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Dr. Lauren Fuess

  • Assistant Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Bolnick, D. I., Fuess, L. E., Graham, A. L., Khan, I., Steinel, N. C., & Vaziri, G. J. (2025). Evolutionary Immunology. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102723-043048
  • Fuess, L. E., Klinges, G., Veglia, A., Rossin, A., Studivan, M., & Ushijima, B. (2025). An Integrative ’Omic Approach Leveraging Historical SCTLD Data to Identify Predictive Markers of SCTLD Resistance. Miami, FL: Florida DEP.
  • Jones, N. P., Fuess, L. E., Dutton, S., & Shilling, E. N. (2025). An integrative approach to identify and experimentally validate environmental variables which affect SCTLD outcomes. Miami, FL: Florida DEP.
  • Hu, J., Weber, J. N., Fuess, L. E., Steinel, N. C., Bolnick, D. I., & Wang, M. (2025). A spectral framework to map QTLs affecting joint differential networks of gene co-expression. PLoS Computational Biology.

2024

  • Changsut, I. V., Borbee, E. M., Womack, H., Shickle, A., Sharp, K., & Fuess, L. E. (2024). Photosymbiont density is correlated with constitutive and induced immunity in the facultatively symbiotic coral, Astrangia poculata. Integrative & Comparative Biology.
  • Diaz de Villegas, S. C., Borbee, E., Abeldaki, P., & Fuess, L. E. (2024). Prior heat stress affects pathogen susceptibility in the model cnidarian, Exaiptasia diaphana. Communications Biology.
  • Emery, M., Gutierrez-Andrade, D., Changsut, I. V., Swain, H., Fuess, L. E., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2024). Immune System Components in Cnidarians. In Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier Ltd.
  • Klinges, G., Fuess, L. E., Veglia, A., Rossin, A., & Holstein, D. (2024). Tracking Bacterial, Viral, and Gene Expression Shifts throughout SCTLD Development in the Dry Tortugas. Miami, FL: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved from https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/ASU_TSU_%20DRTO%20Time%20Series%20Final%20Report.pdf

2023

  • Villafranca, N., Changsut, I. V., Diaz de Villegas, S. C., Womack, H. R., & Fuess, L. E. (2023). Characterization of trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in Astrangia poculata. PeefJ, 11, e16586. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16586
  • Davies, S. W., Gamache, M. H., Howe-Kerr, L. I., Kriefall, N. G., Baker, A. C., Banaszak, A. T., … Parkinson, J. E. (2023). Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ.
  • Fuess, L. E., & Bolnick, D. I. (2023). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals micro-evolution of the stickleback immune system. Genome Biology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad053

2022

  • Changsut, I. V., Womack, H. R., Shickle, A., Sharp, K. H., & Fuess, L. E. (2022). Variation in symbiont density is linked to changes in constitutive immunity in the facultatively symbiotic coral, Astrangia poculata. Biology Letters. Retrieved from https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.16.496460v1
  • Weber, J. N., Steinel, N. C., Peng, F., Shim, K. C., Lohman, B. K., Fuess, L. E., … Bolnick, D. I. (2022). Evolutionary gain and loss of a pathological immune response to parasitism. Science, 377(6611). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3411
  • Hund, A. K., Fuess, L. E., Kenney, M. L., Maciejewski, M. F., Marini, J. M., Shim, K. C., & Bolnick, D. I. (2022). Population-level variation in parasite resistance due to differences in immune initiation and rate of response. Evolution Letters. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evl3.274

2021

  • Fuess, L. E., Weber, J. N., den Haan, S., Steinel, N. C., Shim, K. C., & Bolnick, D. I. (2021). Between-population differences in constitutive and infection-induced gene expression in threespine stickleback. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/mec.16197
  • Le, G. Q., Steinel, N., Fuess, L. E., Rodgers, & Bolnick, D. (2021). Isolating and growing fibroblast cells from threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) V.2. Protocols.io. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.b2tnqeme
  • MacKnight, N. J., Cobleigh, K., Lasseigne, D., Chaves-Fonnegra, A., Gutting, A., Dimos, … Brandt, M. (2021). Microbial dysbiosis reflects disease resistance in diverse coral species. Communications Biology, 679. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02163-5
  • Fuess, L. E., den Haan, S., Ling, F., Weber, J. N., Steinel, N. C., & Bolnick, D. I. (2021). Immune gene expression covaries with gut microbiome composition in stickleback. mBio, 12(3), e00145-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00145-21

2020

  • Fuess, L. E., Palacio-Castro, A. M., Butler, C. C., Baker, A. C., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2020). Increased algal symbiont density reduces host immunity in a threatened Caribbean coral species, Orbicella faveolata. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.572942
  • Fuess, L. E., Ling, F., Steinel, N. C., Weber, J., & Bolnick, D. I. (2020). Gut microbial composition and expression of host immune-related genes are tightly linked in the model teleost system, Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback). The Journal of Immunology, 204(1 Supplement), 231.1--231.1. Retrieved from https://www.jimmunol.org/content/204/1_Supplement/231.1

2019

  • Dimos, B. A., Mahmud, S. A., Fuess, L. E., Mydlarz, L. D., & Pellegrino, M. W. (2019). Uncovering a mitochondrial unfolded protein response in corals and its role in adapting to a changing world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1905). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0470
  • Ricci, C. A., Kamal, A. H. M., Chakrabarty, J. K., Fuess, L. E., Mann, W. T., Jinks, L. R., … Mydlarz, L. D. (2019). Proteomic investigation of a diseased gorgonian coral indicated disruption of essential cell function and investment in inflammatory and immune processes. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59(4), 830–844. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz107

2018

  • Fuess, L. E., Mann, W. T., Jinks, L. R., Brinkhuis, V., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2018). Transcriptional analyses provide new insight into the late-stage immune response of a diseased Caribbean coral. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 172062. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172062
  • Williams, L. M., Fuess, L. E., Brennan, J. J., Mansfield, K. M., Salas-Rodriguez, E., Welsh, J., … Gilmore, T. D. (2018). A conserved Toll-like receptor-to-NF-κB signaling pathway in the endangered coral Orbicella faveolata. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 79, 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2017.10.016

2017

  • Fuess, L. E., Pinzón C, J. H., Weil, E., Grinshpon, R. D., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2017). Life or death: Disease-tolerant coral species activate autophagy following immune challenge. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1856). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0771

2016

  • Fuess, L. E., Pinzón C., J. H., Weil, E., & Mydlarz, L. D. (2016). Associations between transcriptional changes and protein phenotypes provide insights into immune regulation in corals. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 62, 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2016.04.017
  • Mydlarz, L. D., Fuess, L., Mann, W., Pinzón, J. H., & Gochfeld, D. J. (2016). Cnidarian immunity: From genomes to phenomes. In The Cnidaria, past, present and Future: The World of Medusa and her Sisters (pp. 441–466). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_28

2015

  • Fuess, L. E., Eisenlord, M. E., Closek, C. J., Tracy, A. M., Mauntz, R., Gignoux-Wolfsohn, S., … Roberts, S. B. (2015). Up in arms: Immune and nervous system response to sea star wasting disease. PLoS ONE, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133053