Maria Rodgers
Bio
The Rodgers Lab broadly focuses on research questions in immunotoxicology and comparative immunology in coastal and marine organisms. Ongoing projects include examining humoral immune responses in wild sea turtles, understanding how PFAS chemicals influence fish performance, the impact of PFAS on bacteria of human importance, exploring the influence of multistressor scenarios on immune parameters of various marine organisms, and querying the role of bacterial aggregates in corals.
Education
B.S. Marine Science and Biology University of Miami 2012
Ph.D. Biological Sciences Clemson University 2016
Area(s) of Expertise
-Comparative immunology
-Environmental toxicology
-Creation of monoclonal antibodies
-Transcriptomics
-Molecular techniques
-Microbiology
Publications
- An intestinal cell atlas and organoid model for the threespine stickleback , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026)
- Rates of Evolution Differ Between Cell Types Identified by Single‐Cell RNAseq in Threespine Stickleback , Molecular Ecology (2026)
- Temperature Modulates PFAS Accumulation and Effects on Metabolic Performance in Sheepshead Minnows , Environmental Science & Technology (2026)
- Fishy factors: Recognizing biological variation and its implications for fish immuno(eco)toxicology research , Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2025)
- Acute thermal stress influence on immunity on stony corals in the middle Florida Keys , 52nd Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting (2024)
- Rates of evolution differ between cell types identified by single-cell RNAseq in threespine stickleback , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)
- The Dominance of Coinfecting Parasites’ Indirect Genetic Effects on Host Traits , The American Naturalist (2024)
- Opening a can of worms: a test of the co-infection facilitation hypothesis , Oecologia (2023)
- Temperature Mediation of PFAS Toxicity for Estuarine Fish in the Long Island Sound Watershed , 44th Annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America Meeting (2023)
- Cestode infection facilitates co-infection by other parasites in a metapopulation of threespine stickleback , Dryad (2022)