Works (46)
2025 journal article
Fishy factors: Recognizing biological variation and its implications for fish immuno(eco)toxicology research
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1.
2024 conference paper
Acute thermal stress influence on immunity on stony corals in the middle Florida Keys
52nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, Charleston, SC, USA.
2024 report
Rates of evolution differ between cell types identified by single-cell RNAseq in threespine stickleback
[BioRxiv preprint].
2024 journal article
The Dominance of Coinfecting Parasites’ Indirect Genetic Effects on Host Traits
The American Naturalist, 204(5), 482–500.
2023 journal article
Opening a can of worms: a test of the co-infection facilitation hypothesis
Oecologia, 204(2), 317–325.

2023 conference paper
Temperature Mediation of PFAS Toxicity for Estuarine Fish in the Long Island Sound Watershed
44th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting. Poster presented at the 44th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Louisville, KY, USA.
2022 dataset
Cestode infection facilitates co-infection by other parasites in a metapopulation of threespine stickleback
Dryad.
2022 report
Establishment of primary intestinal epithelial cells and leukocytes from the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus v1
[Protocol].
2022 conference paper
Evolution of cell types within the stickleback intestine
10th International Conference on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution. Presented at the 10th International Conference on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution, Hólar, Iceland.
2022 journal article
Microfluidic gut-on chip system for reproducing the microbiome-immune cells interaction in Threespine Stickleback
The Journal of Immunology, 208(1_Supplement), 116.05–116.05.
2022 conference paper
Using microfluidic chip technology to enhance immunotoxicity testing
43rd Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting. Presented at the 43rd Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
2021 journal article
Characterization of the differential expressed genes and transcriptomic pathway analysis in the liver of sub-adult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) exposed to Deepwater Horizon chemically dispersed oil
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 214, 112098.
Contributors: T. Sherwood *, * , A. Tarnecki * & D. Wetzel*

2021 journal article
Characterizing transcriptomic responses of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) chronically exposed to Deepwater Horizon oiled sediments
Aquatic Toxicology, 230, 105716.
Contributors: , T. Sherwood *, A. Tarnecki *, R. Griffitt * & D. Wetzel* *
2021 journal article
Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and abiotic stressors on Fundulus grandis cardiac transcriptomics
Science of The Total Environment, 752, 142156.
Contributors: E. Allmon *, J. Serafin*, S. Chen *, * , R. Griffitt *, T. Bosker *, S. Guise *, M. Sepúlveda*

2021 journal article
Galaxolide and tonalide modulate neuroendocrine activity in marine species from two taxonomic groups
Environmental Research, 196, 110960.

2021 conference paper
Into the abyss: Summarizing the past and identifying key future directions of the intestine in aquatic toxicology.
42nd Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting. Portland, Oregon, USA.
2021 journal article
Isolating and growing fibroblast cells from threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Protocols.io.
2021 content posted
Isolating and growing fibroblast cells from threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) v2
2021 conference paper
Polycyclic musk compounds affect neuroendocrine activity in marine organisms.
Presented at the 10th Young Environmental Scientist Meeting.
2021 journal article
The impact of salinity and dissolved oxygen regimes on transcriptomic immune responses to oil in early life stage Fundulus grandis
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 37, 100753.
Contributors: , J. Serafin*, M. Sepúlveda* & R. Griffitt * *

2021 conference paper
Transcriptomic responses to immune system challenge in American kestrel nestlings exposed to the flame retardant isopropylated triarylphosphate esters (ITP)
42nd Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting. Portland, Oregon, USA.
2020 journal article
Exposure to Oil and Hypoxia Results in Alterations of Immune Transcriptional Patterns in Developing Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus)
Scientific Reports, 10(1).
Contributors: , D. Simning*, M. Sepúlveda*, S. De Guise *, T. Bosker * & R. Griffitt * *

2020 journal article
Publisher Correction: Exposure to Oil and Hypoxia Results in Alterations of Immune Transcriptional Patterns in Developing Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (1684), 10.1038/s41598-020-58171-8)
Scientific Reports, 10(1).
Contributors: , D. Simning*, M. Sepúlveda*, S. De Guise *, T. Bosker * & R. Griffitt * *

2020 conference paper
The influence of PAH contaminant loads and reef locations on eastern oyster gut microbiome compositions.
Presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference (Poster), Tampa, FL, USA.
2019 conference paper
Antibody responses to marine bacterial pathogens in loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, sea turtles from the southeastern USA.
Presented at the 20th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Charleston, SC, USA.
2019 conference paper
Exposure to oil and hypoxia results in alterations of immune transcriptional patterns in developing sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus).
Presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA.
2019 conference paper
How to effectively communicate science to a larger audience using blogging.
Rodgers, M. L. (2019, November). Presented at the 40th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
2019 conference paper
Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers & relatedness with other turtles.
Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers & relatedness with other turtles. Presented at the 20th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Charleston, SC, USA.
2019 conference paper
The impact of various oiled sediments on immune-related transcriptional responses in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma).
Presented at the 40th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting.
2018 conference paper
A comparative analysis of gill and gut microbiomes across fish species exposed to oil, a pathogen, or both
Presented at the 39th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
2018 journal article
Combined effects of <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> crude oil and environmental stressors on <i>Fundulus grandis</i> embryos
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(7), 1916–1925.

2018 conference paper
Conserved & differential transcriptional immune responses in commercially & recreationally important fish species exposed to oil, a pathogen, or both.
Conserved & differential transcriptional immune responses in commercially & recreationally important fish species exposed to oil, a pathogen, or both. Presented at the 39th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
2018 journal article
Deepwater Horizon oil alone and in conjunction with Vibrio anguillarum exposure modulates immune response and growth in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
Aquatic Toxicology, 204, 91–99.

2018 journal article
Humoral Immune Responses to Select Marine Bacteria in Loggerhead Sea Turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> and Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles <i>Lepidochelys kempii</i> from the Southeastern United States
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 30(1), 20–30.

2018 conference paper
Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers & relatedness with other turtles. (Poster)
Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers & relatedness with other turtles. (Poster). Presented at the 39th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
2018 journal article
Monoclonal antibodies against loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, IgY isoforms reveal differential contributions to antibody titers and relatedness among other sea turtles
Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 87, 12–15.
Contributors: & C. Rice * *

2018 conference paper
Understanding molecular mechanisms of action in immunotoxicology for ecological risk assessment through the use of adverse outcome pathway analysis.
Presented at the 39th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
2017 conference paper
An overview of oil immunotoxicity in three commercially and recreationally important fish species.
Presented at the 38th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
2016 conference paper
Antibody responses to bacterial pathogens in loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, sea turtles in the southeastern USA. (Poster)
Presented at the 7th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry World Congress, Orlando, FL, USA.
2016 conference paper
Antibody responses to marine bacterial pathogens in loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, sea turtles from the southeastern USA.
Presented at the William & Mary Graduate Research Symposium, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
2016 conference paper
Dare to reach out in STEM.
Presented at the Clemson University Women’s Leadership Conference.
2015 conference paper
AhR-related activities in a creosote adapted population of adult Atlantic killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, two decades post-EPA superfund status. (Poster).
Presented at the 18th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Trondheim, Norway.
2015 conference paper
Antibody responses to marine bacterial pathogens in loggerhead, Caretta caretta, and Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, sea turtles from the southeastern USA. (Poster).
Presented at the 18th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Trondheim, Norway.
2015 conference paper
Ocean Kids: An outreach initiative inspiring elementary school children to protect and conserve our oceans.
Presented at the South Carolina Marine Educators Association Conference, Greenville, SC, USA.
2015 conference paper
Sediment extracts from a creosote-contaminated USA-EPA superfund site induce pro-inflammatory profiles in RAW264.7 macrophages. (Poster).
Presented at the 18th International Symposium on Pollutant Responses in Marine Organisms, Trondheim, Norway.
2015 conference paper
The lack of women in STEM and the impacts on society.
Presented at the Clemson University Women’s Leadership Conference, Clemson, SC, USA.