Education
PhD in Marine Science and Conservation from Duke University, 2015; B.A. Biology, B.S. Environmental Science from Emory University, 2010
Areas of Study
Animal-microbe interactions, marine biology
Research Overview
Host tissues microbiogeography and impact of association with microbes on animal development
Research Publications
- Essock-Burns T, Lawhorn S, Wu L, McClosky S, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ (2023) Maturation state of colonization sites promotes symbiotic resiliency in the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri partnership. Microbiome 11((1)):68 PMC9185944 · Pubmed · DOI
- Essock-Burns T, Bennett BD, Arencibia D, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Medeiros M, McFall-Ngai MJ, Ruby EG (2021) Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Regulation Induces Morphological Change in a Key Host Tissue during the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Symbiosis. mBio 12((5)):e0240221 PMC8546586 · Pubmed · DOI
- Moriano-Gutierrez S, Bongrand C, Essock-Burns T, Wu L, McFall-Ngai MJ, Ruby EG (2020) The noncoding small RNA SsrA is released by Vibrio fischeri and modulates critical host responses. PLoS biology 18((11)):e3000934 PMC7665748 · Pubmed · DOI
- Bennett BD, Essock-Burns T, Ruby EG (2020) HbtR, a Heterofunctional Homolog of the Virulence Regulator TcpP, Facilitates the Transition between Symbiotic and Planktonic Lifestyles in Vibrio fischeri. mBio 11((5)): PMC7468203 · Pubmed · DOI
- Christensen DG, Marsden AE, Hodge-Hanson K, Essock-Burns T, Visick KL (2020) LapG mediates biofilm dispersal in Vibrio fischeri by controlling maintenance of the VCBS-containing adhesin LapV. Molecular microbiology 114((5)):742-761 PMC7704791 · Pubmed · DOI
- Essock-Burns T, Bongrand C, Goldman WE, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ (2020) Interactions of Symbiotic Partners Drive the Development of a Complex Biogeography in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis. mBio 11((3)): PMC7251207 · Pubmed · DOI
- Stoudenmire JL, Essock-Burns T, Weathers EN, Solaimanpour S, Mrázek J, Stabb EV (2018) An Iterative, Synthetic Approach To Engineer a High-Performance PhoB-Specific Reporter. Applied and environmental microbiology 84((14)): PMC6029104 · Pubmed
- So CR, Scancella JM, Fears KP, Essock-Burns T, Haynes SE, Leary DH, Diana Z, Wang C, North S, Oh CS, Wang Z, Orihuela B, Rittschof D, Spillmann CM, Wahl KJ (2017) Oxidase Activity of the Barnacle Adhesive Interface Involves Peroxide-Dependent Catechol Oxidase and Lysyl Oxidase Enzymes. ACS applied materials & interfaces 9((13)):11493-11505 · Pubmed
- Essock-Burns T, Gohad NV, Orihuela B, Mount AS, Spillmann CM, Wahl KJ, Rittschof D (2016) Barnacle biology before, during and after settlement and metamorphosis: a study of the interface. The Journal of experimental biology 220((Pt 2)):194-207 · Pubmed
- Wang Z, Leary DH, Liu J, Settlage RE, Fears KP, North SH, Mostaghim A, Essock-Burns T, Haynes SE, Wahl KJ, Spillmann CM (2015) Molt-dependent transcriptomic analysis of cement proteins in the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite. BMC genomics 16:859 PMC4619306 · Pubmed
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