Journal Articles
AD Steen, JP Vazin, SM Hagen, KH Mulligan and SW Wilhelm (2015). Substrate specificity of aquatic extracellular peptidases assessed by competitive inhibition assays using synthetic substrates. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 75 271. DOI: 10.3354/ame01755
Brewer, S., SM Techtmann, N Mahmoudi, D Niang, S Pfiffner, TC Hazen. (2015). Co-extraction of DNA and PLFA from soil samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 115. 64-66 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.05.018
Moniruzzaman M, ER Gann, GR LeCleir, Y Kang, CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm. (2016). Diversity and dynamics of algal Megaviridae members during a harmful brown tide caused by the pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw058
Villarino NF, GR LeCleir, JE Denny, SP Dearth, SS Sloan, JL Gribble, SR Campagna, SW Wilhelm and NW Schmidt (2016). The gut microbiota modulates the severity of malaria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 113 2235 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504887113
Xu T, Marr E, Handagama W, Close D, Sayler G, Ripp S. (2016). The expanding toolbox of in vivo bioluminescent imaging. Frontiers in Oncology. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00150
Steen AD, RT Kevorkian, JT Bird, N Dombrowski, BJ Baker, SM Hagen, KH Mulligan, JM Schmidt, AT Webber, T Royalty, MJ Alperin (2019). Kinetics and identities of extracellular peptidases in subsurface sediments of the White Oak River Estuary, NC. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00102-19
Kevorkian, R., S. Callahan, R. Winstead, K. G. Lloyd. ANME-1 archaea may drive methane accumulation and removal in globally common marine sediments. 2021. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 13(2): 185-194.
DeBruyn JM, K Hoeland, LS Taylor, JD Stevens, MA Moats, S Bandopadhyay, SP Dearth, HF Castro, KK Hewitt, SR Campagna, AM Dautartas, GM Vidoli, AZ Mundorff, DW Steadman. 2021. Comparative decomposition of humans and pigs: Soil biogeochemistry, microbial activity and metabolomic profiles. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:608856. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.608856
Elbon CE, LeCleir GR, Tuttle MJ, Jurgensen SK, Demas TG, Keller CJ, Stewart T, Buchan A. Microbiomes and Planctomycete diversity in large-scale aquaria habitats. PLoS One. 2022 May 12;17(5):e0267881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267881. PMID: 35551553; PMCID: PMC9098025.
Hinson, Audra, Spiro Papoulis, Lucas Fiet, Margaret Knight, Priscilla Cho, Brielle Szeltner, Ioannis Sgouralis, and David Talmy. “A model of algal‐virus population dynamics reveals underlying controls on material transfer.” Limnology and Oceanography (2022). 1-16.
Grossman, A. S., DA Gell, DG Wu, and H Goodrich-Blair. (2023). Bacterial hemophilin homologs and their specific type eleven secretor proteins have conserved roles in heme capture and are diversifying as a family. doi:10.1101/2023.03.15.532718
Mikucki, JA, CG Schuler, I Digel, J Kowalski, MJ Tuttle, M Chua, R Davis, AM Purcell, D Ghosh, G Francke, M Feldmann, C Espe, D Heinen, B Dachwald, J Clemens, WB Lyons, S Tulaczyk, MIDGE Science Team. (2023). Field-Based Planetary Protection Operations for Melt Probes: Validation of Clean Access into the Blood Falls, Antarctica, Englacial Ecosystem. Astrobiology. doi:10.1089/ast.2021.010
Book Chapters
Xu T, N Perry, A Chauhan, G Sayler, S Ripp. (2014). Microbial indicators for monitoring pollution and bioremediation. In: Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation 115-136. Das, S. Elsevier. New York, NY. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-800021-2.00005-4.
Poster Presentations
Stevens J, SM Schaeffer, JM DeBruyn. Effect of the nitrogen extender Agrotain (TM) on soil nitrogen cycling microbes. American Society for Microbiology, Texas Branch Meeting, New Braunfels, TX, April 3-5, 2014.
Handagama W, E Sherwin, A Alcala, T Xu, S Ripp. (2016). A gene delivery system for the expression of bioluminescence in stem cells. Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA). Knoxville, TN.
Handagama W, T Xu, S Ripp. (2015). Developing a gene delivery system for expression of a bacterial luciferase gene cassette in stem cells. American Society for Microbiology regional meeting. Murfreesboro, TN.
Basso, M Tuttle, A Grossman, NYD Ankrah and A Buchan. (2016). Host range study of a lysogenic phage in a roseophage-roseobacter system and characterization of lysogens in affecting marine biogeochemistry. 3rd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Knoxville, TN.
McBride, K., A Rossi, H Woo, J Wang, N Labbe, and TC Hazen. (2016). Xylan-degrading Bacteria Isolated and Characterized from Eastern Mediterranean Sea. ASM Microbe Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
McBride, K., A Rossi, H Woo, J Wang, N Labbe, and TC.Hazen. (2016). Xylan-degrading Bacteria Isolated and Characterized from Eastern Mediterranean Sea. National Council Undergraduate Research Annual Meeting. Asheville, NC.
Silbaugh M, TM Jordan, ER Zinser. Temperature and Ecotype Affect the Quality and Quantity of Prochlorococcus-Derived DOM” AGU Meeting New Orleans, LA 2016
Shortreed, B. (2018) Modeling the Kinetics of Emililania huxleyiI CCMP 274 and Coccolithovirus EhV207 Under Changing Phosphate Conditions. NIMBioS Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics. (Knoxville, TN)
Jones, T. Examining the role of a putative membrane lipoprotein NlpC in Xenorhabdus nematophila. (2018) Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) (Indianapolis, IN)
Gutierrez, L. Examining host-virus interaction in marine microbes. (2018) Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) (Indianapolis, IN)
Husted, O. Geochemical Survey of Mount Baker, Washington. (2018) Geological Society of America (Charleston, SC).
Glasgo, L., Qualey, L., Abuirqeba, M., Papoulis, S., & Zinser, E. (2022). Investigating the role of multicopy katG genes in the peroxide stress response of Vibrio natriegens. In Gordon Research Seminar on Microbial Stress. South Hadley, MA.
Qualey, L., Glasgo, L. & Zinser, E. (2022). Exploring the genetic redundancy of katG genes in Vibrio natriegen’s response to peroxide stress. In ASM KY-TN Branch Fall 2022 Conference, Johnson City, TN.
Mauser, H. (2023). National Symposium for Predoctoral Research. St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Wu, D., A Grossman and H Goodrich-Blair. (2023). Competitive Outcomes of Heme Receptor Protein Secretion in Xenorhadbus nematophila. American Society of Microbiology Microbe. Houston, TX.
Wu, D., A Grossman and H Goodrich-Blair. (2022). Competitive Outcomes of Heme Receptor Protein Secretion in Xenorhadbus nematophila. Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
Grossman A., D Gell, N Mucci, D Wu, and H Goodrich-Blair. (2022) Exploring Cargo Specificity and Function in the Type Eleven Secretion System. 8th Conference on Beneficial Microbes. Madison, WI.
Invited Talks
SW Wilhelm, M Steffen, BS Belisle, S Dearth, M Campbell, GL Boyer, S Watson, RA Bourbonniere, J DeBruyn, S Campagna. (2014). Changing tides for Lake Erie: the biogeochemical evolution of a Laurentian Great Lake and implications for biological communities of the future. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Handagama W, Xu T, Ripp S. (2015). Efficient delivery of the autobioluminescent luciferase gene cassette into stem cells. Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Brewer S., Techtmann S. M., Mahmoudi N., Niang D., Pfiffner S., and T. C. Hazen. Invited. Co-extraction of DNA and PLFA from Soil Samples using Bligh and Dyer PLFA Extraction and Modified Miller DNA Extraction. February 2015. Nashville, TN. Posters at the Tennessee Capitol. http://ugresearch.utk.edu/activities/posters-at-the-capitol/posters-at-the-capitol-2015/
DeBruyn JM, KL Cobaugh, M Moats, JD Stevens, SW Keenan. Postmortem Hot Spots: Soil Microbial Community Succession below Decomposing Vertebrate Mortalities. (2016) ASA-CSSA-SSSA-Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Elizabeth Ransone. Do bacteriophages contribute to strain variation in Xenorhabdus bovienii bacteria? Conference on Beneficial Microbes. (2018) (Madison, WI)
LeCleir, G.R., S. Jurgensen, C. Elbon, C. Keller, T. Demas, J. Andrews and A. Buchan. 2019. The Hidden Life of Microbes: Defining the Tennessee Aquarium Microbiome. Sept. 27. Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual Conference. Seattle, WA.
Holly Nichols. Land use effects on bacterial diversity in caves (2018) 2018 National Speleological Society Convention (Helena, MT)
Isabella Maggard. 2023. “When Every Word Matters: Preparing successful NSF REU and Goldwater Applications.” AAS NSF S-STEM REC meeting
Isabella Maggard. 2023. “When Every Word Matters: Preparing successful NSF REU and Goldwater Applications.” Evergreen Valley Community College (San Jose, CA).
Reese Saho. (2023) Fluorescent Labeling of Chitin Synthase 2. Ohio Northern University. Department of Biology and Allied and Health Science Research Colloquium
Isabella Maggard. (2024). “When Every Word Matters: Preparing successful NSF REU Applications.” Colby-Sawyer College. New London, NH.
Awards
Stevens, J., Goldwater Scholarship. (2014). The University of Texas at Arlington.
Ransone, E., Fulbright Scholarship (2018).
Ransone, E., GRF Fellowship (2018)
Jurgensen, S., GRF Fellowship (2018)
Wu, D., Goldwater Scholarship (2023). The University of Delaware
Maggard, I., GRF Honorable Mention (2024). The University of Virginia- Wise