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  1. Crystallographic Interdigitation in Oyster Shell Folia Enhances Material Strength

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  2. Tuning of Calcite Crystallographic Orientation to Support Brachiopod Lophophore

    Article • Advanced Engineering Materials, May 2018, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  3. The Prismatic Topography of Pinctada maxima Shell Retains Stem Cell Multipotency and Plasticity In Vitro

    Article • Advanced Biosystems, April 2018, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  4. Nacre Topography Produces Higher Crystallinity in Bone than Chemically Induced Osteogenesis

    Article • ACS Nano, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  5. Biomineral shell formation under ocean acidification: a shift from order to chaos

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Susan C Fitzer, Maggie Cusack

  6. Biomineral electron backscatter diffraction for palaeontology

    Article • Palaeontology, December 2015, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  7. Ocean acidification and temperature increase impact mussel shell shape and thickness: problematic for protection?

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Susan C Fitzer, Maggie Cusack

  8. Shell proteome of rhynchonelliform brachiopods

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  9. Red coralline algae assessed as marine pH proxies using 11B MAS NMR

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2015, Nature

    Maggie Cusack

  10. Ocean acidification alters the material properties of Mytilus edulis shells

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, December 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Susan C Fitzer, Professor K Elizabeth Tanner, Maggie Cusack

  11. Aragonite-calcite seas--Quantifying the gray area

    Article • Geology, December 2014, Geological Society of America

    Maggie Cusack

  12. Biomineralization: Crystals competing for space

    Article • Nature Materials, November 2014, Nature

    Maggie Cusack

  13. Ocean acidification reduces the crystallographic control in juvenile mussel shells

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Susan C Fitzer, Maggie Cusack

  14. Ocean acidification impacts mussel control on biomineralisation

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Susan C Fitzer, Maggie Cusack

  15. Crystallography of calcite in pearls

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, August 2014, Schweizerbart

    Maggie Cusack

  16. Electron backscatter diffraction for biomineralization

    Article • February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Maggie Cusack

  17. Crystallographic Orientation of Cuttlebone Shield Determined by Electron Backscatter Diffraction

    Article • JOM, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maggie Cusack

  18. Biomineral repair of abalone shell apertures

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  19. Biomineral Proteins from Mytilus edulis Mantle Tissue Transcriptome

    Article • Marine Biotechnology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maggie Cusack

  20. Biogenic calcite granules—Are brachiopods different?

    Article • Micron, January 2013, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  21. Brachiopods recording seawater temperature—A matter of class or maturation?

    Article • Chemical Geology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  22. Effects of ocean acidification on growth, organic tissue and protein profile of the Mediterranean ­bryo­zoan Myriapora truncata 

    Article • Aquatic Biology, October 2011, Inter-Research Science Center

    Maggie Cusack

  23. Relic aragonite from Ordovician-Silurian brachiopods: Implications for the evolution of calcification

    Article • Geology, September 2011, Geological Society of America

    Maggie Cusack, Lars Holmer

  24. Preliminary assessment of the use of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) in conodonts

    Article • Lethaia, June 2011, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  25. High resolution electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) data from calcite biominerals in recent gastropod shells

    Article • Micron, April 2011, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  26. Crystallographic contribution to the vital effect in biogenic carbonates Mg/Ca thermometry

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, March 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Maggie Cusack

  27. Identification and composition of secondary meniscus calcite in fossil coral and the effect on predicted sea surface temperature

    Article • Chemical Geology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  28. Contrasts between organic participation in apatite biomineralization in brachiopod shell and vertebrate bone identified by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, July 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  29. Attachment of oysters to natural substrata by biologically induced marine carbonate cement

    Article • Marine Biology, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maggie Cusack

  30. Structure, composition and mechanical relations to function in sea urchin spine

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  31. Alignment of Crystallographicc-Axis throughout the Four Distinct Microstructural Layers of the OysterCrassostrea gigas

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  32. Aragonite Prism−Nacre Interface in Freshwater MusselsAnodonta anatina(Linnaeus, 1758) andAnodonta cygnea(L. 1758)

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  33. Control of crystal polymorph in microfluidics using molluscan 28 kDa Ca2+-binding protein

    Article • Integrative Biology, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maggie Cusack

  34. Brachiopod punctae: A complexity in shell biomineralisation

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  35. Optimizing Electron Backscatter Diffraction of Carbonate Biominerals—Resin Type and Carbon Coating

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, May 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Maggie Cusack

  36. The response of Physical Science post‐graduates to training courses and the connection to their PhD studies

    Article • April 2009, Emerald

    Maggie Cusack

  37. Mg-lattice associations in red coralline algae

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, April 2009, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  38. Screening of Biomineralization Using Microfluidics

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  39. Biomineralization: Elemental and Organic Influence in Carbonate Systems

    Article • Chemical Reviews, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  40. Magnesium in the lattice of calcite-shelled brachiopods

    Article • Chemical Geology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  41. Influence of crystallographic orientation of biogenic calcite onin situMg XANES analyses

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, October 2008, International Union of Crystallography

    Maggie Cusack

  42. Multiscale structure of calcite fibres of the shell of the brachiopod Terebratulina retusa

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  43. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) as a tool for detection of coral diagenesis

    Article • Coral Reefs, August 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maggie Cusack

  44. Micro-XANES mapping of sulphur and its association with magnesium and phosphorus in the shell of the brachiopod, Terebratulina retusa

    Article • Chemical Geology, August 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  45. Deciphering the distribution of organic components in brachiopod shells by confocal laser scanning microscopy

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, April 2008, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  46. Oxygen isotope composition in Modiolus modiolus aragonite in the context of biological and crystallographic control

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, April 2008, Mineralogical Society

    Maggie Cusack

  47. Coralline algae are global palaeothermometers with bi-weekly resolution

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, February 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  48. Oxygen isotope equilibrium in brachiopod shell fibres in the context of biological control

    Article • Mineralogical Magazine, February 2008, Mineralogical Society

    Maggie Cusack

  49. Common crystal nucleation mechanism in shell formation of two morphologically distinct calcite brachiopods

    Article • Zoology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  50. High resolution distribution of magnesium and strontium and the evaluation of Mg/Ca thermometry in Recent brachiopod shells

    Article • Chemical Geology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  51. Preface

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, September 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor David A T Harper, Maggie Cusack

  52. Crystallography of craniid brachiopods by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, September 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Maggie Cusack

  53. Relationship between δ18O and minor element composition of Terebratalia transversa

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, September 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Maggie Cusack

  54. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND DIAGENESIS IN FOSSIL CRANIID BRACHIOPODS

    Article • Palaeontology, July 2007, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  55. Prehistoric molecules

    Article • Lethaia, March 2007, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  56. Comparison of the Crystallographic Structure of Semi Nacre and Nacre by Electron Backscatter Diffraction

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  57. Common crystallographic control in calcite biomineralization of bivalved shells

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Maggie Cusack

  58. Magnesium and sulphur in the calcite shells of two brachiopods, Terebratulina retusa and Novocrania anomala

    Article • Lethaia, December 2006, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  59. Crystallography (Electron Backscatter Diffraction) and Chemistry (Electron Probe Microanalysis) of the Avian Eggshell

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  60. Crystallography and chemistry of the calcium carbonate polymorph switch in M. edulis shells

    Article • European Journal of Mineralogy, September 2006, Schweizerbart

    Maggie Cusack

  61. Material properties of brachiopod shell ultrastructure by nanoindentation

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, August 2006, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  62. Hyperspectral cathodoluminescence imaging of modern and fossil carbonate shells

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Maggie Cusack

  63. Shell structure, patterns and trends of oxygen and carbon stable isotopes in modern brachiopod shells

    Article • Chemical Geology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  64. Chemico-structure of the organophosphatic shells of siphonotretide brachiopods

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2004, Wiley

    Lars Holmer, Maggie Cusack

  65. Promotion of Fluorapatite Crystallization by Soluble-Matrix Proteins fromLingula Anatina Shells

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2004, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  66. Promotion of Fluorapatite Crystallization by Soluble-Matrix Proteins fromLingula Anatina Shells

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2004, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  67. Magnesium and phosphorus distribution in the avian eggshell

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  68. Eggshell Membrane Removal for Subsequent Extraction of Intermineral and Intramineral Proteins

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, November 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Maggie Cusack

  69. Chemico-structural differentiation of the organocalcitic shells of rhynchonellate brachiopods

    Article • November 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Maggie Cusack

  70. Evolutionary and Diagenetic Changes in the Chemico-structure of the Shell of Cranioid Brachiopods

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2001, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  71. The Nature of Siliceous Mosaics Forming the First Shell of the Brachiopod Discinisca

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, April 2001, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  72. Provenance Of Atlantic Lingulid Brachiopods

    Article • Palaeontology, December 2000, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  73. Morphological variation of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from different skua taxa

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, September 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maggie Cusack

  74. Chemico-structural evolution of linguloid brachiopod shells

    Article • Palaeontology, October 1999, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  75. Growth of protein-doped rhombohedra in the calcitic shell of craniid brachiopods

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 1999, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  76. Evolution of a Rhythmic Lamination in the Organophosphatic Shells of Brachiopods

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, June 1999, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  77. Chemico-structural phylogeny of the discinoid brachiopod shell

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 1998, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  78. Siliceous Tablets in the Larval Shells of Apatitic Discinid Brachiopods

    Article • Science, March 1998, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Maggie Cusack

  79. Lingulid shell mediation in clay formation

    Article • Lethaia, December 1996, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  80. Chemico-Structural Degradation of Carboniferous Lingulid Shells

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 1996, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  81. Collagenous Chitinophosphatic Shell of the Brachiopod Lingula

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 1994, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  82. Structure of the Organo-Phosphatic Shell of the Brachiopod Discina

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 1992, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  83. An intracrystalline chromoprotein from red brachiopod shells: Implications for the process of biomineralization

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry, May 1992, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  84. Biogeochemistry of Brachiopod Intracrystalline Molecules [and Discussion]

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 1991, Royal Society Publishing

    Maggie Cusack

  85. Thaumatin not proteolytic

    Article • Nature, April 1990, Nature

    Maggie Cusack

  86. Effects of proteolysis on the sensory properties of the sweet protein, thaumatin

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, January 1990, Wiley

    Maggie Cusack

  87. Similarities between sweet protein thaumatin and a pathogenesis-related protein from tobacco

    Article • Phytochemistry, January 1988, Elsevier

    Maggie Cusack

  88. Cysteine proteinase activity in preparations of thaumatin

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, October 1987, Portland Press Ltd.

    Maggie Cusack