Roba, C.-A., Beldean-Galea, S., Andrei, A.-S., Szekeres, E., Baricz, A., Lupan, I., Knut, R., Coman, C. 2020. Mud volcanoes and the presence of PAHs. Sci Rep 10, 1253  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58282-2