Publications
Preprints/In review
DeLiberto A.N., Drown, M.K. Ehrlich, M.A., Oleksiak, M.F., & Crawford, D.L. To rise to temperature: Variation in temperature effects within and among populations. In Review 2022.
DeLiberto, A. N., Drown, M. K., Oleksiak, M. F., & Crawford, D. L. (2020). Measuring complex phenotypes: A flexible high-throughput design for micro-respirometry. Preprint: bioRxiv 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.993550
Publications
+co-first authors
*undergraduate co-authors
Drown, M.K.+, DeLiberto, A.N.+, Flack, N., Doyle, M.*, Westover, A.G.*, Proefrock, J.C.*, Heilshorn, S.*, D’Alessandro, E., Crawford, D.L., Faulk, C. and Oleksiak, M.F., 2022. Sequencing bait: Nuclear and mitogenome assembly of an abundant coastal tropical and subtropical fish, Atherinomorus stipes. Genome Biology and Evolution.
Drown, M.K., Crawford D.L., & Oleksiak, M.F. (2022). Transcriptomic analysis provides insights into molecular mechanisms of thermal physiology. BMC genomics.
Chambers, R. C., Habeck, E., Boyce, D., Drown, M. K., Brewster, S., & Zyck, A. (2021). Scope of response of Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) to a broad range of constant and variable CO2 regimes. Internal Report.
Chambers, R. C., Habeck, E., Boyce, D., Drown, M. K., Wieczorek, D., & Poach, M. (2021). A new apparatus for revealing the biological scope-of-response of small marine organisms to multiple CO2 regimes. Internal Report.
Drown, M.K., DeLiberto, A.N., Ehrlich, M.A., Crawford, D.L., & Oleksiak, M.F. (2021). Interindividual variation in metabolic and thermal tolerance traits from populations subjected to recent anthropogenic heating. Royal Society Open Science.
Traylor-Knowles, N., Connelly, M.T., Young, B.D., Eaton, K., Muller, E.M., Paul, V.J., Ushijima, B., DeMerlis, A., Drown, M.K., Goncalves, A. and Kron, N. (2021). Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O. faveolata From Florida. Frontiers in Marine Science. (Press release below)
Drown, M.K., DeLiberto, A.N., Crawford, D.L., & Oleksiak, M.F. (2020). An innovative setup for high-throughput respirometry of small aquatic animals. Frontiers in Marine Science: Aquatic Physiology.
Colwell, M., Wanner, N.M., Drown, C., Drown, M.K., Dolinoy, D.C., & Faulk, C. (2020). Paradoxical whole genome DNA methylation dynamics of 5’aza-deoxycytidine in chronic low-dose exposure in mice. Epigenetics.
Colwell, M., Drown, M.K., Showel, K., Drown, C., Palowski, A., & Faulk, C. (2018). Evolutionary conservation of DNA methylation in CpG sites within ultraconserved noncoding elements. Epigenetics, 13(1), 49-60.
Popular Press
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March 2022 Decoding Life: Tara Baris: Starting a Career in Data Science. Blog post.
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August 2021 American Society for Cell Biology LGBTQ+ committee blog post: Mentoring LGBTQ+ students in STEM. Invited perspective.
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August 2021 Genes to Genomes Blog Early Career Spotlight. Autobiographical feature.
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July 2021 News at the U: Study finds gene role in immune response of Florida corals to rapidly spreading disease. Co-author on featured publication.
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April 2021 Life Her Way Podcast: Women in STEM. Featured interview.
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April 2018 Our Changing Ocean: The Chemistry, the Questions, and the Students Answering Them. In Chemistry. Featured interview.
Contact
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