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Research Assistant Professor, Pathology
Publications
- The composition of the zebrafish intestinal microbial community varies across development. Stephens W Zac, Burns AR, Stagaman K, Wong S, Rawls JF, Guillemin K, Bohannan BJ The ISME journal. 2016; 10(3):644-54.
Published, 03/2016.
- Identification of Population Bottlenecks and Colonization Factors during Assembly of Bacterial Communities within the Zebrafish Intestine. Stephens WZ, Wiles TJ, Martinez ES, Jemielita M, Burns AR, Parthasarathy R, Bohannan BJ, Guillemin K. mBio. 2015; 6(6):e01163-15.
Published, 11/2015.
- Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development ISME J. 2016 Mar;10(3):655-64. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.142. Epub 2015 Aug 21 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26296066.
Published, 03/2016.
- Kubinak JL, Stephens WZ, Soto R, Petersen C, Chiaro T, Gogokhia L, Bell R, Ajami NJ, Petrosino JF, Morrison L, Potts WK, Jensen PE, O'Connell RM, Round JL. MHC variation sculpts individualized microbial communities that control susceptibility to enteric infection. Nat Commun. 2015 Oct 23;6:8642. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9642. PubMed PMID: 26494419.
Published, 10/2015.
- Wong S, Stephens WZ, Burns AR, Stagaman K, David LA, Bohannan BJ, Guillemin K, Rawls JF. Ontogenetic Differences in Dietary Fat Influence Microbiota Assembly in the Zebrafish Gut. MBio. 2015 Sep 29;6(5):e00687-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00687-15. PubMed PMID: 26419876.
Published, 09/2015.
- Kubinak JL, Petersen C, Stephens WZ, Soto R, Bake E, O'Connell RM, Round JL. MyD88 signaling in T cells directs IgA-mediated control of the microbiota to promote health. Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Feb 11;17(2):153-63. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.009. PubMed PMID: 25620548.
Published, 02/2015.
- Stephens WZ, Round JL. IgA targets the troublemakers. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Sep 10;16(3):265-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.08.012. PubMed PMID: 25211066.
Published, 09/2014.
- Bomar L, Stephens WZ, Nelson MC, Velle K, Guillemin K, Graf J. Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas veronii Hm21, a Symbiotic Isolate from the Medicinal Leech Digestive Tract. Genome Announc. 2013 Oct 3;1(5). pii: e00800-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00800-13. PubMed PMID: 24092791.
Published, 10/2013.
- Taormina MJ, Jemielita M, Stephens WZ, Burns AR, Troll JV, Parthasarathy R, Guillemin K. Investigating bacterial-animal symbioses with light sheet microscopy. Biol Bull. 2012 Aug;223(1):7-20. PubMed PMID: 22983029.
Published, 08/2012.
- Milligan-Myhre K, Charette JR, Phennicie RT, Stephens WZ, Rawls JF, Guillemin K, Kim CH. Study of host-microbe interactions in zebrafish. Methods Cell Biol. 2011;105:87-116. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381320-6.00004-7. PubMed PMID: 21951527.
Published, 12/2011.
- Perlin JR, Lush ME, Stephens WZ, Piotrowski T, Talbot WS. Neuronal Neuregulin 1 type III directs Schwann cell migration.Development. 2011 Nov;138(21):4639-48. doi: 10.1242/dev.068072. PubMed PMID: 21965611.
Published, 11/2011.
- Roeselers G, Mittge EK, Stephens WZ, Parichy DM, Cavanaugh CM, Guillemin K, Rawls JF. Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish. ISME J. 2011 Oct;5(10):1595-608. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.38. PubMed PMID: 21472014.
Published, 10/2011.
- Stephens WZ, Senecal M, Nguyen M, Piotrowski T. Loss of adenomatous polyposis coli (apc) results in an expanded ciliary marginal zone in the zebrafish eye. Dev Dyn. 2010 Jul;239(7):2066-77. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22325. PubMed PMID: 20549742.
Published, 07/2010.
- Kopinke D, Sasine J, Swift J, Stephens WZ, Piotrowski T. Retinoic acid is required for endodermal pouch morphogenesis and not for pharyngeal endoderm specification. Dev Dyn. 2006 Oct;235(10):2695-709. PubMed PMID: 16871626.
Published, 10/2006.