Selected publications
2026
Dumitru, O. A., Ginés, A., Polyak, V. J., Ginés, J., Bover, P., Fornós, J. J., Asmerom, Y., & Onac, B. P. (2026). Cave deposits U-Pb chronology: Insights into the timing of Myotragus antiquus, cave evolution, and Pliocene sea level in Mallorca. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 687, 113604.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113604
Lindahl, A., Lord, E., Chacón-Duque, J. C., Ravasini, F., Meleg, I. N., Xenikoudakis, G., Ersmark, E., Sharif, B., Skoglund, P., van der Valk, T., Dalén, L., & Feinauer, I. S. (2026). Temporal genomics reveals widespread but unexpected consequences of a bottleneck in the Scandinavian brown bear. Royal Society Open Science, 13(3), 251947. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251947
2025
Constantin, D., Dave, A. K., Grecu, Ș., Kabacińska, Z., Antuzevics, A., Barla, A., Urdea, P., Ducea, M. N., & Timar-Gabor, A. (2025). Tracing quartz provenance: A multi-method investigation of luminescence sensitisation mechanisms of quartz from granite source rocks and derived sediments. Chemical Geology, 683, 122774.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122774
Kampolis, I., Triantafyllidis, S., Polyak, V. J., Asmerom, Y., & Onac, B. P. (2025). Sea level during Marine Isotope 5a in the Messiniakos Gulf (Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece). Geomorphology, 486, 109911.
10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109911
Meleg, I. N., Alberti, F., Drucker, D. G., Năpăruș-Aljančič, M., Feurdean, A., Robu, M., Vlaicu, M., Naito, Y. I., Boroneanț, A., Cârciumaru, M., Nițu, E. C., Hofreiter, M., Bocherens, H., & Barlow, A. (2025). Ancient biomolecules suggest a learned foraging strategy in extinct cave bears. iScience, 28, 113920.
Onac, B. P., Onac, Feurdean, A., Haliuc, A., Hutchinson, S. M., Forray, F. L., Demjén, A., Vulpoi, A., Dumbravă, R., Lőrincz, A., Ghemiș, C., Nae, A., Lascu, V. T., Gogâltan, F., & Meleg, I. N. (2025). Environmental changes in East-Central Europe from a Middle to Late Holocene Romanian cave sediment record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 659, 112672.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112672
Palma, V., De La Rosa, J. M., Sauro, F., Onac, B. P., Massironi, M., Gutierrez-Patricio, S., Caldeira, A. T., Jiménez-Morillo, N. T., & Miller, A. Z. (2025). Organic biomarkers reveal the interplay between surface-derived matter and subterranean microbial activity in lava tube gypsum deposits. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 192, 107245.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2025.107245
Turtureanu, P. D., Bayle, A., Nicoud, B., Pușcaș, M., & Choler, P. (2025). Landscape-scale analysis of shrub encroachment unveils the complexity of greening in the Carpathian Mountains. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 104056.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae05b2
2024
Burz, C., Pop, V., Silaghi, C., Lupan, I., & Samasca, G. (2024). Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric cancer: A 2024 update. Cancers, 16(11), 1958.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16111958
Feinauer, I. S., Lord, E., von Seth, J., Xenikoudakis, G., Ersmark, E., Dalén, L., & Meleg, I. N. (2024). Heterochronous mitogenomes shed light on the Holocene history of the Scandinavian brown bear. Scientific Reports, 14, 24917.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75028-6
Onac, B. P., Polyak, V. J., Mitrovica, J. X., Ginés, J., Gràcia, F., Fornós, J. J., Ginés, A., & Asmerom, Y. (2024). New evidence for human arrival in Mallorca prior to 6000 years ago. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 457.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01584-4
Palma, V., González-Piementel, J. L., Jimenez-Morillo, N. T., Sauro, F., Gutiérrez-Patricio, S., De la Rosa, J. M., Tomasi, I., Massironi, M., Onac, B. P., Tiago, I., González-Pérez, J. A., Laiz, L., Caldeira, A. T., Cubero, B., & Miller, A. (2024). Connecting molecular biomarkers, mineralogical composition, and microbial diversity from Mars analog lava tubes. Science of the Total Environment, 913, 169583.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169583
Zagrean-Tuza, C., Matei, A., & Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R. (2024). A biomimetic assay for antioxidant reactivity, based on liposomes and myoglobin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 112613.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112613
2023
Buda, D. M., Szekeres, E. K., Barbu, L., Esclápez, J., & Banciu, H. L. (2023). Genome-wide transcriptional response to silver stress in the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax alexandrinus DSM 27206T. BMC Microbiology, 23, 381.
Czekes, Z., Bai, D., Vincze, J., Gál, E., Réthi-Nagy, Z., Baia, L., & Pap, Z. (2023). Commercial photocatalyst changes the behavior of Formica pratensis and Formica polyctena. Environmental Science: Nano, 10, 72–79.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EN01119G
Paica, I. C., Rusu, I., Popescu, O., Brînzan, A., Pencea, I., Dobrinescu, C., & Kelemen, B. (2023). Tentative indicators of malaria in archaeological skeletal samples, a pilot study testing different methods. International Journal of Paleopathology, 40, 109–116.
Podar, D., Boza, C.-L., Lung, I., Soran, M.-L., Culicov, O., Stegarescu, A., Opriș, O., & Ciorîță, A. (2023). The effect of functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes with Fe and Mn oxides on Lactuca sativa L. Plants, 12, 1959.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12101959
2022
Banciu, H. L., Gridan, I. M., Zety, A. V., & Baricz, A. (2022). Asgard archaea in saline environments. Extremophiles, 26, 21.
Feurdean, A., Diaconu, A. C., Pfeiffer, M., Gałka, M., Hutchinson, S. M., Butiseaca, G., Gorina, N., Tonkov, S., Niamir, A., Tantau, I., & Zhang, H. (2022). Holocene wildfire regimes in western Siberia: Interaction between peatland moisture conditions and the composition of plant functional types. Climate of the Past, 18(6), 1255–1274.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1255-2022
Staude, I. R., Pereira, H. M., Daskalova, G. N., Bernhardt-Romermann, M., Diekmann, M., Pauli, H., Van Calster, H., Vellend, M., Bjorkman, A. D., Brunet, J., De Frenne, P., Hedl, R., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Myers-Smith, I. H., Verheyen, K., Wipf, S., Wulf, M., Andrews, C., Barancok, P., Barni, E., Benito-Alonso, J. L., Bennie, L., Berki, I., Bluml, V., Chudomelova, M., Decocq, G., Dick, J., Dirnbock, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Erschbamer, B., Graae, B. J., Heinken, J., Schei, F. H., Jaroszewicz, B., Kopecky, M., Kudernatsch, T., Macek, M., Malicki, M., Malis, F., Michelsen, O., Naaf, T., Nagel, T. A., Newton, A. C., Nicklas, L., Oddi, L., Ortmann-Ajkai, O., Palaj, A., Petraglia, A., Petrik, P., Pielech, R., Porro, F., Pușcaș, M., Reczynska, K., Rixen, C., Schmidt, W., Standovar, T., Steinbauer, K., Swierkosz, K., Teleki, B., Theurillat, J. P., Turtureanu, P. D., Ursu, T. M., Vanneste, T., Vergeer, P., Vild, O., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., Winkler, M., & Baeten, L. (2022). Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, 25(2), 466–482.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937
2021
Constantin, D., Mason, J., Veres, D., Hambach, U., Panaiotu, C., Zeeden, C., Zhou, L., Marković, S., Gerasimenko, N., Avram, A., Tecsa, V., Groza-Sacaciu, S. M., del Valle Villalonga, L., Begy, R. C., & Timar-Gabor, A. (2021). OSL-dating of the Pleistocene-Holocene climatic transition in loess from China, Europe, and North America, and evidence for accretionary pedogenesis. Earth-Science Reviews, 221, 103769.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103769
David, D., Dobrean, A., Păsărelu, C. R., Iftene, F., Lupu, V., Predescu, E., & Döpfner, M. (2021). Psychotherapy, atomoxetine or both? Preliminary evidence from a comparative study of three types of treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 149–165.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-020-10157-6
Dussex, N., Bergfeldt, N., de Anca Prado, V., Dehasque, M., Diez-del-Molino, D., Ersmark, E., Kanellidou, F., Larsson, P., Lemež, S., Lord, E., Mármol-Sánchez, E., Meleg, I. N., Måsviken, J., Naidoo, T., Studerus, J., Vicente, M., von Seth, J., Götherström, A., Dalén, L., & Heintzman, P. D. (2021). Integrating multi-taxon palaeogenomes and sedimentary ancient DNA to study past ecosystem dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288, 20211252.
Nicula, A.-M., Ionescu, A., Pop, I.-C., Roba, C., Forray, F. L., Orăşeanu, I., & Baciu, C. (2021). Geochemical features of the thermal and mineral waters from the Apuseni Mountains (Romania). Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 648179.