Our research spans comparative toxicology, ecological risk assessment, evolutionary biology, and cancer and aging.
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Crombie TA, Pamminger T, Andersen EC, Glaberman S. 2026. High-Throughput Toxicity Screening with C. elegans: Current Platforms, Key Advantages, and Future Directions. Environmental Science & Technology.
Glaberman S, Bulls SE, Platner L, Wagner P, Dreyer S, McCain S ... Chiari Y. 2025. Do turtles get cancer? BioScience.
Glaberman S, Wei C. 2025. Risks of ending US science-policy training. Science.
Glaberman S, Frey HC, Tal T. 2025. Dismantling EPA’s research office jeopardizes environmental safety, public health, and US competitiveness. PNAS.
Glaberman S, Spatz K, Colbourne JK. 2025. The evolutionary dilemma of broad-spectrum insecticides. BioScience.
Sattler L, Embry M, Glaberman S. 2025. Evaluating high-throughput assays for pesticide ecological risk assessment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.
Bulls SE, Finn E, Sykora P, Lynch VJ, Pramanik P, Glaberman S, Chiari Y. 2025. Assessing CometChip technology for DNA damage studies in non-model species: Distinct UV-induced responses in turtles and mammals. BMC Research Notes.
Uesseler F, Werner L, Schaffer S, Ibáñez A, Glaberman S, Páez-Rosas D, Guayasamin JM, Hofreiter M, Steinfartz S, Franke-Gerth FA. 2025. Transcriptomic detection of Candidatus Allocryptoplasma (Anaplasmataceae) in Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Parasites & Vectors.
Burden N, Mitchell CA, Dang Z, Embry MR, Glaberman S, Lagadic L, Lynn SG, Marini J, Mihaich E, McDermott E, Krzykwa J. 2025. Evaluation of in vivo fish and amphibian endocrine test guideline assays: current status and future needs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Wheeler JR, Puglisi R, Bejarano AC, Gao Z, Lagadic L, Glaberman S, Mitchell CA, Burden N, Mingo V, Lynn SG, Embry MR. 2025. Control performance of amphibian metamorphosis assays with Xenopus laevis. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.
Vanden Heuvel JP, Granda M, Ferguson F, Sherf B, Glaberman S, Preisendanz HE. 2024. Priority screening of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in surface water: Comparing cell-based bioassays and exposure-activity ratios (EARs). Science of the Total Environment.
Chiari Y, Howard L, Moreno N, Relyea S, Dunnigan J, Boyer MC, Kardos M, Glaberman S, Luikart G. 2023. Influence of RNA-Seq library construction, sampling methods, and tissue harvesting time on gene expression estimation. Molecular Ecology Resources.
Hawkins C, Foster G, Glaberman S. 2023. Chemical prioritization of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in an urban tributary of the Potomac River. Science of the Total Environment.
Hawley L, Smalling KL, Glaberman S. 2023. Critical review of the phytohemagglutinin assay for assessing amphibian immunity. Conservation Physiology.
Weber Hertel S, Stupavsky J, Alford K, Hicks HR, Heaton A, Katlein N, Hastings BT, Stern A, Jett S, Wang AY, Wang B, Glaberman S, Chiari Y. 2023. Dominant attitudes and values toward wildlife and the environment in coastal Alabama. Conservation Science and Practice.
Moreno N, Heaton A, Bruening K, Milligan E, Nelson D, Glaberman S, Chiari Y. 2022. Hybridization and low genetic diversity in the endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis). Ecology and Evolution.
Jensen EL, Quinzin MC, Miller JM, Russello MA, Garrick RC, Edwards DL, Glaberman S, Chiari Y, Poulakakis N, Tapia W, Gibbs JP, Caccone A. 2022. A new lineage of Galápagos giant tortoises identified from museum samples. Heredity.
Daza JD, Chiari Y, Daza-Herrera E, Glaberman MS, Glaberman S, Herrera-Martínez A, Thomas R. 2022. A rare case of caudal bifurcation in a miniaturized gecko from Puerto Rico. The Anatomical Record.
Katlein N, Ray M, Wilkinson A, Claude J, Kiskowski M, Wang B, Glaberman S, Chiari Y. 2022. Response to visual stimuli in three different species of geckos. Journal of Zoology.
Heaton A, Milligan E, Faulconer E, Allen A, Nguyen T, Weir SM, Glaberman S. 2022. Variation in copper sensitivity between laboratory and wild strains of Caenorhabditis elegans. Chemosphere.
Glaberman S, Heaton A, Weir SM. 2021. Intra- and interspecific toxicity testing methods and data for nematodes exposed to metals. Data in Brief.
Glaberman S, Bulls SE, Vazquez M, Chiari Y, Lynch VJ. 2021. Concurrent evolution of anti-aging gene duplications and cellular phenotypes in long-lived turtles. Genome Biology and Evolution.
Lamont M, Moreno N, Yedith F, Glaberman S, Reyes-Lopez M, Chiari Y. 2021. Genetic diversity of immature Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) individuals from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Conservation.
Poulakakis N, Miller JM, Jensen EL, Beheregaray L, Russello MA, Glaberman S, Boore J, Caccone A. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeographic patterns of extant and extinct Galápagos giant tortoises based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
Heaton A, Faulconer E, Milligan E, Kroetz MB, Weir SM, Glaberman S. 2020. Interspecific variation in nematode responses to metals. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Padilla S, Glaberman S. 2020. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) model in toxicity testing. In: An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Toxicology: From Molecules to Man.
Jankowski MD, Glaberman S, Kimball DB, Taylor-McCabe KJ, Fair JM. 2019. Sialic acid on avian erythrocytes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Glaberman S, Kiwiet J, Aubee CB. 2019. Evaluating the role of amphibians as surrogates for fish in ecological risk assessment. Chemosphere.
Quesada V, Freitas-Rodríguez S, Miller J, Pérez-Silva JG, Jiang ZF, Tapia W, Santiago-Fernández O, Campos-Iglesias D, Kuderna LFK, Quinzin M, Álvarez MG, Carrero D, Beheregaray LB, Gibbs JP, Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Caccone A, López-Otín C. 2019. Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Sykora P, Chiari Y, Heaton A, Moreno N, Glaberman S, Sobol RW. 2018. Application of the CometChip platform to assess DNA damage in field-collected blood samples from turtles. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.
Hylton A, Chiari Y, Capellini I, Barron MG, Glaberman S. 2018. Mixed phylogenetic signal in fish toxicity data across chemical classes. Ecological Applications.
Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Lynch VJ. 2018. Insights on cancer resistance in vertebrates: reptiles as a parallel system to mammals. Nature Reviews Cancer.
Glaberman S, Padilla S, Barron MG. 2017. Evaluating the zebrafish embryo toxicity test for pesticide hazard screening. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Chiari Y, Moreno N, Elmore J, Hylton A, Ray A, Burkhardt R, Glaberman S. 2017. Widespread occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southern Alabama, USA. Herpetological Review.
Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Tarroso P, Caccone A, Claude J. 2016. Ecological and evolutionary influences on body size and shape in the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Oecologia.
Poulakakis N, Edwards DL, Chiari Y, Garrick RC, Benavides E, Russello MA, Watkins-Colwell GJ, Glaberman S, Tapia W, Gibbs JP, Cayot LJ, Caccone A. 2015. Description of a new Galapagos giant tortoise species (Chelonoidis) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island. PLoS ONE.
Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Serén N, Carretero MA, Capellini I. 2015. Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature. Ecological Applications.
Serén N, Glaberman S, Carretero MA, Chiari Y. 2014. Molecular evolution and functional divergence of the metallothionein gene family in vertebrates. Journal of Molecular Evolution.
Makris SL, Glaberman S. 2011. Developmental immunotoxicity testing. In: Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology.
Lanterbecq D, Glaberman S, Vitousek MN, Steinfartz S, Wikelski M, Caccone A. 2010. Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galápagos Archipelago). Journal of Heredity.
Left academia 2009-2015
Steinfartz S, Glaberman S, Lanterbecq D, Russello M, Hanley T, Caccone A. 2009. Progressive colonization and restricted gene flow shape island-dependent population structure in Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Glaberman S, Moreno MA, Caccone A. 2009. Characterization and evolution of MHC class II B genes in Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Developmental and Comparative Immunology.
Chiari Y, Hyseni C, Fritts TH, Glaberman S, Marquez C, Gibbs JP, Claude J, Caccone A. 2009. Morphometrics parallel genetics in a newly discovered and endangered taxon of Galápagos tortoise. PLoS ONE.
Poulakakis N, Glaberman S, Russello M, Beheregaray LB, Ciofi C, Powell JR, Caccone A. 2008. Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos tortoise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Glaberman S, Du Pasquier L, Caccone A. 2008. Characterization of a nonclassical class I MHC gene in a reptile, the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). PLoS ONE.
Glaberman S, Caccone A. 2008. Species-specific evolution of class I MHC genes in iguanas (Squamata; Iguaninae). Immunogenetics.
Steinfartz S, Glaberman S, Lanterbecq D, Marquez C, Rassmann K, Caccone A. 2007. Genetic impact of a severe El Niño event on Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). PLoS ONE.
Poulakakis N, Parmakelis A, Lymberakis P, Mylonas M, Zouros E, Reese D, Glaberman S, Caccone A. 2007. It remains a mammoth DNA fragment: a reply to Binladen et al. and Orlando et al. Biology Letters.
Poulakakis N, Parmakelis A, Lymberakis P, Mylonas M, Zouros E, Reese D, Glaberman S, Caccone A. 2006. Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids. Biology Letters.
Leonard JA, Rohland N, Glaberman S, Fleischer RC, Caccone A, Hofreiter M. 2005. A rapid loss of stripes: the evolutionary history of the extinct quagga. Biology Letters.
Russello MA, Glaberman S, Gibbs JP, Marquez C, Powell JR, Caccone A. 2005. A cryptic taxon of Galápagos tortoise in conservation peril. Biology Letters.
Karanth KP, Palkovacs E, Gerlach J, Glaberman S, Hume JP, Caccone A, Yoder AD. 2005. Native Seychelles tortoises or Aldabran imports? The importance of radiocarbon dating for ancient DNA studies. Amphibia-Reptilia.
Stantic-Pavlinic M, Xiao L, Glaberman S, Lal AA, Oražen T, Rataj-Verglez A, Logar J, Berce I. 2003. Cryptosporidiosis associated with animal contacts. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift.
Peng MM, Matos O, Gatei W, Das P, Stantic-Pavlinic M, Bern C, Sulaiman IM, Glaberman S, Lal AA, Xiao L. 2002. A comparison of Cryptosporidium subgenotypes from several geographic regions. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
Glaberman S, Moore JE, Lowery CJ, Chalmers RM, Sulaiman IM, Elwin K, Rooney PJ, Millar BC, Dooley JS, Lal AA, Xiao L. 2002. Three drinking-water–associated cryptosporidiosis outbreaks, Northern Ireland. Emerging Infectious Diseases.