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Botryllid tunicates: Culture techniques and experimental procedures.
Published in Aquatic Invasions, 2009
Recommended citation: Epelbaum, A., T.W. Therriault, A.R. Paulson and C.M. Pearce. 2009. Botryllid tunicates: Culture techniques and experimental procedures. Aquatic Invasions. 4(1): 111-120. http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Epelbaum_etal.pdf
Susceptibility of four non-indigenous Ascidian species in British Columbia (Canada) to invertebrate predation.
Published in Marine Biology, 2009
Recommended citation: Epelbaum, A., C.M. Pearce, D.J. Barker, A.R. Paulson and T.W. Therriault. 2009. Susceptibility of four non-indigenous Ascidian species in British Columbia (Canada) to invertebrate predation. Marine Biology. 156(6): 1311-1320. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-009-1172-7
Bacterial Associates of Seed-Parasitic Wasps (Torymidae: Megastigmus).
Published in BMC Microbiology, 2014
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., P. von Aderkas and S.J. Perlman. 2014. Bacterial Associates of Seed-Parasitic Wasps (Torymidae: Megastigmus). BMC Microbiology 14.1: 224. https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-014-0224-4
Transcriptome analysis provides insight into venom evolution in a seed-parasitic wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus.
Published in Insect Molecular Biology, 2016
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., C. Le, J. Dickson, J. Ehlting, P. von Aderkas and S.J. Perlman. 2016. Transcriptome analysis provides insight into venom evolution in a seed-parasitic wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus. Insect Molecular Biology: 25(5) 604-616. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/imb.12247
Whole-body transcriptome of seed-parasitic wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus, reveals ecological and evolutionary insights.
Published in Transcriptomics in Entomological Research, 2020
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., J. Ehlting, P. von Aderkas and S.J. Perlman. 2020. Whole-body transcriptome of seed-parasitic wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus, reveals ecological and evolutionary insights, in Shelomi, M. (ed.) Transcriptomics in Entomological Research. CAB International, pp. 113-135. https://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4SLKDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA113&ots=6aBlPV-ScY&sig=g_pKSqULhHdXKXXwm2L-oOXFl5s&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
In vivo transcriptome analysis provides insights into host-dependent expression of virulence factors by Yersinia entomophaga MH96, during infection of Galleria mellonella.
Published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2020
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., M. O’Callaghan, X.-X. Zhang, P.B. Rainey and M.R.H. Hurst. 2020. In vivo transcriptome analysis provides insights into host-dependent expression of virulence factors by Yersinia entomophaga MH96, during infection of Galleria mellonella. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics: 11(1) 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaa024
Multiomics reveals symbionts, pathogens, and tissue-specific microbiome of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from a Lyme disease hot spot in southeastern Ontario, Canada.
Published in Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Recommended citation: Paulson, A. R., Lougheed, S. C., Huang, D., & Colautti, R. I. (2023). Multiomics reveals symbionts, pathogens, and tissue-specific microbiome of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from a Lyme disease hot spot in southeastern Ontario, Canada. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(3), e01404-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01404-23
Lysis cassette-mediated exoprotein release in Yersinia entomophaga is controlled by a PhoB-like regulator.
Published in Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Recommended citation: Schoof, M., O’Callaghan, M., Hefer, C., Glare, T. R., Paulson, A. R., & Hurst, M. R. (2023). Lysis cassette-mediated exoprotein release in Yersinia entomophaga is controlled by a PhoB-like regulator. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(2), e00364-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00364-23
Nuclear-acting small viral RNAs target enhancer sequence in human lung via heterotriplex formation in SARS-CoV-2.
Published in in prep, 2024
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., Montoya, V. & Joy, J.B. (In prep). Nuclear-acting small viral RNAs target enhancer sequence in human lung via heterotriplex formation in SARS-CoV-2
Dual influence of Yersinia entomophaga on gene expression and virulence in Galleria mellonella via LytTR-type transcription factor (Yen6) and 645-bp non-coding RNA regulating secondary Yen-Tc promoter (Yen7).
Published in in prep, 2024
Recommended citation: Paulson, A.R., M. Schoof, N. Naren, M. O’Callaghan, X.-X. Zhang, and M.R.H. Hurst. in prep. Dual influence of Yersinia entomophaga on gene expression and virulence in Galleria mellonella via LytTR-type transcription factor (Yen6) and 645-bp non-coding RNA regulating secondary Yen-Tc promoter (Yen7).
talks
In vivo RNAseq – in a pinch
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From venoms to virulence factors – Revealing ecological and evolutionary insights with RNA-seq
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From venoms to virulence factors, transcriptomics provides insights into challenging systems
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Unbiased metagenomic analysis of Ixodes scapularis microbiomes in the Kingston Frontenac region
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Small viral RNA evolution and the origin of SARS-CoV-2: Insights from functional genomics.
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teaching
Teaching, Biology 492 - Entomology
Undergraduate course, Vancouver Island University, Biology Department, 2006
Laboratory Instructor, Biology 190A/190B
Undergraduate course, University of Victoria, Biology Department, 2012
2012 — 2013
Coordinator, Canadian Association for Girls in Science
Outreach, Victoria BC Chapter, 2013
2013 — 2015
Project Leader, Hackseq RNA: COVID-19 Ultra-hackathon
Outreach, Vancouver Island University, Biology Department, 2020
Modelling potential miRNA interactions in SARS-CoV-2 (Video)
Second place overall, awarded for top participant satisfaction
Webinar Instructor, Tools for Bioinformatics Short-Read Sequence Data Processing
Teaching, Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network, 2020
Writing Session Organizer
Mentoring, Queen's University, Biology Department, 2020
2020 — present
Coordinate writing focus and check-in sessions for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to support a collegial remote work environment
Presenter, Edge of Lyme hack-a-thon
Outreach, Edge of Lyme hack-a-thon, 2020
Exploring the inner world of important Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis (Video)
Queen’s Bioinformatics Advanced R Workshop
Teaching, Queen's University, Biology Department, 2021
Bioinformatics approaches for data analysis of short-read sequence data
The RNA Revolution: From dark matter to major therapeutic breakthroughs.
BC Centre for Excellence - HIV/AID Learning Series Webinar; accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the BC Chapter for up to 1 Mainpro+ credit., Cullen Family Lecture Theatre at St. Paul's Hospital, 2024
Introduction to non-coding RNAs, Oligonucleotide therapeutics, and RNA in the context of infection and immunity.