Paul, Valerie
Head Scientist
Marine chemical ecology, marine plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology, marine cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, and marine natural products.
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Paul J. Scheuer Award for Marine Natural Products, conferred by Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference , 2020
- Eminence in Research Award, conferred by International Coral Reef Society, 2020
- Sillver Medal Award , conferred by International Society of Chemical Ecology, 2019
- A.E. Schwarting Award, conferred by American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019
- Fellow , conferred by American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019
Research And Grants
co-principal investigator on
- Predicting future impacts of climate change on critical habitat selection by Caribbean corals awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
- Can corals survive a 1-2 punch? Combined impacts of ocean acidification and macroalgae on coral health and recruitment awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2019-2021 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation 2019 -
- Direct and indirect impacts of macroalgae on corals during early life history stages awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
investigator on
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2019-2021 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation 2019 - 2021
- CERP: Benthic Infaunal Monitoring of the St. Lucie Estuary and the Southern Indian River Lagoon 20189 awarded by USACE Finance Center 2019 -
- Research and Treatment of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Diseases awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2019 -
- Studies on Environmental Co-Factors Potentially Influencing the Disease Dynamics of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Diseases awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection 2019 -
- Understanding chemical cues in settlement site selection on coral reefs could lead to more effective marine management awarded by University of Delaware 2017 -
- Analysis of Metabolic Biomarkers of Florida's Coral Tissue Loss Disease awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology
- Benthic Infauna Monitoring in the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon awarded by South Florida Water Management District
- CERP: Benthic Infaunal Monitoring of the St. Lucie Estuary and the Southern Indian River Lagoon. [Also, see same Prj under Dsfgc 190801] (RM) awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- CERP: FY21 awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- COSEE Florida: Water as Habitat awarded by National Science Foundation
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Determining the ecology of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs through surveys, transmission experiments, and microbiome analysis awarded by University of Florida
- Development of alternative in situ treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease awarded by Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- General Survey and Grazing Characteristics of Infauna and Epifauna in the Northern Indian River Lagoon System awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- Graduate Student Training in Marine Sciences awarded by Link Foundation
- Indian River Lagoon Biodiversity and the IRL Species Inventory Update awarded by Indian River Lagoon Council (IRL)
- Investigation of the transmission, infectivity and host specificity of a coral disease outbreak on Florida reefs awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Investigations into microbially mediated ecological diversification in sponges awarded by College of Charleston
- LBSP Project 32: Using Cyanobacteria and Macroalgae Stable Isotopes as Anthropogenic Point and Non-Point Source Nutrient Indicators awarded by Florida International University
- Microbiology of Juvenile Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Novel Targeted Anticancer Agents from Marine Cyanobacteria awarded by University of Florida
- POR-2012: The Influence of Marine Microbes on Coral Recruitment in the Florida Keys: Factors affecting the production of positive settlement cues in i awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
- Pilot-Scale Libraries of Marine Cyanobacterial Natural Products awarded by University of Florida
- RAPID: Collaborative Research: Investigation of the transmission, infectivity and differential host specificity of a coral disease outbreak on Florida awarded by National Science Foundation
- Reconnaissance of Infauna and Epifauna in the Northern IRL System awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- Research and Public Outreach Programs awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
- Research and Public Outreach Programs 2014 awarded by Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
- The Indian River Lagoon Species Web Based Education Tool awarded by St Johns River Water Management District
- The influence of marine microbes on coral recruitment in the Florida Keys awarded by Mote Marine Laboratory
Publications
selected publications
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- de Pablo, Luis X., Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Harper, Leah, Paul, Valerie J., Jones, Scott, Whippo, Ross, Seemann, Janina, Kline, David I., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2021. "A doubling of stony coral cover on shallow forereefs at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize from 2014 to 2019." Scientific Reports 11 (1):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96799-2 2021
- Liang, Xiao, Chen, Qi-Yin, Seabra, Gustavo M., Matthew, Susan, Kwan, Jason C., Li, Chenglong, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Bifunctional Doscadenamides Activate Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria and Synergize with TRAIL to Induce Apoptosis in Cancer Cells." Journal of natural products 84 (3):779-789. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01003 2021
- Aeby, Greta, Ushijima, Blake, Bartels, Erich, Walter, Cory, Kuehl, Joseph, Jones, Scott, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Changing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Dynamics Through Time in Montastraea cavernosa." Frontiers in Marine Science 8:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.699075 2021
- Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Fermaintt, Charles S., Lucena-Agell, Daniel, Bonato, Francesca, Prota, Andrea E., Lim, Seok Ting, Wang, Xiaomeng, Diaz, J. Fernando, Risinger, April L., Paul, Valerie J., Oliva, Maria Angela, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Gatorbulin-1, a distinct cyclodepsipeptide chemotype, targets a seventh tubulin pharmacological site." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (9):https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021847118 2021
- Traylor-Knowles, Nikki, Connelly, Michael T., Young, Benjamin D., Eaton, Katherine, Muller, Erinn M., Paul, Valerie J., Ushijima, Blake, DeMerlis, Allyson, Drown, Melissa K., Goncalves, Ashley, Kron, Nicholas, Snyder, Grace A., Martin, Cecily, and Rodriguez, Kevin. 2021. "Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O.faveolata From Florida." Frontiers in Marine Science 8:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.681563 2021
- Elsadek, Lobna A., Matthews, James H., Nishimura, Shinichi, Nakatani, Takahiro, Ito, Airi, Gu, Tongjun, Luo, Danmeng, Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth A., Paul, Valerie J., Kakeya, Hideaki, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2021. "Genomic and Targeted Approaches Unveil the Cell Membrane as a Major Target of the Antifungal Cytotoxin Amantelide A." Chembiochem https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000685 2021
- Mumby, Peter J., Steneck, Robert S., Roff, George, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "Marine reserves, fisheries ban, and 20 years of positive change in a coral reef ecosystem." Conservation Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13738 2021
- Spiers, Lindsay J., Harrison, Sarah J., Deutsch, Jessica M., Garg, Neha, and Paul, Valerie J. 2021. "The role of algal chemical defenses in the feeding preferences of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum." Aquatic Ecology 55 (3):941-953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-021-09873-2 2021
- Galimany, Eve, Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Houk, Jay, Sauvage, Thomas, Santos, Larissa, Lunt, Jillian, Kolmakova, Maria, Mossop, Malcolm, Domingos, Arthur, Phlips, Edward J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Bivalve Feeding Responses to Microalgal Bloom Species in the Indian River Lagoon: the Potential for Top-Down Control." Estuaries and Coasts 43 (6):1519-1532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00746-9 2020
- Brumley, David A., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Discovery, Total Synthesis, and SAR of Anaenamides A and B: Anticancer Cyanobacterial Depsipeptides with a Chlorinated Pharmacophore." Organic letters 22 (11):4235-4239. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01281 2020
- Ushijima, Blake, Meyer, Julie L., Thompson, Sharon, Pitts, Kelly, Marusich, Michael F., Tittl, Jessica, Weatherup, Elizabeth, Reu, Jacqueline, Wetzell, Raquel, Aeby, Greta S., Häse, Claudia C., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florid." Frontiers in Microbiology 11:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.569354 2020
- Ratnayake, Ranjala, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Ma, Jia Jia, Dang, Long H., Carney, Thomas, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Dolastatin 15 from a Marine Cyanobacterium Suppresses HIF-1α Mediated Cancer Cell Viability and Vascularization." Chembiochem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology 21 (16):2356-2366. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000180 2020
- Johnston, Nicole K., Campbell, Justin E., Paul, Valerie J., and Hay, Mark E. 2020. "Effects of future climate on coral-coral competition." PloS One 15 (8):Article e0235465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235465 2020
- Lydon, Christina A., Mathivathanan, Logesh, Sanchez, Juanita, dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Sauvage, Thomas, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Paul, Valerie J., and Berry, John P. 2020. "Eudesmacarbonate, a Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpene from a Marine Filamentous Cyanobacterial Mat (Oscillatoriales) in the Florida Keys." Journal of natural products 83 (6):2030-2035. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00203 2020
- Jiang, Guangde, Zhang, Peilan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Yang, Guang, Zhang, Yi, Zuo, Ran, Powell, Magan, Huguet-Tapia, Jos, Abboud, Khalil A., Dang, Long H., Teplitski, Max, Paul, Valerie, Xiao, Rui, Zaman, KH A., Hu, Zhenquan, Cao, Shugeng, Luesch, Hendrik, and Ding, Yousong. 2020. "Fungal epithiodiketopiperazines carrying α,β‐polysulfide bridges from Penecillium steckii YE, and their chemical interconversion." ChemBioChem https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000403 2020
- Freeman, Christopher J., Easson, Cole G., Matterson, Kenan O., Thacker, Robert W., Baker, David M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "Microbial symbionts and ecological divergence of Caribbean sponges: A new perspective on an ancient association." The ISME Journal 14 (6):1571-1583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0625-3 2020
- Bousquet, Michelle S., Ratnayake, Ranjala, Pope, Jillian L., Chen, Qi-Yin, Zhu, Fanchao, Chen, Sixue, Carney, Thomas J., Gharaibeh, Raad Z., Jobin, Christian, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2020. "Seaweed natural products modify the host inflammatory response via Nrf2 signaling and alter colon microbiota composition and gene expression." Free radical biology & medicine 146:306-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.013 2020
- Janiak, Dean S., Freeman, Christopher J., Seemann, Janina, Campbell, Justin E., Paul, Valerie J., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2020. "Spatial variation in the effects of predator exclusion on epifaunal community development in seagrass beds." Marine Ecology Progress Series 649:21-33. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13449 2020
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Arnold, Suzanne N., and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. "The impact of macroalgae and cyanobacteria on larval survival and settlement of the scleractinian corals Acropora palmata, A. cervicornis and Pseudodiploria strigosa." Marine Biology 167 (3):31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3639-5 2020
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Meyer, Julie L., Ding, Yousong, Abboud, Khalil A., Luo, Danmeng, Campbell, Justin E., Angerhofer, Alexander, Goodsell, Justin L., Raymundo, Laurie J., Liu, Junyang, Ye, Tao, Luesch, Hendrik, Teplitski, Max, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "Chemical and Metagenomic Studies of the Lethal Black Band Disease of Corals Reveal Two Broadly Distributed, Redox-Sensitive Mixed Polyketide/Peptide Macrocycles." Journal of natural products 82 (1):111-121. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00804 2019
- Paul, Valerie J., Freeman, Christopher J., and Agarwal, Vinayak. 2019. "Chemical ecology of marine sponges: new opportunities through "-omics"." Integrative and Comparative Biology 59 (4):765-776. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz014 2019
- Walker, Nia S., Fernández, Rosa, Sneed, Jennifer M., Paul, Valerie J., Giribet, Gonzalo, and Combosch, David. 2019. "Differential Gene Expression during Substrate Probing in Larvae of the Caribbean Coral Porites astreoides." Molecular ecology 28 (22):4899-4913. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15265 2019
- Liang, Xiao, Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Kwan, Jason C., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Discovery and Total Synthesis of Doscadenamide A: A Quorum Sensing Signaling Molecule from a Marine Cyanobacterium." Organic letters 21 (18):7274-7278. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02525 2019
- Liang, Xiao, Luo, Danmeng, Yan, Jia-Lei, Rezaei, Mohammad A., Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Li, Chenglong, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Discovery of Amantamide, a Selective CXCR7 Agonist from Marine Cyanobacteria." Organic letters 21 (6):1622-1626. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00163 2019
- DiFiore, Bartholomew P., Queenborough, Simon A., Madin, Elizabeth M. P., Paul, Valerie J., Decker, Mary Beth, and Stier, Adrian C. 2019. "Grazing halos on coral reefs: predation risk, herbivore density, and habitat size influence grazing patterns that are visible from space." Marine Ecology Progress Series 627:71-81. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13074 2019
- Luo, Danmeng, Putra, Masteria, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2019. "Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Biological Evaluation of Lagunamide D: A New Cytotoxic Macrocyclic Depsipeptide from Marine Cyanobacteria." Marine Drugs 17 (2):83. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17020083 2019
- Cantrell, Thomas P., Freeman, Christopher J., Paul, Valerie J., Agarwal, Vinayak, and Garg, Neha. 2019. "Mass Spectrometry-Based Integration and Expansion of the Chemical Diversity Harbored Within a Marine Sponge." Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 30 (8):1373-1384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13361-019-02207-5 2019
- Meyer, Julie L., Castellanos-Gell, Jessy, Aeby, Greta S., Häse, Claudia C., Ushijima, Blake, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "Microbial Community Shifts Associated With the Ongoing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract." Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2244. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02244 2019
- Aeby, Greta S., Ushijima, Blake, Campbell, Justin E., Jones, Scott, Williams, Gareth J., Meyer, Julie L., Häse, Claudia, and Paul, Valerie J. 2019. "Pathogenesis of a Tissue Loss Disease Affecting Multiple Species of Corals Along the Florida Reef Tract." Frontiers in Marine Science 6:678-678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00678 2019
- Sauvage, Thomas, Schmidt, William E., Yoon, Hwan Su, Paul, Valerie J., and Fredericq, Suzanne. 2019. "Promising prospects of nanopore sequencing for algal hologenomics and structural variation discovery." BMC genomics 20 (1):850. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6248-2 2019
- Matthews, James H., Liang, Xiao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "A Complementary Chemical and Genomic Screening Approach for Druggable Targets in the Nrf2 Pathway and Small Molecule Inhibitors to Overcome Cancer Cell Drug Resistance." ACS chemical biology 13 (5):1189-1199. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b01025 2018
- Cai, Weijing, Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Zhang, Wei, Chen, Qi-Yin, Matthew, Susan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Seo, Soo Jung, Dolles, Simon, Gibson, Daniel J., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Apratyramide, a Marine-Derived Peptidic Stimulator of VEGF-A and Other Growth Factors with Potential Application in Wound Healing." ACS chemical biology 13 (1):91-99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.7b00827 2018
- Janiak, Dean S., Osman, Richard W., Freeman, Christopher J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2018. "Artificial structures versus mangrove prop roots: a general comparison of epifaunal communities within the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA." Marine Ecology Progress Series 607:85-98. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12783 2018
- Cai, Weijing, Matthew, Susan, Chen, Qi-Yin, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Discovery of new A- and B-type laxaphycins with synergistic anticancer activity." Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 26 (9):2310-2319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.03.022 2018
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Gao, Bowen, Rezaei, Mohammad A., Kwan, Jason C., Li, Chenglong, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Discovery, Synthesis, Pharmacological Profiling, and Biological Characterization of Brintonamides A-E, Novel Dual Protease and GPCR Modulators from a Marine Cyanobacterium." Journal of medicinal chemistry 61 (14):6364-6378. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00885 2018
- Galimany, E., Lunt, J., Domingos, A., and Paul, V. J. 2018. "Feeding Behavior of the Native Mussel Ischadium recurvum and the Invasive Mussels Mytella charruana and Perna viridis in FL, USA, Across a Salinity Gradient." Estuaries and Coasts 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0431-6 2018
- Campbell, Justin E., Altieri, Andrew H., Johnston, Lane N., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Paperno, Richard, Paul, Valerie J., and Duffy, J. Emmett. 2018. "Herbivore community determines the magnitude and mechanism of nutrient effects on subtropical and tropical seagrasses." Journal of Ecology 106 (1):401-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12862 2018
- Brumley, David, Spencer, Kara A., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sauvage, Thomas, Biggs, Jason, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Isolation and Characterization of Anaephenes A–C, Alkylphenols from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium ( Hormoscilla sp., Oscillatoriales)." Journal of natural products 81 (12):2716-2721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00650 2018
- Freeman, Christopher J., Janiak, Dean S., Mossop, Malcolm, Osman, Richard, and Paul, Valerie J. 2018. "Spatial and temporal shifts in the diet of the barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus within a subtropical estuary." PeerJ 6:e5485. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5485 2018
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2018. "Structural Diversity and Anticancer Activity of Marine-Derived Elastase Inhibitors: Key Features and Mechanisms Mediating the Antimetastatic Effects in Invasive Breast Cancer." ChemBioChem 19 (8):815-825. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700627 2018
- Engene, Niclas, Tronholm, Ana, and Paul, Valerie J. 2018. "Uncovering cryptic diversity of Lyngbya : the new tropical marine cyanobacterial genus Dapis (Oscillatoriales)." Journal of Phycology 54 (4):435-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12752 2018
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Meickle, Theresa, Engene, Niclas, Reed, Sherry, Gunasekera, Sarath, and Paul, Valerie J. 2017. "Bloom dynamics and chemical defenses of benthic cyanobacteria in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida." Harmful Algae 69 (Supplement C):75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.10.002 2017
- Meyer, Julie L., Paul, Valerie J., Raymundo, Laurie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2017. "Comparative Metagenomics of the Polymicrobial Black Band Disease of Corals." Frontiers in Microbiology 8:618. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00618 2017
- Demko, Alyssa M., Amsler, Charles D., Hay, Mark E., Long, Jeremy D., McClintock, James B., Paul, Valerie J., and Sotka, Erik E. 2017. "Declines in plant palatability from polar to tropical latitudes depend on herbivore and plant identity." Ecology 98 (9):2312-2321. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1918 2017
- Campbell, Justin E., Sneed, Jennifer M., Johnston, Lane, and Paul, Valerie J. 2017. "Effects of ocean acidification and contact with the brown alga Stypopodium zonale on the settlement and early survival of the coral Porites astreoides." Marine Ecology Progress Series 577:67-77. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12249 2017
- dos Santos, Larissa A. H., Clavico, Etiene E. G., Parra, Lizbeth L. L., Berlinck, Roberto G. S., Ferreira, Antonio G., Paul, Valerie J., and Pereira, Renato C. 2017. "Evaluation of Chemical Defense and Chemical Diversity in the Exotic Bryozoan Amathia verticillata." Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society 28 (3):435-442. https://doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20160257 2017
- Galimany, Eve, Lunt, Jessica, Freeman, Christopher J., Reed, S., Segura-García, Iris, and Paul, Valerie J. 2017. "Feeding behavior of eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria in shallow estuaries." Marine Ecology Progress Series 567:125-137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12050 2017
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma H., Law, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2017. "Grassystatins D-F, Potent Aspartic Protease Inhibitors from Marine Cyanobacteria as Potential Antimetastatic Agents Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer." Journal of natural products 80 (11):2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00551 2017
- Ross, C., Fogarty, N. D., Ritson-Williams, R., and Paul, V. J. 2017. "Interspecific Variation in Coral Settlement and Fertilization Success in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Exposure." The Biological bulletin 233 (3):206-218. https://doi.org/10.1086/696215 2017
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Salvador, Lilibeth A., Law, Brian K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2017. "Kempopeptin C, a Novel Marine-Derived Serine Protease Inhibitor Targeting Invasive Breast Cancer." Marine Drugs 15 (9):https://doi.org/10.3390/md15090290 2017
- Agarwal, Vinayak, Blanton, Jessica M., Podell, Sheila, Taton, Arnaud, Schorn, Michelle A., Busch, Julia, Lin, Zhenjian, Schmidt, Eric W., Jensen, Paul R., Paul, Valerie J., Biggs, Jason S., Golden, James W., Allen, Eric E., and Moore, Bradley S. 2017. "Metagenomic discovery of polybrominated diphenyl ether biosynthesis by marine sponges." Nature Chemical Biology 13 (5):537-543. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2330 2017
- Gamal, Abrahim El, Agarwal, Vinayak, Diethelm, Stefan, Rahman, Imran, Schorn, Michelle A., Sneed, Jennifer M., Louie, Gordon V., Whalen, Kristen E., Mincer, Tracy J., Noel, Joseph P., Paul, Valerie J., and Moore, Bradley S. 2016. "Biosynthesis of coral settlement cue tetrabromopyrrole in marine bacteria by a uniquely adapted brominase-thioesterase enzyme pair." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (14):3797-3802. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519695113 2016
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Imperial, Lorelie, Garst, Christiana, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Dang, Long H., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Caldoramide, a Modified Pentapeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Caldora penicillata." Journal of natural products 79 (7):1867-1871. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00203 2016
- Olsen, Kevin, Sneed, Jennifer M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Differential larval settlement responses of Porites astreoides and Acropora palmata in the presence of the green alga Halimeda opuntia." Coral Reefs 35 (2):521-525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1394-8 2016
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Li, Yang, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Luo, Danmeng, Lo, Jeannette, Reibenspies, Joseph H., Xu, Zhengshuang, Clare-Salzler, Michael, Ye, Tao, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Discovery, Total Synthesis and Key Structural Elements for the Immunosuppressive Activity of Cocosolide, a Symmetrical Glycosylated Macrolide Dimer from Marine Cyanobacteria." Chemistry - A European Journal 22 (24):8158-8166. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600674 2016
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Elevated Temperature and Allelopathy Impact Coral Recruitment." PloS One 11 (12):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166581 2016
- Meyer, Julie L., Rodgers, John M., Dillard, Brian A., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2016. "Epimicrobiota Associated with the Decay and Recovery of Orbicella Corals Exhibiting Dark Spot Syndrome." Frontiers in Microbiology 7:893. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00893 2016
- Campbell, Justin E., Fisch, Jay, Langdon, Chris, and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Increased temperature mitigates the effects of ocean acidification in calcified green algae (Halimeda spp.)." Coral Reefs 35 (1):357-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1377-9 2016
- Meyer, Julie L., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Scott, Raymond M., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2016. "Microbiome shifts and the inhibition of quorum sensing by Black Band Disease cyanobacteria." The ISME journal 10:1204-1216. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.184 2016
- Bousquet, Michelle S., Ma, Jia Jia, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Havre, Pamela A., Yao, Jin, Dang, Nam H., Paul, Valerie J., Carney, Thomas J., Dang, Long H., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Multidimensional Screening Platform for Simultaneously Targeting Oncogenic KRAS and Hypoxia-Inducible Factors Pathways in Colorectal Cancer." ACS chemical biology 11 (5):1322-1331. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.5b00860 2016
- Capper, Angela, Erickson, Amy A., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Becerro, Mikel A., Arthur, Karen A., and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Palatability and chemical defences of benthic cyanobacteria to a suite of herbivores." Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 474:100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.09.008 2016
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Arnold, Suzanne N., and Paul, Valerie J. 2016. "Patterns of larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival for seven Caribbean corals." Marine Ecology Progress Series 548:127-138. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11688 2016
- Cai, Weijing, Matthews, James H., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Pitiamides A and B, Multifunctional Fatty Acid Amides from Marine Cyanobacteria." Planta Medica 82 (9/10):897-902. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-105157 2016
- Al-Awadhi, Fatma, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2016. "Tasiamide F, a potent inhibitor of cathepsins D and E from a marine cyanobacterium." Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 24 (15):3276-3282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2016.04.062 2016
- Engene, Niclas, Tronholm, Ana, Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Caldora penicillata gen. nov., comb. nov. (Cyanobacteria), a pantropical marine species with biomedical relevance." Journal of Phycology 51 (4):670-681. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12309 2015
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- Meyer, Julie L., Dillard, Brian A., Rodgers, John M., Ritchie, Kim B., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2015. "Draft genome sequence of Halomonas meridiana R1t3 isolated from the surface microbiota of the Caribbean Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata." Standards in Genomic Sciences 10 (1):75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0069-y 2015
- Hagedorn, Mary M., Farrell, Ann, Carter, Virginia, Zuchowicz, Nikolas, Johnston, Erika, Padilla-Gamiño, Jacqueline, Gunasekera, Sarath, and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Effects of Toxic Compounds in Montipora capitata on Exogenous and Endogenous Zooxanthellae Performance and Fertilization Success." PloS One 10 (2):1-17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118364 2015
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- Sharp, K. H., Sneed, J. M., Ritchie, K. B., Mcdaniel, L., and Paul, Valerie J. 2015. "Induction of Larval Settlement in the Reef Coral Porites astreoides by a Cultivated Marine Roseobacter Strain." The Biological Bulletin 228 (2):98-107. https://doi.org/10.1086/BBLv228n2p98 2015
- Gómez, C. E., Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, R., Muehllehner, N., Langdon, C., and Sánchez, J. A. 2015. "Responses of the tropical gorgonian coral Eunicea fusca to ocean acidification conditions." Coral Reefs 34 (2):451-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1241-3 2015
- Salvador-Reyes, Lilibeth, Engene, Niclas, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2015. "Targeted Natural Products Discovery from Marine Cyanobacteria Using Combined Phylogenetic and Mass Spectrometric Evaluation." Journal of natural products 78 (3):486-492. https://doi.org/10.1021/np500931q 2015
- DeBose, Jennifer L. and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "Chemical signatures of multi-species foraging aggregations are attractive to fish." Marine Ecology Progress Series 498:243-248. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10617 2014
- Olsen, K., Ritson-Williams, R., Paul, Valerie J., and Ross, C. 2014. "Combined effects of macroalgal presence and elevated temperature on the early life-history stages of a common Caribbean coral." Marine Ecology Progress Series 509:181-191. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10880 2014
- Meyer, Julie L., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2014. "Community Shifts in the Surface Microbiomes of the Coral Porites astreoides with Unusual Lesions." PLoS ONE 9 (6):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100316 2014
- Kwan, Jason C., Liu, Yanxia, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Hatano, Ryo, Kuribara, Akiko, Morimoto, Chiko, Ohnuma, Kei, Paul, Valerie J., Ye, Tao, and Luesch, Hendrik. 2014. "Grassypeptolides as Natural Inhibitors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 8 and T-Cell Activation." ChemBioChem 15 (6):799-804. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201300762 2014
- Krediet, Cory J., Meyer, Julie L., Gimbrone, Nicholas, Yanong, Roy, Berzins, Ilze, Alagely, Ali, Castro, Herman, Ritchie, Kim B., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2014. "Interactions between the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and Serratia marcescens, an opportunistic pathogen of corals." Environmental Microbiology Reports 6 (3):287-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12151 2014
- Ritson-Williams, R., Arnold, S. N., Paul, Valerie J., and Steneck, R. S. 2014. "Larval settlement preferences of Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata in response to diverse red algae." Coral Reefs 33 (1):59-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1113-2 2014
- Puglisi, Melany P., Sneed, Jennifer M., Sharp, Koty H., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments." Natural Product Reports 31:1510-1533. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4NP00017J 2014
- Sauvage, Thomas, Wynne, Michael J., Paul, Valerie J., and Fredericq, Suzanne. 2014. "Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic Caulerpa floridana W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida." European Journal of Phycology 49 (3):370-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2014.947330 2014
- Campbell, Justin E., Craft, Jonathan D., Muehllehner, Nancy, Langdon, Chris, and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "Responses of calcifying algae (Halimeda spp.) to ocean acidification: implications for herbivores." Marine Ecology Progress Series 514:43-56. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10981 2014
- Sneed, Jennifer M., Sharp, Koty H., Ritchie, Kimberly B., and Paul, Valerie J. 2014. "The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1786):20133086. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3086 2014
- Morrow, Kathleen M., Liles, Mark R., Paul, Valerie J., Moss, Anthony G., and Chadwick, Nanette E. 2013. "Bacterial shifts associated with coral–macroalgal competition in the Caribbean Sea." Marine Ecology Progress Series 488:103-117. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10394 2013
- Craft, Jonathan D., Paul, Valerie J., and Sotka, Erik E. 2013. "Biogeographic and phylogenetic effects on feeding resistance of generalist herbivores toward plant chemical defenses." Ecology 94 (1):18-24. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0873.1 2013
- Krediet, Cory J., Ritchie, Kim B., Paul, Valerie J., and Teplitski, Max. 2013. "Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1755):20122328-20122328. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2328 2013
- Ratnayake, Ranjala, Liu, Yanxia, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2013. "Cultivated Sea Lettuce is a Multiorgan Protector from Oxidative and Inflammatory Stress by Enhancing the Endogenous Antioxidant Defense System." Cancer Prevention Research 6 (9):989-999. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-13-0014 2013
- Olsen, K., Ritson-Williams, R., Ochrietor, J. D., Paul, Valerie J., and Ross, C. 2013. "Detecting hyperthermal stress in larvae of the hermatypic coral Porites astreoides: the suitability of using biomarkers of oxidative stress versus heat-shock protein transcriptional expression." Marine Biology 160 (10):2609-2618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2255-z 2013
- Clark, Kathryn E., Capper, Angela, Della Togna, Gina, Paul, Valerie J., Romero, Luz I., Johns, Timothy, Cubilla-Rios, Luis, and Capson, Todd L. 2013. "Ecology- and bioassay-guided drug discovery for treatments of tropical parasitic disease: 5alpha,8alpha-epidioxycholest-6-en-3beta-ol isolated from the mollusk Dolabrifera dolabrifera shows significant activity against Leishmania donovani." Natural Product Communications 8 (11):1537-1540. 2013
- Yotsu-Yamashita, Mari, Abe, Yuka, Kudo, Yuta, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., Konoki, Keiichi, Cho, Yuko, Adachi, Masaatsu, Imazu, Takuya, Nishikawa, Toshio, and Isobe, Minoru. 2013. "First Identification of 5,11-Dideoxytetrodotoxin in Marine Animals, and Characterization of Major Fragment Ions of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogs by High Resolution ESI-MS/MS." Marine Drugs 11 (8):2799-2813. https://doi.org/10.3390/md11082799 2013
- Engene, Niclas, Paul, Valerie J., Byrum, Tara, Gerwick, William H., Thor, Andrea, and Ellisman, Mark H. 2013. "Five chemically rich species of tropical marine cyanobacteria of the genus Okeania gen. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanoprokaryota)." Journal of Phycology 49 (6):1095-1106. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12115 2013
- Montaser, Rana, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2013. "Modular Strategies for Structure and Function Employed by Marine Cyanobacteria: Characterization and Synthesis of Pitinoic Acids." Organic letters 15 (16):4050-4053. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol401396u 2013
- Engene, Niclas, Gunasekera, Sarath, Gerwick, William H., and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Phylogenetic Inferences Reveal Large Extent of Novel Biodiversity in Chemically Rich Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (6):1882-1888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03793-12 2013
- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Taori, Kanchan, Biggs, Jason S., Jakoncic, Jean, Ostrov, David A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2013. "Potent Elastase Inhibitors from Cyanobacteria: Structural Basis and Mechanisms Mediating Cytoprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Bronchial Epithelial Cells." Journal of medicinal chemistry 56 (3):1276-1290. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm3017305 2013
- Abed, Raeid M. M., Dobretsov, Sergey, Al-Fori, Marwan, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Sudesh, Kumar, and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Quorum-sensing inhibitory compounds from extremophilic microorganisms isolated from a hypersaline cyanobacterial mat." Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology 40 (7):759-772. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-013-1276-4 2013
- Wang, Rui, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2013. "Seaweed extracts and unsaturated fatty acid constituents from the green alga Ulva lactuca as activators of the cytoprotective Nrf2-ARE pathway." Free Radical Biology and Medicine 57:141-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.12.019 2013
- Ross, C., Ritson-Williams, R., Olsen, K., and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Short-term and latent post-settlement effects associated with elevated temperature and oxidative stress on larvae from the coral Porites astreoides." Coral Reefs 32 (1):71-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0956-2 2013
- Paerl, Hans W. and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Climate Change: Links to Global Expansion of Harmful Cyanobacteria." Water research 46:1349-1363. 2012
- Sharp, Koty H., Distel, Dan, and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides." The ISME Journal 6 (4):790-801. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.144 2012
- Morrow, Kathleen M., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, Liles, Mark R., and Paul, Valerie J. 2012. "Macroalgal Extracts Induce Bacterial Assemblage Shifts and Sublethal Tissue Stress in Caribbean Corals." PLoS ONE 7 (9):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044859 2012
- Montaser, Rana, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2012. "Marine Cyanobacterial Fatty Acid Amides Acting on Cannabinoid Receptors." Chembiochem 13 (18):2676-2681. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201200502 2012
- Morrow, K. M., Paul, Valerie J., Liles, M. R., and Chadwick, N. E. 2011. "Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms." Coral Reefs 30 (2):309-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0747-1 2011
- Paul, Valerie J., Kuffner, Ilsa B., Walters, Linda J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Beach, Kevin S., and Becerro, Mikel A. 2011. "Chemically mediated interactions between macroalgae Dictyota spp. and multiple life-history stages of the coral Porites astreoides." Marine Ecology Progress Series 426:161-170. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09032 2011
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Hickey, T. D., Paul, Valerie J., Morrison, Jennifer M., Walters, Linda J., Grablow, Katie R., Turner, Teresa, and Parish, Edward R. 2011. "Half-dead colonies of Montastraea annularis release viable gametes on a degraded reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands." Bulletin of Marine Science 87 (4):855-856. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1103 2011
- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, Bayer, Mirko, Gunasekera, Sarath, Proksch, Peter, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Inhibition of marine biofouling by bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors." Biofouling 27 (8):893-905. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2011.609616 2011
- Kwan, Jason Christopher, Meickle, Theresa, Ladwa, Dheran, Teplitski, Max, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Lyngbyoic acid, a "tagged" fatty acid from a marine cyanobacterium, disrupts quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Molecular Biosystems 7 (4):1205-1216. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0mb00180e 2011
- Gunasekera, Sarath P., Owle, Chivas S., Montaser, Rana, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Malyngamide 3 and cocosamides A and B from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Cocos Lagoon, Guam." Journal of natural products 74 (4):871-876. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1008015 2011
- Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Sharp, Koty. 2011. "Marine chemical ecology in benthic environments." Natural Product Reports 28:345-387. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0np00040j 2011
- Montaser, Rana, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Pitipeptolides C-F, antimycobacterial cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam." Phytochemistry 72 (16):2068-2074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.07.014 2011
- Montaser, Rana, Abboud, Khalil A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Pitiprolamide, a Proline-Rich Dolastatin 16 Analogue from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula from Guam." Journal of Natural Products 74 (1):109-112. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1006839 2011
- Meickle, Theresa, Gunasekera, Sarath P., Liu, Yanxia, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Porpoisamides A and B, two novel epimeric cyclic depsipeptides from a Florida Keys collection of Lyngbya sp." Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 19 (22):6576-6580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.05.051 2011
- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Biggs, Jason S., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2011. "Veraguamides A-G, Cyclic Hexadepsipeptides from a Dolastatin 16-Producing Cyanobacterium Symploca cf. hydnoides from Guam." Journal of natural products 74 (5):917-927. https://doi.org/10.1021/np200076t 2011
- Sharp, Koty H., Ritchie, Kim B., Schupp, Peter J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Bacterial Acquisition in Juveniles of Several Broadcast Spawning Coral Species." Plos One 5 (5):e10898. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010898 2010
- Salvador, Lilibeth A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Caylobolide B, a Macrolactone from Symplostatin 1-Producing Marine Cyanobacteria Phormidium spp. from Florida." Journal of Natural Products 73 (9):1606-1609. https://doi.org/10.1021/np100467d 2010
- Matthew, Susan, Salvador, Lilibeth A., Schupp, Peter J., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Cytotoxic Halogenated Macrolides and Modified Peptides from the Apratoxin-Producing Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya bouillonii from Guam." Journal of Natural Products 73 (9):1544-1552. https://doi.org/10.1021/np1004032 2010
- Ross, Cliff, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Pierce, Richard, Bullington, J. Bradley, Henry, Michaël, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Effects of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, on oxidative stress and metamorphosis of larvae of the coral Porites astreoides." Harmful Algae 9 (2):173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2009.09.001 2010
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- Matthew, Susan, Ratnayake, Ranjala, Becerro, Mikel A., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Intramolecular Modulation of Serine Protease Inhibitor Activity in a Marine Cyanobacterium with Antifeedant Properties." Marine Drugs 8 (6):1803-1816. https://doi.org/10.3390/md8061803 2010
- Kwan, Jason C., Teplitski, Max, Gunasekera, Sarath, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2010. "Isolation and Biological Evaluation of 8-epi-Malyngamide C from the Floridian Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula†." Journal of natural products 73 (3):463-466. https://doi.org/10.1021/np900614n 2010
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Paul, Valerie J., Arnold, S. N., and Steneck, Robert S. 2010. "Larval settlement preferences and post-settlement survival of the threatened Caribbean corals Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis." Coral Reefs 29 (1):71-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0555-z 2010
- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, Alagely, Ali, Gunasekera, Sarath, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Malyngolide from the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula interferes with quorum sensing circuitry." Environmental Microbiology Reports 2 (6):739-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00169.x 2010
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Miller, Margaret W., Kwan, Jason C., Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2010. "Molassamide, a Depsipeptide Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Marine Cyanobacterium Dichothrix utahensis†." Journal of natural products 73 (3):459-462. https://doi.org/10.1021/np900603f 2010
- Meickle, Theresa, Matthew, Susan, Ross, Cliff, Luesch, Hendrik, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Bioassay-Guided Isolation and Identification of Desacetlymicrocolin B from Lyngbya cf. polychroa." Planta Medica 75:1427-1430. 2009
- Taori, Kanchan, Liu, Yanxia, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Combinatorial Strategies by Marine Cyanobacteria: Symplostatin 4, an Antimitotic Natural Dolastatin 10/15 Hybrid that Synergizes with the Coproduced HDAC Inhibitor Largazole." ChemBioChem 10 (10):1634-1639. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.200900192 2009
- Arthur, Karen E., Paul, Valerie J., Paerl, Hans W., O'Neil, Judith M., Joyner, Jennifer, and Meickle, Theresa. 2009. "Effects of nutrient enrichment of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya sp on growth, secondary metabolite concentration and feeding by the specialist grazer Stylocheilus striatus." Marine Ecology Progress Series 394:101-110. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08311 2009
- Kwan, Jason C., Eksioglu, Erika A., Liu, Chen, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Grassystatins A-C from Marine Cyanobacteria, Potent Cathepsin E Inhibitors That Reduce Antigen Presentation." Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 52 (18):5732-5747. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm9009394 2009
- Matthew, Susan, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Largamides A-C, Tiglic Acid-Containing Cyclodepsipeptides with Elastase-Inhibitory Activity from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Planta Medica 75 (5):528-533. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1185332 2009
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Shjegstad, Sonia M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Larval metamorphosis of Phestilla spp. in response to waterborne cues from corals." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 375 (1-2):84-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.05.010 2009
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- Dobretsov, Sergey, Teplitski, Max, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Mini-review: quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling." Biofouling 25 (5):413-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927010902853516 2009
- Sharp, Koty, Arthur, Karen E., Gu, Liangcai, Ross, Cliff, Harrison, Genelle, Gunasekera, Sarath, Meickle, Theresa, Matthew, Susan, Luesch, Hendrik, Thacker, Robert W., Sherman, David H., and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "Phylogenetic and Chemical Diversity of Three Chemotypes of Bloom-Forming Lyngbya Species (Cyanobacteria: Oscillatoriales) from Reefs of Southeastern Florida." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (9):2879-2888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02656-08 2009
- Matthew, Susan, Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2009. "Tiglicamides A-C, cyclodepsipeptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Phytochemistry 70 (17-18):2058-2063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.09.010 2009
- Ross, Cliff, Puglisi, Melany P., and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Antifungal defenses of seagrasses from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida." Aquatic Botany 88:134-141. 2008
- Luesch, Hendrik, Liu, Y., Taori, K., Kwan, J., Matthew, S., and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Bioactive natural products from marine cyanobacteria: new structures and modes of action." Planta Medica 74 (9):931-931. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1083977 2008
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Ritson-Williams, Raphael, and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Carriebowmide, a New Cyclodepsipeptide from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya polychroa." Journal of Natural Products 71 (12):2060-2063. https://doi.org/10.1021/np800453t 2008
- Paerl, Hans W., Joyner, Jennifer J., Joyner, Alan R., Arthur, Karen, Paul, Valerie J., O'Neil, Judith M., and Heil, Cynthia A. 2008. "Co-occurrence of dinoflagellate and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida coastal waters: dual nutrient (N and P) input controls." Marine Ecology Progress Series 371:143-153. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07681 2008
- Gunasekera, Sarath, Ross, C., Paul, Valerie J., Matthew, S., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Dragonamides C and D, linear lipopeptides from the marine cyanobacterium brown Lyngbya polychroa." Journal of Natural Products 71 (5):887-890. https://doi.org/10.1021/np0706769 2008
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- Slattery, M. and Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Indirect effects of bleaching on predator deterrence in the tropical Pacific soft coral Sinularia maxima." Marine Ecology Progress Series 354:169-179. 2008
- Taori, K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Kempopeptins A and B, serine protease inhibitors with different selectivity profiles from a marine cyanobacterium, Lyngbya sp." Journal of Natural Products 71 (9):1625-1629. https://doi.org/10.1021/np8002172 2008
- Paul, Valerie J. and Ritson-Williams, Raphael. 2008. "Marine Chemical Ecology." Natural Product Reports: A Journal of Current Developments in Bio-organic Chemistry 25:662-695. 2008
- Matthew, Susan, Ross, C., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Pompanopeptins A and B, new cyclic peptides from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Tetrahedron 64 (18):4081-4089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2008.02.035 2008
- Erickson, A. A., Feller, Ilka C., Paul, Valerie J., Kwiatkowski, L. M., and Lee, W. 2008. "Selection of an omnivorous diet by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii in laboratory experiments." Journal of Sea Research 59 (1-2):59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2007.06.007 2008
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- Taori, K., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp." Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (6):1806-1807. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja7110064 2008
- Kwan, J. C., Rocca, J. R., Abboud, Khalil A., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2008. "Total structure determination of grassypeptolide, a new marine cyanobacterial cytotoxin." Organic Letters 10 (5):789-792. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol702946d 2008
- Paul, Valerie J., Arthur, Karen E., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Ross, Cliff, and Sharp, Koty. 2007. "Chemical Defenses: From Compounds to Communities." Biological Bulletin 213 (3):226-251. https://doi.org/10.2307/25066642 2007
- Cruz Rivera, Edwin and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Chemical deterrence of a cyanobacterial metabolite against generalized and specialized grazers." Journal of Chemical Ecology 33 (1):213-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9212-y 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Shjegstad, S. M., and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Larval metamorphic competence in four species of Phestilla (Gastropoda; Opisthobranchia)." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 351 (1-2):160-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.06.010 2007
- Matthew, S., Ross, C., Rocca, J. R., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2007. "Lyngbyastatin 4, a dolastatin 13 analogue with elastase and chymotrypsin inhibitory activity from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya confervoides." Journal of Natural Products 70 (1):124-127. https://doi.org/10.1021/np060471k 2007
- Taori, K., Matthew, S., Rocca, J. R., Paul, Valerie J., and Luesch, Hendrik. 2007. "Lyngbyastatins 5-7, potent elastase inhibitors from Floridian marine cyanobacteria, Lyngbya spp.." Journal of Natural Products 70 (10):1593-1600. https://doi.org/10.1021/np0702436 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Marine benthic invertebrates use multimodal cues for defense against reef fish." Marine Ecology Progress Series 340:29-39. 2007
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael and Paul, Valerie J. 2007. "Periclimenes yucatanicus and Periclimenes rathbunae on unusual corallimorph hosts." Coral Reefs 26 (1):147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0178-6 2007
- Erpenbeck, D., Duran, S., Rützler, Klaus, Paul, Valerie J., Hooper, J. N. A., and Wörheide, G. 2007. "Towards a DNA taxonomy of Caribbean demosponges: a gene tree reconstructed from partial mitochondrial CO1 gene sequences supports previous rDNA phylogenies and provides a new perspective on the systematics of Demospongiae." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 (6):1563-1570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407058195 2007
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chapter
- Pawlik, Joseph R., Amsler, Charles D., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, McClintock, James B., Baker, Bill J., and Paul, Valerie J. 2013. "Marine Chemical Ecology: A Science Born of Scuba." in Research and Discoveries: The Revolution of Science through Scuba, edited by Lang, Michael A., Marinelli, Roberta L., Roberts, Susan J., and Taylor, Phillip R., 53-69. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2013
- Fong, Peggy and Paul, Valerie J. 2011. "Coral Reef Algae." in Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition, edited by Dubinsky, Zvy and Stambler, Noga., 241-272. Springer Science Business Media B.V. 2011
- Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Arnold, Suzanne, Fogarty, Nicole, Steneck, Robert S., Vermeij, Mark, and Paul, Valerie J. 2009. "New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs." 437-457. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.437 2009
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Hickey, T. D., and Walters, Linda J. 2009. "Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area." in Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008, edited by Reigl, B. M. and Dodge, R. E., 311-315. 2009
- Paul, Valerie J., Piraino, Julianne, and Diederick, Laura. 2009. "Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce: 38 years of research on the marine biodiversity of Florida." 25-41. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.25 2009
- Perovich, G., Dortch, Q., Goodrich, J., Berger, P. S., Brooks, J., Evens, T. J., Gobler, C. J., Graham, J., Hyde, J., Karner, D., O'Shea, D., Paul, Valerie J., Paerl, H., Piehler, M., Rosen, B. H., Santelmann, M., Tester, P., and Westrick, J. 2008. "Causes, prevention and mitigation." in Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and research Needs, edited by Hudnell, H. K., 185-215. Springer. 2008
- Paul, Valerie J. 2008. "Global warming and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms." in Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and research Needs, edited by Hudnell, H. K., 239-257. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 619, Springer. 2008
- Kuffner, Ilsa B., Paul, Valerie J., Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Hickey, T. D., and Walters, Linda J. 2008. "Reef communities in the Dry Tortugas (Florida, USA): Baseline surveys for the new no-take area." in Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, 311-315. National Coral Reef Institute. 2008
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dataset
- Freeman, Christopher and Paul, Valerie J. 2020. [Dataset] "Freeman et al., 2020 ISME J isotope data.xlsx." Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.12354638.V1 2020
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
